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baroness

PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:09 pm


Hotel Name: HYATT REGENCY
___________

How many people did you room with? Just one other
__

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night? about $150
___

Closeness to BCC:
a) excellent


Comfort of Beds:
b) pretty cozy, but could be better

Service at Hotel:
a) very good

Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel
a) wonderful


Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):
a) good


Space in rooms:
a) lots of it


More positives (swimming pool, health club, bar, sauna, whirlpool, etc.):
They have a pool and a health club, but I never used it. FOUR working elevators. The restaurant at the top floor has a DIVINE all you can eat buffet on Sunday. Last year, the entire wait staff were hot Europeans with sexy accents. I ended up tipping over 40%. I blame the mimosas. cheese_whine
__________

More negatives/annoyances (room stunk, room was dirty when you first arrived, elevators not working, etc.)

The restaurant on the middle floor isn't that great
__________

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:
a) yes!


Would you consider staying there again?:
a) of course!
I AM staying there again!
PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:48 pm


Hotel Name: Red Roof Inn
___________

How many people did you room with? Just two, my dad and I
__

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night? I believe it was around 70.. we tried to get the cheapest thing. xD
___

Closeness to BCC:
a) excellent
b) pretty good
c) a bit of a walk, but not bad (We had to drive ten minutes, not too shabby for a hotel we got a few weeks before Otakon happened)
d) kind of annoying, unless you don't mind walking a few blocks
e) awful, unless you love walking or have easier transportation

Comfort of Beds:
a) like heaven
b) pretty cozy, but could be better
c) er... not that great
d) like sleeping on the *beep*in floor!

Service at Hotel:
a) very good
b) good, but could be better
c) average
d) poor
e) awful

Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel
a) wonderful
b) okay, I guess
c) meh, I've had much better
d) awful

Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):
a) good
b) average
c) poor

Space in rooms:
a) lots of it
b) meh, I could live with it (There was definatly enough room for 2-4 people, but the bathroom was TEENY! DX)
c) I felt crammed in

More positives (swimming pool, health club, bar, sauna, whirlpool, etc.):
Umm..... uhh.... oh yeah! They had a COFFEE MACHINE! xD
__________

More negatives/annoyances (room stunk, room was dirty when you first arrived, elevators not working, etc.) None really.... except for the teeny bathroom. There wasn't even room to walk. The waste basket was outside the bathroom since it had no place to fit. xD
__________

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:
a) yes!
b) hard to say... (I don't travel much. xD)
c) what a rip-off!

Would you consider staying there again?:
a) of course!
b) I might consider it (I was just happy to have a place. I wasn't too focused on the hotel, I was so excited about Ota that I didn't care. xD)
c) I'd consider it, if there were no other options
d) no friggin' way, man!

mond -an- mitternacht


Psychotic_Psychic

PostPosted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:47 pm


Hotel Name: Marriot Courtyard
___________

How many people did you room with? 3 other people
__

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night? Um... 62.50 per night.
___

Closeness to BCC:

c) a bit of a walk, but not bad- namely, it was about a mile away from the 'kon. Could have been worse.


Comfort of Beds:

b) pretty cozy, but could be better- then again, we had two single beds so I spent one night on the floor. Thus, my judgement could be a bit skewed by that.


Service at Hotel:

c) average- you didn't get free breakfast. It was around 8 bucks per morning for an all you can eat. We didn't bother trying it. *Shrugs*


Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel

b) okay, I guess- they didn't talk to us much, nor did we talk to them.

Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):

b) average- like I said, it was about a mile away from the 'kon.

Space in rooms:
a) lots of it- we were in a standard room with two single beds, and there were four of us. We fit pretty comfortably.

More positives (swimming pool, health club, bar, sauna, whirlpool, etc.): *Shrugs* Didn't try them.
__________

More negatives/annoyances (room stunk, room was dirty when you first arrived, elevators not working, etc.): Actually, no complaints about this.
__________

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:
a) yes! - most definitely.

Would you consider staying there again?:

b) I might consider it- though I think I'll be looking for a slightly closer hotel if I decide to cosplay next year. The walk was miserable for a couple of my cosplaying friends in full outfit. ^^;
PostPosted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:29 am


Hotel Name:
Hopkins Inn

How many people did you room with?
One other person

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night?
$50

Closeness to BCC:
e) awful, unless you love walking or have easier transportation
(Note: I knew it was three miles away from the convention center but no taxi driver knew where the place was)

Comfort of Beds:
a) like heaven
b) pretty cozy, but could be better

Service at Hotel:
a) very good
(let me in after hours when I was having trouble with my key and gave me a listing of busses that go to/near the convention center

Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel
a) wonderful
(see above)

Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):
c) poor
(there was a deli place by the hotel but I didn't go to it in fear of missing a bus, HA!)

Space in rooms:
a) lots of it


More positives (swimming pool, health club, bar, sauna, whirlpool, etc.):
Eh?

