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Motorhome v air & hotels
"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ... "Calif Bill" wrote in message ... "Jochen Kriegerowski" wrote in message ... "Hatunen" schrieb I've seen many, many in the USA that don't, including some of the more ubiquitous ones, like Motel 6. Maybe - I'm only familiar with the situation in Canada and thought it would be more or less the same in the US. Part of the problem with using motel cooking facilities is food storage, since you will be on the road again in a day or two. Either you must carry a lareg ice chest in your car or you must buy your supplies in small, less economic quantities. Oh, right, that's true. You shouldn't buy large quantities of food that needs refrigeration. But then, I travel alone, so I wouldn't want to buy cheaper 'family size' packages anyway: I don't want to eat the same meals throughout my vacation g Just think, with an RV you can enjoy the cameraderie of Slab City, California: http://www.slabcity.org/ Well, ehmmm, "Chacun a son gout", as you said ;-) Jochen Lots of the hotels in Canada do not have a refrigerator or cooking facilities. Most are the upscale variety. As to the bed in the RV, most any more are innerspring mattresses, just like a home unit. Except my home mattress is air filled (Select Comfort) and my slide in truck camper mattress is an innerspring mattress. More comfortable than some of the motel mattresses I have used. And you can park in just about any hospital parking lot for free. They think you may have a loved one in the hospital and do not hassle you. As I said depends on where you are traveling and distances. Driving to Alaska, you can do the motel route, but talking to a couple of people who were doing it that way, they said it was hard. You had to time your travels and hope there was a room available. We used RV parks, Provincial and State parks and some free camping. Having driven to Alaska I wouldnt describe getting motel rooms as hard. It may be in August but in late June it was never a problem. Keith The people we talked to said that either a motel was filled in the more remote areas, or you stopped early for the day. The major cities Prince George, White Horse, should not be a problem, but there are long miles of nothing on the roads up there. |
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message ... "sharx35" wrote in message news:FRO6j.29192$Ji6.18179@edtnps89... "Calif Bill" wrote in message ... "Jochen Kriegerowski" wrote in message ... "Hatunen" schrieb I've seen many, many in the USA that don't, including some of the more ubiquitous ones, like Motel 6. Maybe - I'm only familiar with the situation in Canada and thought it would be more or less the same in the US. Part of the problem with using motel cooking facilities is food storage, since you will be on the road again in a day or two. Either you must carry a lareg ice chest in your car or you must buy your supplies in small, less economic quantities. Oh, right, that's true. You shouldn't buy large quantities of food that needs refrigeration. But then, I travel alone, so I wouldn't want to buy cheaper 'family size' packages anyway: I don't want to eat the same meals throughout my vacation g Just think, with an RV you can enjoy the cameraderie of Slab City, California: http://www.slabcity.org/ Well, ehmmm, "Chacun a son gout", as you said ;-) Jochen Lots of the hotels in Canada do not have a refrigerator or cooking facilities. Most are the upscale variety. As to the bed in the RV, most any more are innerspring mattresses, just like a home unit. Except my home mattress is air filled (Select Comfort) and my slide in truck camper mattress is an innerspring mattress. More comfortable than some of the motel mattresses I have used. And you can park in just about any hospital parking lot for free. They think you may have a loved one in the hospital and do not hassle you. As I said depends on where you are traveling and distances. Driving to Alaska, you can do the motel route, but talking to a couple of people who were doing it that way, they said it was hard. You had to time your travels and hope there was a room available. We used RV parks, Uh, when we went up to Yukon and Alaska, we reserved AHEAD of time. What a concept! That way, there was ALWAYS a room waiting for us, usually with a small fridge and a stove. Provincial and State parks and some free camping. and you missed out on spur of the moment side trips. Your loss. We built enough wiggle room into our plans that most of these spur of the moment things could be accommodated. Some, though, did have to be left to the NEXT trip. Hopefully, you got to experience the Liard Hot Springs? |
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Motorhome v air & hotels
