JUST GREAT!

[RoBoTeq]

Due to financial situations from my mid-life crisis decisions over the past year, I had to wait till the last minute to book the hotel room.

They want to charge me $300 a night for the same room that was $169 (with discounts) three weeks ago.

I will have to stay at a different hotel or commute.

[refrtech]

That sucks man !! Why don't you see if anyone here wants to be your roommate for the weekend. The rooms have 2 queen beds. Just a suggestion.

[Stamas]

When we were shootin the **** the other nite with Refer I called the hotel and it was $214/nite.
You didn't piss them off by mentioning Dice did you?

[RoBoTeq]

OK, got them to do $199 for Friday but they won't budge for Saturday. No problem. Lisa and I will head on home after the crab feast.

It's still going to be great!

[ct_hvac_tech]

Not sure if you realized this or not, but you can make reservations in advance and they will not charge your credit card until you actually get there and use the room.

Even if, say, your card is maxed out, you can still use that card number to reserve the room. I reserved a room once with a maxed out credit card, and when I got there, I just paid cash.

Most motels give you up to 4PM on the day of arrival to cancel your reservation, so you can reserve months in advance and you will still be able to cancel at the last minute if you have to.

[ct_hvac_tech]

Not sure if you realized this or not, but you can make reservations in advance and they will not charge your credit card until you actually get there and use the room.

Even if, say, your card is maxed out, you can still use that card number to reserve the room. I reserved a room once with a maxed out credit card, and when I got there, I just paid cash.

Most motels give you up to 4PM on the day of arrival to cancel your reservation, so you can reserve months in advance and you will still be able to cancel at the last minute if you have to.

Just thought I'd give you some NON-HVAC related advice :D

Look forward to seeing you there.

[dhvac]

http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/showthread.php?threadid=82284


they are up to 179 per night but i guess it is about 1/2 mile away from where everyone is staying

[vmc1161]

Got two rooms a few days ago at 239 per. Lisa can stay in my room and you can sleep under the overpass if that helps, hey just trying to help out a fellow Hvac'er. Mmmmmm crab cakes.

[Diceman]

Got mine long ago, $199 per night, no card charge till I get there, no restricitions. Nice room.

[benncool]

Originally posted by Diceman
Got mine long ago, $199 per night, no card charge till I get there, no restricitions. Nice room.

They have me down for a senior discount. With the discount it is 169. I am supposed to be 62. Actually I'll be a few days shy of 61. If they ask for ID I'll make believe I can't hear what they are talking about.

[James 3528]

Don't buy this crap. This is Boyd trying to get in a room with one of you guys. Oh God, I just remembered the "commando thread"

[Diceman]

I could have got the $169 room awhile back with a AAA discount, but it had a no cancellation policy and they charged the card right away and a few other things.........so I figgered it was better to go with the extra $30 a night just in case.
And Robo can sleep in the lobby, I will lend him one of my pillows......maybe.......

[benncool]

If this is the same place that I stayed in the last time I went to Baltimore, (and I think it is), I passed out in the cigar lounge. When I came to I pi$$ed in the hall. Very accomodating people. Robin I'm sure you won't have any trouble being comfy in the lobby.

[Diceman]

Just hope Beenie doesn't pee on you..........:D

[Milk man]

Never undstood how that worked. The day you want the room it is more expensive than if you booked weeks in advance. Seems they would rather have the room empty. I guess they feel your desperate and will spend the money.

[RoBoTeq]

I did not know that you could reserve a room with a maxed out credit card or I would have done that. Right now I am just paying up my cards enough to cover me through the next month until things settle down.

I got it covered though. It just pissed me off that this hotel has been so difficult to deal with. It really does seem to be the best location for our needs though.

Remind me to never again; quit my decent paying job to get involved with a screwed up company like Haliburton, buy thousands of dollars worth of specialty items that have been deemed necesary by Haliburton to take this venture with them, not work steady for two months waiting for Haliburton to honor their end of the "verbal" agreement, let your son have full use of your truck to rack up thousands of dollars worth of needed repairs while you take a job in another country, come home from a good venture on a tropical island with no work lined up for another two months, move out of state to a place that requires buying a washer, dryer, refrigerator and lawn mower.

Damned mid-life crisis :D

[Diceman]

Originally posted by RoBoTeq

Remind me to never again; quit my decent paying job to get involved with a screwed up company like Haliburton, buy thousands of dollars worth of specialty items that have been deemed necesary by Haliburton to take this venture with them, not work steady for two months waiting for Haliburton to honor their end of the "verbal" agreement, let your son have full use of your truck to rack up thousands of dollars worth of needed repairs while you take a job in another country, come home from a good venture on a tropical island with no work lined up for another two months, move out of state to a place that requires buying a washer, dryer, refrigerator and lawn mower.


Hey Robo.......don't ever do that again.
:D

[ct_hvac_tech]

Originally posted by RoBoTeq
I did not know that you could reserve a room with a maxed out credit card or I would have done that. Right now I am just paying up my cards enough to cover me through the next month until things settle down.



Yep, just don't tell them it's maxed out. They don't need to know. Most hotels will work with you so you can say, put the reservation on your card, but you can pay with another card, or as I did, with cash.

When you make the reservation, they do not even enter the numer in the cresit card system. (They're not SUPPOSED to anyway.) All they do is put the number in their computer, then when you arrive, they actually take your card and swipe it. They just want your number so that if you don't show up and did not cancel, they can still charge the room to your card. If the card is THEN declined however, they will call the credit card co. and get it approved.

(and then someone is BUSTED! :D )

[Stamas]

1-WTF applies to the major parking fees at this hotel. $28/nite.

2-Maybe it's time to jump back in the pool and become a contractor-again. Just seems to be the thing to do. Some small guys around here would lpove to hook up with you to help their shops too-work your way into a partnership?
Just a thought.

Maybe they both suck.

[benncool]

Originally posted by Diceman
Originally posted by RoBoTeq


Hey Robo.......don't ever do that again.
:D

....and take ginkoba so you don't forget.

[RoBoTeq]

Lisa kept trying to get me to take that Kinky Balooba stuff for my memory but I kept forgetting to take it.

The parking at the hotel is supposed to be $21 a day unless you go for the valet parking. A Goodman person does not overpay to park his/her car only to have to pay again to get it back. (That is actually on the Goodman "call waiting" message in some of the branchs :D )

[spotts]

Bar/Dancing boats for Fri Nite?

[Diceman]

This convention costs a lot more than the first one.....huh??
:D

[James 3528]

I could have gotten rooms at Fairfield Inn or the Mariot dirt cheap.

[RoBoTeq]

Originally posted by spotts
Bar/Dancing boats for Fri Nite?

OK, according to Tonya who works at the cruise place, there are still enough openings to accomodate all of us if we reserve now. The problem is that I have not figured out how to do a reservation with this company.

Here is the brochure for the midnight cruise; http://www.harborcruises.com/pdf/moonlight.pdf
I will be calling tonya tomorrow at 410-347-5555 ext. 109 to see if she is the one to take the reservations. I suggest anyone wanting to make this cruise do the same.

[Stamas]

Gave reference of HVAC for reservations.
They want $58 non refundable deposit for the cruise. Didn't make one just yet.

[spotts]

Now I'm paid. No different than paying there. The cruise sounds like the highlight of the trip. I definately want to be on the boat and not saying "Oh well, lets go back and just sit at the hotel bar...."

[Edited by spotts on 08-23-2005 at 01:12 PM]