France experiencing "Islamic-Creep"

[Xavier_Onassis]

We spent some time with my girlfriend's brother, and it was about 10:30 when we got to the Gare du Nord.
We were planning to leave at 7 AM and did not want to schlep bags around.
It was pretty clean and not a dump at all, and it was cheap. Unlike you, I am not some sort of candyass tourist.
The only problem was that it was very, very cold. It was much colder than normal.

]I have stayed in far worse and cheaper places.

[Christians4LessGvt]

Ha Ha...@ XO --->you are funny sometimes.
If it is freezing and the hotel has "no heat" as you stated
you don't have to be a "candyass tourist" to realize it is probably a dump.
But I can understand it being late & you wanting a place to rest for just a few hours.
BTW...while on vacation I prefer to be pampered...that's why I call it a "vacation"
but a new Holiday Inn Express will do me just fine sometimes.
I am a TripAdvisor hotel review freak......2EachHisOwn.

[Xavier_Onassis]

The Hotel des Belges must have had some heat, as the water in the toilet was not frozen. Outside it was below zero. Insiude it may have been around 40ºF.


Where I go, the places that have websites are all priced at about double those that do not.  This is not true of hotels in developed countries. No one makes reservations in Latin America except tourists and people visiting during carnaval, Semana Santa and Christmas. Motel Six is my idea of as much luxury as I need.

 I hate being pampered. I do not like people grabbing my suitcase.

[Christians4LessGvt]

My favorite hotel in the world...thus far:

The Bellagio - Las Vegas


My second favorite hotel:

The Hermitage Hotel - Nashville

[Xavier_Onassis]

I would NEVER, EVER stay in a hideous multistory joint like that. Too damned dangerous, too damned expensive.

Nor do I ever plan to visit Vegas. I hate wretched excess, and Vegas is the world capital of wretched excess.

[Christians4LessGvt]

I am not much of a gambler, but enjoy a trip to Vegas to be pampered, see a concert,
enjoy a show, maybe play a few slot machines, and do some people watching.

The Bellagio is a beautiful hotel, with a beautiful pool, great dining, and a magnificent
water fountain display that can be seen from many of the rooms. At night it is very special.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrs9RM0kI0A

[Xavier_Onassis]

Ugh.

To each his own.

[Christians4LessGvt]

I would NEVER, EVER stay in a hideous multistory joint like that. Too damned dangerous,

dangerous?
how so?

[Xavier_Onassis]

Imagine a fire in one of those monstrosities. The elevators do not work.

[sirs]

Besides the probable latest in up to date sprinkler system, a fire is going to be localized to the immediate area it started.  As long as you aren't locked in the room where the fire is, everyone should be just fine

[Christians4LessGvt]

Imagine a fire in one of those monstrosities. The elevators do not work.

XO you can't be serious?
Large modern buildings and hotels have fire sprinklers, fire stairwells, and fire resistant materials.
How many people in the last 10 years have died in tall hotel building fires in Las Vegas?
I mean sure anything can happen....planes crash....so do cars...trains....and buses.
I would think the chance of being robbed, mugged, or worse at dumpy hotels is more likely than fire at the Bellagio
There are skyscraper hotels full of guests 365 days a year all over the world in every major city.
How often do you see them fully engulfed in flames with massive casualties?
I doubt fire is a realistic significant danger to guests that stay at tall multi-story hotels
If you added up all the guests vs ones that die in towering infernos...it would be minuscule.

[sirs]

It's kind of like the school shooting mindset....how rare they are, but when they happen, in their mind, its happening "all the time", which is why the need to take everyone's guns away.......except of course the bad guys, who generally have already gotten their gun illegally

[Xavier_Onassis]

I will not be staying in any damned multistory hotel, safe or not.

That would cost four times what any normal place would charge, and I detest wretched excess.

No thanks, I would not stay in such a place for free.

[kimba1]

I like vegas and it`s excesses. it`s a place to see a lot of stuff in one place. I like travelling but vegas is convient.

[Xavier_Onassis]

It is a matter of taste.