Any other hotels near or on airports?

http://www.fantasuite.com/Location.asp?LocationID=2

Wow -- the Don Q Inn is still there?

When I was a kid, over in Racine, WI, the Don Q was THE place to stay in
Wisconsin!

That would be fun...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Ugh. My wife and I toured that fantasasuite hotel a few years ago. The
place smells of chlorine and just seems to reek of "worn out", "faded"
or whatever word would fit. They used to have a KC-97 out front. They
landed that sucker on the airport, and locked the brakes to stay on the
runway!

There is one in west bend, WI that is newer. Same theme rooms, but
cleaner and nicer.

John

There is one in west bend, WI that is newer. Same theme rooms, but cleaner
and nicer.

Get out! I consider West Bend to be my "original" home town. My family
originally settled there after coming over from Germany back in the 1840s.
I lived there from 1960 - 67, and visited family often through the early
1990s.

Where is this hotel?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:fs83f.427476$x96.9589@attbi_s72...

Jay,

Sorry I'm coming into this thread without many of the preceding posts
available. Has anybody mentioned the hotel on the airport at KSGU, St.
George, Utah?

Casey

Sorry I'm coming into this thread without many of the preceding posts
available. Has anybody mentioned the hotel on the airport at KSGU, St.
George, Utah?

Not to my knowledge. What can you tell me about it?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Here in Kelowna we have the Airport Lakeside Hotel.

It isn't near the airport.
It isn't on the lakeside.
Go figure!

Australian location for your winter?
That would be Bundaberg, or the Whitsundays. Both of which have a need.

HTH

--

Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE



In article R1u2f.416802$x96.151712@attbi_s72,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

So we've got three years of creating/running an aviation-theme-suite hotel
under our belt now, things are going well, and it's time to start thinking
about adding another location.

Trouble is, I'm afraid that our current location may be almost unique.
Here's what we need in order to duplicate our success:

1. A small-to-medium hotel on, or adjacent to, an airport.
2. The airport must be very close to the city that it serves. No
"out-in-the-boonies" airports, please.
3. The city must have another attraction that creates hotel business.

In our case, it's the University of Iowa that creates the alternative
business. (There simply aren't enough of us pilots to solely support a
hotel, sad to say.) In other locales, it might be a tourist attraction.

Any suggestions? We would prefer a warm-weather climate, to off-set our
Midwest location, and to prolong the flying season -- but we're open to
suggestions. (Ideally, it would be fun to have a southern hotel to run in
winter, and the Iowa location to run in summer! :-)

(Better yet, an Australian location to run from November - April, and our
Iowa location to run form May - October!)

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:R1u2f.416802$x96.151712@attbi_s72...
So we've got three years of creating/running an aviation-theme-suite hotel
under our belt now, things are going well, and it's time to start thinking
about adding another location.

Jay (Central)

Have you seen this property before?

http://www.skyranchlodge.com/

About a 1/4 mile walk from the terminal/FBO/restaurant.

Jay (West)

http://www.skyranchlodge.com/

Wow, what a beautiful area of the country. Thanks for the tip.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

Come to Oregon (or-a-gun...not GONE! I'd love it! grin

Seriously though, if Oregon is not too far out, you might want to
consider this area. Salem (KSLE) has a nice towered field that has 2
runways and the city is trying very hard to get commercial service in
here. There is nothing on field for lodging, but there is some nearby,
but our republican, business-friendly mayor and city council would be
happy to help, I am sure. Nearby businesses (within walking distance,
or on field):

Hertz Car Sales,
Budget rent-a-van
PDX-SLE Shuttle bus,
The Flight Deck restaurant

Within 1 mile of the airport, you have a Costco, Lowe's Home Depot,
Wal-Mart, K-Mart, US Post Office, Several new car dealerships, Freeway
access, Dairy Queen, Jack in the Box, several gas stations, and a local,
hole in the wall type of burger joint.

SLE is about 2 miles from the State Capitol Bldg, Willamette University
(prestigioussp? law school), Corban University (Christian college),
Brand-new Salem Convention Center (opened March 2005), Downtown shopping
area, Historic Mission Mill, & more.

By air, SLE is about 30-45 mins from most locations on the Oregon Coast
and only about 2-3 hours from the farthest point in the state (by air)
in SE Oregon. Decent skiing in the mountains about 2 hrs by car, 1 hr
south (by car) from Portland, Oregon. Lots of historical stuff in the
area. Local theater company that does pretty good. Univ of Oregon and
Oregon State Univ both within about 1-1/5 hrs by car and under an hour
by plane.

Want more info? Email me! Put chris@ in front of my domain name
(listed in the closing)

Chris G.
http://www.k7sle.com


Jay Honeck wrote:
So we've got three years of creating/running an aviation-theme-suite hotel
under our belt now, things are going well, and it's time to start thinking
about adding another location.

Trouble is, I'm afraid that our current location may be almost unique.
Here's what we need in order to duplicate our success:

1. A small-to-medium hotel on, or adjacent to, an airport.
2. The airport must be very close to the city that it serves. No
"out-in-the-boonies" airports, please.
3. The city must have another attraction that creates hotel business.

In our case, it's the University of Iowa that creates the alternative
business. (There simply aren't enough of us pilots to solely support a
hotel, sad to say.) In other locales, it might be a tourist attraction.

Any suggestions? We would prefer a warm-weather climate, to off-set our
Midwest location, and to prolong the flying season -- but we're open to
suggestions. (Ideally, it would be fun to have a southern hotel to run in
winter, and the Iowa location to run in summer! :-)

(Better yet, an Australian location to run from November - April, and our
Iowa location to run form May - October!)

In article ws.net,
"Chris G." nospam@noemail wrote:

Jay,

Come to Oregon (or-a-gun...not GONE! I'd love it! grin

Seriously though, if Oregon is not too far out, you might want to
consider this area. Salem (KSLE) has a nice towered field that has 2
runways and the city is trying very hard to get commercial service in
here. There is nothing on field for lodging, but there is some nearby,
but our republican, business-friendly mayor and city council would be
happy to help, I am sure. Nearby businesses (within walking distance,
or on field):

Oooh! Salem is 30 minutes (?) south of Portland.
If you go there, you will not return to Iowa.
Mountains to the east of you, ocean to the west of you.
Okay, the occassional forest fire messes things up.
The climate is good, the activities are outstanding and the politics are
a little wonkie.