We never just head somewhere without having a hotel reservation, years ago
maybe but not now. Because of the standby situation we do however wait till
the last minute to make the reservation in case the flights look really bad,
or weather acts up. I bought a fax machine a few years ago for this purpose,
to fax reservations and receive confirmation for last minute trips. We are
probably just going to visit some relatives in Nashville. And/or drive to
Austin, TX, which is an easy 3 hour trip.


"Brian K" wrote in message
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On 3/19/2007 6:23 PM Nick and Judy wrote:
I've looked into that in the past. Usually we get very little off the
packages. We fly free and a lot of hotels gives us a decent discount.
Although the way flights are booked up lately we may have to start buying
tickets! Standby travel is not what it used to be...
We may just do some small trips next week instead of heading to Jamaica.
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On 3/18/2007 1:12 PM Nick and Judy wrote:

We've been to Jamaica several times and have always stayed at the
adults only all-inclusives. We are thinking of going to Jamaica 3/23(my
husband works for a major airline), since we can go on a non-stop
flight from Dallas to MBJ. Any recommendations for smaller (non AI)
hotels in Mobay? Preferably on or very near the beach, and near
restaurants, nightlife etc. We thought we'd try something different
this time.



If your husband works for a major airline, have you considered a package
deal air, hotel, and car? I'm sure your husband can get the package at a
discount.
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My sister's a TA. She's advising people that even with small trips to be
sure to make guaranteed reservations. If you opt for Florida, Hawaii,
or Gulf States every spring breaker who doesn't own a passport will be in
these areas. My 91 yo father didn't heed this advice. He thought he
could just drive down to Ft. Myers and rent a condo. The only things
available are hotels where you wouldn't want to stay, or ones that they
don't want to pay the price for the room. Last night he phoned from the
Doubletree Suites in North Naples. To night having exhausted most resorts
on the West Coast, he called from some town north of Orlando. He said he
was hoping to get the last room in a mom & pop motel in some backwater
town.

Naturally, we tried everything to prevent him from making this fools
journey. But he was very determined to go to the West Coast. I had
pulled an ignition cable from his car, little did I know he had spare ones
stashed. He left before anyone was up.
So folks learn from his mistakes. For domestic travel to "someplace warm"
be sure to reserve well in advance of your travel. It might be a good
idea to use a TA. They have professional contracts with the major resort
hotels and can often dig up rooms when other resources fail.

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