More negatives/annoyances (room stunk, room was dirty when you first arrived, elevators not working, etc.)
No elevators I could find, no parking near the hotel (unless you g oto John Hokins Univerity I guess)

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:
b) hard to say...
(for the price of the room and taxi rides I think I could have gotten a room closer to the convention center

Would you consider staying there again?:
c) I'd consider it, if there were no other options

Nonja Biru


SKJC

PostPosted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:02 am


Hotel Name: Days Inn
___________

How many people did you room with? 6 others, 7 total
__

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night? It came out to about $80 per person for the whole weekend after all was said and done.
___

Closeness to BCC:
a) excellent


Comfort of Beds:
b) pretty cozy, but could be better

Service at Hotel:
b) good, but could be better

Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel
a) wonderful

Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):
a) good

Space in rooms:
c) I felt crammed in (Only because of large # of people - if we only had 4 or 5 people it'd have been comfy)

More positives (swimming pool, health club, bar, sauna, whirlpool, etc.): Didn't have time to use any, but damn if the pool didn't look good on the hot days. sad
__________

More negatives/annoyances (room stunk, room was dirty when you first arrived, elevators not working, etc.) The room stank but that was my roommates' fault. -_-
__________

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:
a) yes!

Would you consider staying there again?:
a) of course! (it's the staff hotel... so, yeah...)

---

I filled out a review for the Holiday Inn last year, too. I have to say I actually like the Days Inn better because of the fridge in the room. I didn't have to bring a cooler to have cold soda. biggrin
PostPosted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:12 am


Despite the fact that I had already made one for the same hotel, rooming situation changed this year for me, and I got a different type of room than one I had last year.

Quote:
Hotel Name:
Sheraton Inner Harbor

How many people did you room with?
2

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night?
$80, because Morbid's mom said that all I would have to do is earn the reimbursement fees instead of paying.

Closeness to BCC:
a) excellent

Comfort of Beds:
a) like heaven

Service at Hotel:
b) good, but could be better

Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel
b) okay, I guess

Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):
a) good

Space in rooms:
b) meh, I could live with it

More positives (swimming pool, health club, bar, sauna, whirlpool, etc.):
They had everything, but I just never had time to use them.

More negatives/annoyances (room stunk, room was dirty when you first arrived, elevators not working, etc.)
The room felt... small. We had no dressers, only a closet. And apparently the pool was 'milky' according to Morbid's mommy. They also did not have our room ready when we tried to check in so Morbid's mom had to wait several hours in the bar. Though, we did get our lunch paid for by the hotel that day.

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:
a) yes!

Would you consider staying there again?:
b) I might consider it

Jive Ammunition
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StandingOnTheMoon

PostPosted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:59 pm


Hotel Name: Marriott
___________

How many people did you room with? six
__

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night? 100
___

Closeness to BCC:
a) excellent

Comfort of Beds:
brought my own air mattress, so n/a

Service at Hotel:
we missed maid service one day, but only because some idiot put the "do not disturb" sign out. Otherwise, it was fine. We never really needed any extra services.

Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel
I didn't interact w/the staff, myself.

Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):
a) good

Space in rooms:
a) lots of it (I had my own personal space, what else do I need?)

More positives (swimming pool, health club, bar, sauna, whirlpool, etc.):
I was on the second floor, so I could just go up an escalator instead of an elevator. Otherwise, I just slept there.
__________

More negatives/annoyances (room stunk, room was dirty when you first arrived, elevators not working, etc.)
__________

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:
a) yes!

Would you consider staying there again?:
a) of course!

Some of my roomies were a bit into the drinking and late night socializing. That was somewhat annoying, but has nothing to do w/the hotel's service/etc.
PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:09 pm


Hotel Name: Hyatt Regancy
___________

How many people did you room with? 6 (counting myself)
__

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night? Nothing. But my step dad paid $500 BECAUSE they were techincally booked and I guess kicked someone out of the room for us?
___

Closeness to BCC:
excellent

Comfort of Beds:
pretty cozy, but could be better

Service at Hotel:
very good


Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel
okay, I guess

Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):
average

Space in rooms:
meh, I could live with it

More positives (swimming pool, health club, bar, sauna, whirlpool, etc.): Very nice glass elevators. Very entertaining. Umm...Entertaining curious non-connies? And drunken non-connies insulting us. xd
__________

More negatives/annoyances (room stunk, room was dirty when you first arrived, elevators not working, etc.) Did not tell about renavations. Free food not where it was supposed to be. Was not told about this.
__________

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:
hard to say...

Would you consider staying there again?:
of course! only because now we know not to book 11 days before the con so we dun have to pay an arm and a leg.

FurFag


FMAlchemistChan

PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:07 pm


Hotel Name: Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore
___________

How many people did you room with? There were five total. Me, both my parents and both my brothers.
__

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night? I didn't pay anything. My parents paid for it.
___

Closeness to BCC:
c) a bit of a walk, but not bad

Comfort of Beds:

b) pretty cozy, but could be better


Service at Hotel:
a) very good


Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel
a) wonderful



Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):
a) good



Space in rooms:
a) lots of it



More positives (swimming pool, health club, bar, sauna, whirlpool, etc.):
The Closet space was good. It was near a 7-11 and a Rite-Aid.
__________

More negatives/annoyances (room stunk, room was dirty when you first arrived, elevators not working, etc.)

