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|    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)    |
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