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sportsfan48
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 Posted: 04/22/05 2:25 am ::: |
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| PennyTfan1 wrote: |
That thread rocks!!! As a travel agent, I have tons of info at my disposal but often times, it's difficult to get a moment to use my resources for personal reasons. The manager seems to frown on that for some reason. Any info I might have needed was contained in one easy place. Thanks SO much for sharing.
I feel kinda guilty after seeing a lot of the comments about the cost at the Hyatt though. Since I am not sure which trip I might be able to take, I just reserved a room there for both July and Aug. and got a rate of $60 per night for both. I guess having an IATAN card really does pay off. Now if I can just bamboozle Continental Airlines into giving me seats so I can use a free pass (not an easy task at all)......I'll be set. |
The Wyndham Hotel and San Carlos are within easy walking distance. Only a couple of blocks. Keegan and luuc stayed at the San Carlos so they might be able to give you the lowdown on it.
I pricelined a 5 star in downtown Phoenix when Seattle came to town the first of September for $40 and got the Hyatt. You never know. Summer time in Phoenix is the off season, so you should get better rates.
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CamrnCrz1974
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| Posted: 04/22/05 3:01 am ::: |
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| Don't forget my personal favorite name for a hotel....The Westward Ho.
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mb
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| Posted: 04/22/05 7:55 am ::: |
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The Valley Ho is in south Scottsdale...currently getting a makeover.
The resort Cam, not me!
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aml10
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PennyTfan1
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Luuuc
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| Posted: 04/22/05 11:41 am ::: |
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the San Carlos is a lovely hotel and within puking distance, er, i mean, it's next door to a lovely irish pub (luuc, care to elaborate?  ). |
Yes, aml10, I would be happy to elaborate 
The San Carlos is a charming older-style hotel featuring spacious 2-room suites, allowing you to hypothetically kick your roommate into the other side if for some reason they should become bothersome.
The walls could perhaps be a little thicker, and the interior doors more lockable, but overall a comfortable and affordable place to stay that has a bit of character compared to your typical hotels.
It is indeed next door to an Irish Pub that offers a dizzying array of beverage options, a comfortable, soft floor, and a generous distribution of garbage bins so that there is always one within easy reach should the need for rapid waste disposal happen to arise.
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Slovydal
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| Posted: 04/23/05 10:24 am ::: |
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I'd recommend the Embassy Suites (Biltmore). I forget the exact address but it's the one next to the Biltmore shopping center. There's good restaurants there and the Hotel has a really nice pool and free breakfast - and I mean REAL breakfast!
It's about $90 a night - pretty nice suites too!
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PennyTfan1
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| Posted: 04/25/05 4:49 pm ::: |
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| Slovydal wrote: |
I'd recommend the Embassy Suites (Biltmore). I forget the exact address but it's the one next to the Biltmore shopping center. There's good restaurants there and the Hotel has a really nice pool and free breakfast - and I mean REAL breakfast!
It's about $90 a night - pretty nice suites too! |
I know exactly where that hotel is. Nice area and it doesn't get much better than ES. That said.....IF I can make this work...I won't be renting a car so my preference is to have everything except the airport within a reasonable area for foot patrol. I'd rather spend money buying rounds at Majerle's instead of giving it to the "fine cab drivers" of the metropolitan Phoenix area.
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gopher5
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| Posted: 04/25/05 5:07 pm ::: |
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| I know this was mentioned already and you are familiar with it, but I stayed at the Hyatt when I was in Phoenix for the Tempe Regional in March and was really happy with it. It must be the closest location wise to the area (and Majerle's).
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Slovydal
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| Posted: 04/25/05 5:12 pm ::: |
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| Slovydal wrote: |
I'd recommend the Embassy Suites (Biltmore). I forget the exact address but it's the one next to the Biltmore shopping center. There's good restaurants there and the Hotel has a really nice pool and free breakfast - and I mean REAL breakfast!
It's about $90 a night - pretty nice suites too! |
I used to stay there when I drove out from LA. They would let me check in at 7:00 am (after driving all night) and breakfast was on!
I didn't have to check out until 1:00 in the afternoon the next day (and got breakfast that morning too)
It was like two days for the price of one.
Like I said, the pool is really nice and there's shopping right accross the street. I can't think of anywhere better and I've stayed all over Phoenix.
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