home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   alt.fan.cecil-adams      Fans of legendary knowitall Cecil Adams      144,831 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 144,064 of 144,831   
   Beaver Fever to Michael Trew   
   Re: AirBnB   
   12 Nov 21 17:13:32   
   
   From: Beaver_Fever@live.com   
      
   On Friday, November 12, 2021 at 12:03:10 PM UTC-8, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 11/9/2021 15:50, Beaver Fever wrote:   
   > > The thought is kinda scary but I am sick of overpaying for hotel rooms   
   > An older guy taught me a hotel trick. He said, forget what's online,   
   > stop at a rest stop, pick up the free hotels pamphlet, and call one in   
   > there with a low price. Sure enough, 5+ times counting now, I've never   
   > had a particularly nasty or unpleasant hotel, and it's regularly only   
   > $45-75/night depending on the area. I think they only list at least   
   > half-way decent hotels in those books.   
      
   Gotcha,   
      
   I was using Amex Travel (because I have points).   
      
   This is Fort Lauderdale area.   
      
   Never been to Florida before.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca