cloudseeker2001 0 #26 February 18, 2004 backpack all the way. I hate the nice hotel bit...... "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jib 0 #27 February 19, 2004 I think it depends on the job and the image you are looking for and also why as much as where. Not that your interviewing to be a CEO, but do you really want somebody that stays in a hostel running your company? Maybe (I have and would again). Or do you work hard and play hard e.g 5 star? Or did you just get out of school and wanted to see the world without much cash. Are you thrifty? What kind of an image would they like? -------------------------------------------------- the depth of his depravity sickens me. -- Jerry Falwell, People v. Larry Flynt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #28 February 19, 2004 I'm somewhere in the middle. I used to be hardcore. When I was younger all I needed was a ruck and a fart sack. I'd go anywhere and had everything I needed. However......as I get older I find that I'm enjoying the confy stuff. Maybe it's my current job where I stay in hotels often (2 nights a week normally) and they are NICE. I normally stay in Embassy Suites, Hilton, Double Tree, Etc. Nice places but rarely 5 star. Hilton Short Hills in NJ is the only 5 star Hilton in the US. On my own dime I won't go quite that caliber but I still want a decent room where I can get some sleep, shower, and watch free HBO. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stuffit 0 #29 February 19, 2004 QuoteOr do you work hard and play hard e.g 5 star? I wouldnt consider that playing hard. I would say that staying in a hostel and spending that "five star money" on skydiving or other fun activities would be playing hard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #30 February 19, 2004 QuoteI would say that staying in a hostel and spending that "five star money" on skydiving or other fun activities would be playing hard. Oh that's the other thing. If I'm going somewhere to skydive I usually tent it! That's too much jump money going out the window. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmanpilot 0 #31 February 19, 2004 QuoteDoes anyone have any hotel recomendation in New York City? In order of preference: 1. W Hotel-Union Square (or any other W) 2. any Ritz Carlton 3. Waldorf Astoria_________________________________________ -There's always free cheese in a mouse trap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #32 February 19, 2004 Mart! Hey! Rough it! It'll be an experience you won't forget! Have fun...perhaps I'll see ya in Toronto in June! K _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wendybird 0 #33 February 19, 2004 Hostel. Hands down. I've spent a few years in other places, and lived in tents when it didn't rain, hostels when it did, and hitchhiked everywhere I went. Not something I'd do in my own backyard today, but will *never* regret it. I met some of the most interesting people I've ever met in my life and got some of the most bizarre ... no, coolest rides. Did you know there are no handles on the inside of the rear hearse doors? You miss so much when you travel 5 star or do the tour bus thing. You can let others point to what's out there or you can go taste and experience it yourself. Instead of a tour boat of the Great Barrier Reef, go find a small vessel with a captain and a marine biologist who will take you diving and have you tasting sea cucumbers. Instead of driving casually by the poor seaside villages in South Africa, hire a horse from a local and spend a few days roaming the villages and watching the faces of the children when you let them ride your horse for a few minutes. Instead of going of a group safari of some game park, try a mokoro (dug out canoe), a backpack and a guy with a gun taking you on a trek through where the animals can still live without fences. Instead of waking up to a coffee pot in your bathroom and paper outside your door try waking up to a wallaby rummaging through the food you *thought* was safe in a net up in a tree. Instead of scouring through pamphlets and books to find out where the best local places are to eat, drink, shop, tour, etc, approach a local and ask them. More often than not you'll be taken by the hand and led towards experiences you never could have found in a tour brochure. Life is good, memories like that are priceless. My .02 in a nutshell.Wendy "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used u Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJohnson 0 #34 February 19, 2004 I think I like your attitude.JJ "Call me Darth Balls" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #35 February 19, 2004 I like, and use, both ends of your poll. I love "roughing it", but when I have the whole family out, it pampering time. That's soooo much easier than trying to figure out what 4 kids are going to do for the day, or week.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jib 0 #36 February 19, 2004 QuoteQuoteOr do you work hard and play hard e.g 5 star? I wouldnt consider that playing hard. I would say that staying in a hostel and spending that "five star money" on skydiving or other fun activities would be playing hard. I was thinking along the lines of "I work my ass off and give my best effort e.g. 110%; so, in the very, very limited time that I have to enjoy myself, I do the same -- I want the best. I'm willing to work for it." Or something like that. -------------------------------------------------- the depth of his depravity sickens me. -- Jerry Falwell, People v. Larry Flynt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #37 February 19, 2004 QuoteIn order of preference: 1. W Hotel-Union Square (or any other W) 2. any Ritz Carlton 3. Waldorf Astoria You're paying? Thanks Juanesky.... those look more like what I had in mind... that Met looks interesting....Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
juanesky 0 #38 February 19, 2004 Well, they are as "good" as it can be for the price, not rat holes, but not luxury either... And I am not PAYING Just in case."According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
