Thrown out of an FBO...

so what has this to do with a website? some (hotels) are small enough to
exist because of word of mouth, they don't need no friggin website.

I don't believe that's going to be true much longer. EVERYONE in the
US either books on-line, or searches on-line, nowadays.

Personally, I use the internet to find a hotel, and then I call them.
(Don't EVER stay at a hotel/motel that doesn't list their *local*
telephone number, by the way. Those national reservation call centers
are a clue that you are dealing with McSuites.)

You can always, always, ALWAYS drive a better price by talking to the
manager or owner, than you can get on-line, because he (like me) would
much rather give YOU the 15% that we have to pay the on-line booking
agencies.

And if they act like they don't know what you're talking about when you
call, they're lying, stupid, or both. (Or you're speaking with a
part-time clerk. Ask for the manager/owner.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 12 Nov 2006 06:05:36 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote:

so what has this to do with a website? some (hotels) are small enough to
exist because of word of mouth, they don't need no friggin website.

I don't believe that's going to be true much longer.

IBTD.

EVERYONE in the
US either books on-line, or searches on-line, nowadays.

ah. another generalization.

You can always, always, ALWAYS drive a better price by talking to the
manager or owner, than you can get on-line, because he (like me) would
much rather give YOU the 15% that we have to pay the on-line booking
agencies.

And if they act like they don't know what you're talking about when you
call, they're lying, stupid, or both. (Or you're speaking with a
part-time clerk. Ask for the manager/owner.)

nice. I'd like to not have to bother a manager or owner. Give the person
working this position the right to decide on that. And I like fair prices
and don't like to negotiate that much on any "deals". The price with the
deals deducted is the regular going rate. The listed price is the stupid.

#m
--
Enemy Combatant http://itsnotallbad.com/

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:05:36 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote:
I don't believe that's going to be true much longer. EVERYONE in the US
either books on-line, or searches on-line, nowadays.

Personally, I use the internet to find a hotel, and then I call them.
(Don't EVER stay at a hotel/motel that doesn't list their *local*
telephone number, by the way. Those national reservation call centers
are a clue that you are dealing with McSuites.)

You can always, always, ALWAYS drive a better price by talking to the
manager or owner, than you can get on-line, because he (like me) would
much rather give YOU the 15% that we have to pay the on-line booking
agencies.

I went to Florida for a 2 week dive trip last year... I made no
reservations beforehand since I was planning on just winging it...
Wherever I happened to be that day, I would just find a hotel for the
night... I encountered hotels who would not give me the same rate that I
could get via booking their room via one of the online sites... So, I
drove around the neighborhood, found an open wireless internet connection
and booked it... In one case, the online site brought up a competitor that
was an even better deal, so the hotel actually lost my business... Maybe I
wasn't speaking to the owner or manager, but since they appeared to be
Indian, I at least had a good reason to assume that they were... grin

Wherever I happened to be that day, I would just find a hotel for the
night... I encountered hotels who would not give me the same rate that I
could get via booking their room via one of the online sites... So, I
drove around the neighborhood, found an open wireless internet connection
and booked it... In one case, the online site brought up a competitor that
was an even better deal, so the hotel actually lost my business... Maybe I
wasn't speaking to the owner or manager, but since they appeared to be
Indian, I at least had a good reason to assume that they were... grin

This is a sign of dealing with an econobox chain McMotel. The chains
will often offer cheaper rates on line than the local "manager" (really
just a clerk) can offer. Whenever this is the case, run.

Real, owner-run hotels will always offer you a better deal -- because
they *can*.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"