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[PresentTense Pirate Penske]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Yes, well the city is a little obscure and perhaps tending towards the outable, so I thought I would seek info about methods of finding hotels, rather than the hotels themselves.

Write it in pig-latin for security purposes.

[PresentTense Pirate Penske]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

You mean, like WiFi that costs €20 instead of being free?

It's 2009, I don't pay for porn!

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by PresentTense Pirate Penske

It's 2009, I don't pay for porn!

I have been told that it is this, not just a general desire to stick it to business travelers that don't care what they're paying, is the reason for in-room wifi access charges. Feel free to download all you want in the lobby, of course.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I need to travel to Europe for work for three days, and need to find a hotel. I do not trust our travel people to do a good job, but I'm not sure how to find a good place, since I don't know this city very well. Any suggestions?

Trip Advisor. Pick your place using a mix of 'most popular' and 'most expensive' (picking the most popular one in your price range). If you choose using most popular only, you can end up with the really cheap, dive place with the super cool owners.

TM

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by PresentTense Pirate Penske

Write it in pig-latin for security purposes.

itway

[dtb]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I'm sorry. you're claiming that, in a few weeks, you'll be doing head bobs to the old man after you finally get the baby asleep? I'm going to go ahead and call bullshit right here. that shit could have saved the Draper's marriage if it actually existed, anywhere.

I won't get the baby asleep -- that's what the help is for!

Either that or the help has to administer the bjtc.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Yes, well the city is a little obscure and perhaps tending towards the outable, so I thought I would seek info about methods of finding hotels, rather than the hotels themselves.

Conventionally, there are hundreds of websites that can help you find hotels.

Unconventionally, I have three suggestions:

1. Ask Less.

2. My brother uses Craigslist to find short-stay apartments in Milan, San Francisco and New York. So far, none (of maybe 15 trips over the last eight years) have been duds. He likes apartments better than hotels, because he likes the option of cooking and/or entertaining.

3. couchsurfing.org My brother and another friend who have used it absolutely love it. My brother used it for a trip to Turin in April, and the guy whose apartment he stayed in was exeedingly cool. He was able to show my brother parts of town he would have never found on my own. My other friend spent most of February in Singapore and Thailand couchsurfing and had a blast. There are messageboards on the website, so you can sort of get to know people before you go to their houses. Neal, my friend, uses the boards a lot and has hosted a bunch of people, too. I've met a handful of them, and generally it's a pretty awesome community.

[dtb]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

At what point do you declare that fucking is not an option? And why -- are you afraid the kid will get poked in the eye?

After the kid comes out. It's not my rule, it's the medical profession's.

[PresentTense Pirate Penske]

Originally Posted by dtb

After the kid comes out. It's not my rule, it's the medical profession's.

Rules are meant to be broken. go rogue!

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by dtb

I won't get the baby asleep -- that's what the help is for!

Either that or the help has to administer the bjtc.

I'd recommend having the help take care of it all and getting some time at one of those nice Spas out there.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by dtb

After the kid comes out. It's not my rule, it's the medical profession's.

Wow-limits beyond Penske's.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Trip Advisor. Pick your place using a mix of 'most popular' and 'most expensive' (picking the most popular one in your price range). If you choose using most popular only, you can end up with the really cheap, dive place with the super cool owners.

TM

I am assuming work is paying for it and you are not going budget. Tripadvisor in conjunction with more professional reviews (found with Google after you have a couple of ideas) works well for that.

Also agoda.com is a very good site pricewise, although they are more Asia-focused than Europe. http://www.agoda.com/?type=1&cid=141...FSUsawodGj3how

There are also boutique hotel websites.

[Cletus Miller]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Trip Advisor. Pick your place using a mix of 'most popular' and 'most expensive' (picking the most popular one in your price range). If you choose using most popular only, you can end up with the really cheap, dive place with the super cool owners.

TM

2. Trip advisor has served us well, although it can be a slog if there are too many options.

Perhaps the linguistic family of the destination could help us provide suggestions for a regional chain without being too revealing?

[dtb]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Wow-limits beyond Penske's.

Good point. I suppose water breaking is the real cutoff.

[Gattigap]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Wow-limits beyond Penske's.

Seems like this should segue into some Rocky-style montage with Penske training, training, training in order to meet this new challenge. I fear for the posts to come. Both for us, and for Hank's mom.