"sharx35" wrote in message news:3N87j.30197$HH2.3368@edtnps82... "Calif Bill" wrote in message ... "sharx35" wrote in message news:FRO6j.29192$Ji6.18179@edtnps89... "Calif Bill" wrote in message ... "Jochen Kriegerowski" wrote in message ... "Hatunen" schrieb I've seen many, many in the USA that don't, including some of the more ubiquitous ones, like Motel 6. Maybe - I'm only familiar with the situation in Canada and thought it would be more or less the same in the US. Part of the problem with using motel cooking facilities is food storage, since you will be on the road again in a day or two. Either you must carry a lareg ice chest in your car or you must buy your supplies in small, less economic quantities. Oh, right, that's true. You shouldn't buy large quantities of food that needs refrigeration. But then, I travel alone, so I wouldn't want to buy cheaper 'family size' packages anyway: I don't want to eat the same meals throughout my vacation g Just think, with an RV you can enjoy the cameraderie of Slab City, California: http://www.slabcity.org/ Well, ehmmm, "Chacun a son gout", as you said ;-) Jochen Lots of the hotels in Canada do not have a refrigerator or cooking facilities. Most are the upscale variety. As to the bed in the RV, most any more are innerspring mattresses, just like a home unit. Except my home mattress is air filled (Select Comfort) and my slide in truck camper mattress is an innerspring mattress. More comfortable than some of the motel mattresses I have used. And you can park in just about any hospital parking lot for free. They think you may have a loved one in the hospital and do not hassle you. As I said depends on where you are traveling and distances. Driving to Alaska, you can do the motel route, but talking to a couple of people who were doing it that way, they said it was hard. You had to time your travels and hope there was a room available. We used RV parks, Uh, when we went up to Yukon and Alaska, we reserved AHEAD of time. What a concept! That way, there was ALWAYS a room waiting for us, usually with a small fridge and a stove. Provincial and State parks and some free camping. and you missed out on spur of the moment side trips. Your loss. We built enough wiggle room into our plans that most of these spur of the moment things could be accommodated. Some, though, did have to be left to the NEXT trip. Hopefully, you got to experience the Liard Hot Springs? You mean the Liard Mosquito feeding station? Yes. |
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message ... Having driven to Alaska I wouldnt describe getting motel rooms as hard. It may be in August but in late June it was never a problem. Keith The people we talked to said that either a motel was filled in the more remote areas, or you stopped early for the day. The major cities Prince George, White Horse, should not be a problem, but there are long miles of nothing on the roads up there. Sure but I there seemed to be plenty of rooms in Dawson Creek, Fort St John , Fort Nelson, Teslin and Tok. The only place I booked as it was necessary was Muncho Lake and that was just a lodge. I took 3 days from Dawson Creek to Anchorage and that was not hard driving, I never did more than 8 hours a day Keith |
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Motorhome v air & hotels
"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ... "Calif Bill" wrote in message ... Having driven to Alaska I wouldnt describe getting motel rooms as hard. It may be in August but in late June it was never a problem. Keith The people we talked to said that either a motel was filled in the more remote areas, or you stopped early for the day. The major cities Prince George, White Horse, should not be a problem, but there are long miles of nothing on the roads up there. Sure but I there seemed to be plenty of rooms in Dawson Creek, Fort St John , Fort Nelson, Teslin and Tok. The only place I booked as it was necessary was Muncho Lake and that was just a lodge. I took 3 days from Dawson Creek to Anchorage and that was not hard driving, I never did more than 8 hours a day Keith We drove less that that lots of days. Just reporting what people we talked to that were driving a non-camping vehicle stated. |
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Motorhome v air & hotels
"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ... "Calif Bill" wrote in message ... Having driven to Alaska I wouldnt describe getting motel rooms as hard. It may be in August but in late June it was never a problem. Keith The people we talked to said that either a motel was filled in the more remote areas, or you stopped early for the day. The major cities Prince George, White Horse, should not be a problem, but there are long miles of nothing on the roads up there. Sure but I there seemed to be plenty of rooms in Dawson Creek, Fort St John , Fort Nelson, Teslin and Tok. The only place I booked as it was necessary was Muncho Lake and that was just a lodge. We stayed in Muncho Lake for a couple of days. Hired a lodge operator to take us up in his plane. Beautiful! I took 3 days from Dawson Creek to Anchorage and that was not hard driving, I never did more than 8 hours a day Keith |
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Motorhome v air & hotels
"sharx35" wrote in message news:lxL7j.36512$HH2.3639@edtnps82... "Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ... "Calif Bill" wrote in message ... Having driven to Alaska I wouldnt describe getting motel rooms as hard. It may be in August but in late June it was never a problem. Keith The people we talked to said that either a motel was filled in the more remote areas, or you stopped early for the day. The major cities Prince George, White Horse, should not be a problem, but there are long miles of nothing on the roads up there. Sure but I there seemed to be plenty of rooms in Dawson Creek, Fort St John , Fort Nelson, Teslin and Tok. The only place I booked as it was necessary was Muncho Lake and that was just a lodge. We stayed in Muncho Lake for a couple of days. Hired a lodge operator to take us up in his plane. Beautiful! Probably the same lodge, the planes took off just behind it. I was recommended to spend some time there and was glad I did. Keith |
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