Hey Heads, I got the list of motels in the area for mass mayhem... I havent got any pricing from any of them yet.
Town-n-Country Motel 1-508-336-8300
Gateway motor Inn 1-508-336-8050
Motel 6 1-800-466-8356
Hampton Inn 1-508-426-7866
Ramada Inn 1-800-272-6232
they are all in the imediate area. plus Mike says some space for trailers are available on site. give him a call to confirm that.
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
Got all my info for the meet today. Jill is to let me know by next week if she's going so we can plan our trip.
Before booking a motel, where is everyone else staying?
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
hopefully the closest and cheapest hotel/motel...i haven't checked out the prices yet but i'm going to try to get to it in the next couple days.
Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :
just a bump up.... I will call later ang get prices from the motels, I think the Ramada and the Hampton may be up there $$
Posted by Harris Kohen (Member # 2139) on :
shameless bump
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
Hey all!
I just made reservations for the Ramada. The price for a night is $79.00 (you will have to ask them for it... I did). The Motel 6 is $68.00/night.
The Ramada Inn has a restaurant (with complimentary breakfast included), a lounge (with karaoke on Friday and a live band on Saturday), king sized beds, a heated indoor pool, tennis courts, and a putting green (you hear that John Novicki?)! Woohoo!
Looking over what each has to offer, we felt that the Ramada was a better deal than Motel 6.
Have a great one!
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
i made reservations yesterday at days inn...it was really close to pond st...so i booked it on line...i'm really looking forward to meeting everyone!
Posted by Robert Larkham (Member # 2913) on :
cheap bastard here....just booked the Motel 6. I hope they leave the light on. Only 7.5 miles away from the gig.
Posted by Bruce Deveau (Member # 1600) on :
Another Cheap Bastard here. Motel 6 it is...59 plus tax.
Bruce
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
Call me a cheap bastard too. I was going to go with Town 'n' country, but for an extra $14 for the trip, I went with Motel 6. I'm nervous about little places after the Hindu Hilton we stayed at for Pat King's meet. I have my fingers crossed that this place doesn't have any bullet holes in the doors or blood stains on the walls. Posted by Robert Larkham (Member # 2913) on :
Brian "Spider" Papa and I stayed at a Motel in Jersey when we went to a meet. There was no lock on the door. Grafitti on the walls. We didn't dare sleep under the covers. Luckly we both had brought sleeping bags and just layed them on the bed. We jammed a chair under the unlocked door handle and I left a swiss army knife open on the nightstand. Sometimes being a cheap bastard doesn't pay but it makes for good stories. Maybe I will pack some heat for the next trip.
Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :
some hotels can be pretty gross, I am not saying motel 6 is the Taj Mahal but at least you know kinda what your getting, it may be a dump but the are generally just as dumpy anywhere int eh country... they will leave the light on for ya.
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
Well, Dana and I are going to join all you other cheap bastards. Hey, more money for drinking. Room party is at Rob's... bring your own. Posted by Robert Larkham (Member # 2913) on :
yeah bring your own gun or knife just in case the gang bangers are tagging the room.
Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :
party at Rob's room!!! good i dont want the extra charges on MY card for trashing the room!
Posted by Robert Larkham (Member # 2913) on :
Another funny Motel story:
I used to work as a bouncer in a bar. We would confiscate fake ID's from people when we found them. These would get thrown in a box behind the bar. Well, on New Years we would have a employee party at a local Motel. the room would be rented with one of the fake id's. Needless to say the rooms were never the same. Please understand, I was not the one renting the room. My boss did. Needless to say he is no longer in business.
Posted by Cam Bortz (Member # 55) on :
Hindu Hilton..... ask anyone who went to the meet in England last fall about the hotel we ended up in. The place was all Indian, with a restaurant on the premises that caused the entire place to have the pungent reek of curry. I was sharing with Ken Millar, and one night we left the key with the desk clerk so Ken could come back early. Needless to say, they lost the ##$^%$!! key. When I came back at 1 am, they had let Ken use another room; I raised hell til one of the staff appeared with a bucket filled with keys of every description. After an hour of F****ing around trying every key in the bucket, they managed to open the door. This place was a Hindu Fawlty Towers, and staff and management let us know - with looks of glaring insolence - that us "white folks" were a definite minority. Only our $$$$ was welcome.
This is no slam on the meet organizers; they did the best they could to get reasonably-priced accomodation, and everything about the meet was great. Rob's right, a funky hotel makes for some good stories.
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
Cam, I do not blame the meet organizers when motel problems happen. I know Bobbie King was upset over the problems we had at Duck Soup. None of us blamed her. She had looked at a room at the motel, and we all figure they have 1 nice room they show people, but never let anyone stay in it.
The rooms advertised free in-room coffee. Some people had coffee pots and no coffee, some had coffee and no coffee pot. Don Hulsey had coffee in his room... about 2 feet diameter circle of it on the floor. Don Coplen's room had a bullet hole in the door, patched with putty and blood stains on the wall. I had to go to the front desk every night to ask for towels because they took the dirty ones and didn't leave any clean ones. I also had to go ask for toilet paper as there wasn't any when I got there.
We called it the Hindu Hilton because out of everyone who called to make a reservation, we haven't found one who had any idea what the person at the hotel said to them.
Hopefully there is a light on at the motel 6.
Posted by Karen Souza (Member # 2453) on :
Geez, I'm glad I can stay at home and drive there - the Z's are only about 40 minutes from me. Nice to have a meet close. Am real excited to bring a friend whos in her 1st year of Butera , I know she'll be psyched! Please guys not too much culture shock, I want to enthuse her not scare her away! Karen
Posted by Joe Cieslowski (Member # 2429) on :
Karen,
I could just picture you as I read your post... , I just got up off the floor from laughing......you know very well that we ain't got no COLTURE!!!!!!hehehehehe....... This meat is gonna be fun!!!! I just got back from Bill Riedels,(gold leaf refresher)...I think he is gonna be there too!
Joe, Makin Chips and Havin Fun!
Posted by E. Balch (Member # 3545) on :
We got reservations at a place that is about 4 months old ...."Extended StayAmerica" Cost is about $75 a night.
The rooms have a data port, remote control tv, recliner chair and a full kitchen, What else could I want?
ernie
Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :
Seekonk will never be the same !!!!! see ya all this weekend
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
looking forward to it!!!!
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