tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589339935152891167.post8597218307518172066..comments2024-02-08T04:31:15.734-08:00Comments on The Caretaker Chronicles: Sometimes I wonder.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523653271715366168noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589339935152891167.post-19370246745278154632011-04-12T04:45:55.225-07:002011-04-12T04:45:55.225-07:00Sometimes I'll nip over to Tripadvisor if I...Sometimes I'll nip over to Tripadvisor if I'm having any doubts about the hotel or perhaps its location, but it's a pretty good site. Being able to get a good sense of where you'll end up really helps.<br />AND, I probably should have used it a couple times back when various admin assistants would make arrangements for us. It's ever so fine to have someone do that sort of thing, and I never want to seem like an ingrate, but once in a while the results were "less that ideal". Best Western in Brussels comes to mind. *shudder*Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523653271715366168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589339935152891167.post-41544652900435362972011-04-12T03:26:14.851-07:002011-04-12T03:26:14.851-07:00I just used booking.com to find something during t...I just used booking.com to find something during the first weekend of Oktoberfest in Munich.<br /><br />Was nice to compare prices and locations relative to ubahn stops on the map!<br /><br />Ultimately I booked a double for two of us for €120 for the room with breakfast 3 ubahn stops from the center instead of €300 per person with no breakfast near the festival grounds.<br /><br />Now hopefully I won't stumble drunk onto the tracks.Luvbeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04247762734975855712noreply@blogger.com