By the time the elevators got to my floor it was crowded. (there were over twenty floors and I was on the fifth)
__________

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:
a) yes!


Would you consider staying there again?:
b) I might consider it
PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:24 pm


actually i stayed in a motel 6 in Linithcum Heights, and was only about 10 minutes away from the Center, and it had two beds, a tv and a bathroom all for 66 bucks a night

pretty good since i hardly spent ne time there.

Makoto24

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StandingOnTheMoon

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:18 am


Makoto24
actually i stayed in a motel 6 in Linithcum Heights, and was only about 10 minutes away from the Center, and it had two beds, a tv and a bathroom all for 66 bucks a night

pretty good since i hardly spent ne time there.


Right next to a Taco Bell and McDonald's?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:35 am


Hotel Name:Admiral Fell inn
___________

How many people did you room with? we got 2 rooms, one for the guys, one for the girls. There were 5 people in the girls room..
__

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night?with the split price of 2 rooms between 10 people, and booking last minute on priceline. 140
___

Closeness to BCC:
c) a bit of a walk, but not bad
We had a shuttle we took in the mornings, that they forgot to tell us there was a charge for..


Comfort of Beds:
a) like heaven


Service at Hotel:
b) good, but could be better
Only coz of that shuttle thing..

Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel
a) wonderful


Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):
a) good


Space in rooms:
a) lots of it


More positives : Right next to plenty of food, and the water =D
__________

More negatives/annoyances

Just the shuttle issue... It was REALLY nice

__________

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:
a) yes!


Would you consider staying there again?:
a) of course!

SoulDK


lunamoon999

PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:04 pm



Hotel Name: Lord Baltimore Radisson
___________

How many people did you room with? 3
__

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night? for 3 nights i paid $150
___

Closeness to BCC:

c) a bit of a walk, but not bad - we were a few blocks away


Comfort of Beds:

b) pretty cozy, but could be better - we were supposed to have a queen size bed, it was more like a full. i ended up sleeping on the floor for 2 nights


Service at Hotel:

c) average - no real complaints


Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel

b) okay, I guess - everyone seemed nice and polite


Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):

b) average - everything was more than a few blocks away


Space in rooms:

c) I felt crammed in - the room was TINY! i didn't like it at all

More positives (swimming pool, health club, bar, sauna, whirlpool, etc.):

they had an exercise room and business center, but i didn't check either of them out
__________

More negatives/annoyances (room stunk, room was dirty when you first arrived, elevators not working, etc.)

ice machines didn't work at all, i had to search every floor for ice; elevators were very slow; they gave us a smaller room than we wanted and we still had to pay full price
__________

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:

c) what a rip-off! - i feel like i paid way too much to have such a small room

Would you consider staying there again?:

c) I'd consider it, if there were no other options - i'd stay somewhere else if i could do it
PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:44 am


Quote:

Hotel Name:
Sheraton Inner Harbor

How many people did you room with?
4 people total

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night?
Staff room, so nothing. I don't know the nightly rate.

Closeness to BCC:
a) excellentn

Comfort of Beds:
d) like sleeping on the *beep*in floor!
(The floor was actually more comfortable, I slept on it on Sunday night because my back hurt so bad.)

Service at Hotel:
c) average

Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel
b) okay, I guess

Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):
a) good

Space in rooms:
a) lots of it

More positives (swimming pool, health club, bar, sauna, whirlpool, etc.):
The bartender on Sunday night was awesome, gave us double shots of Jaeger and only charged us for single shots. Didn't get a chance to try the pool, sauna, or exercise room.

More negatives/annoyances (room stunk, room was dirty when you first arrived, elevators not working, etc.)
I had to get my room key reset every single time I tried to get into the room. They insisted it was the security entrance demagging my key but it still didn't work when I _didn't_ use the security entrance.

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:
N/A as I didn't pay for the room.

Would you consider staying there again?:
If it's our staff hotel next year, I will, but I will definitely request the Days Inn or the Hilton if we have staff rooms in those as well. x_X I can't take another con of sleeping on the rock-hard beds with the super-fluffy pillows.


SKJC


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:58 am


Hotel Name: Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore Hotel
___________

How many people did you room with?

2. (It was originally supposed to be 3...)
__

How much did you (as an individual) pay for your room per night?

I payed about $300 because I had a friend pull out last second and not pay her share. Oh and I said I would pick up tax. It was supposed to be $122 a person.
___

Closeness to BCC:

c) a bit of a walk, but not bad. I'm used to walking to the Harborplace from my job and that's a block further north of the hotel so it wasn't bad.


Comfort of Beds:

b) pretty cozy, but could be better

Service at Hotel:

a) very good.


Knowledge and Politeness of Staff at Hotel:

a) Wonderful. Got lost looking for a working elevator (not all went to my floor) and a janitor helped me to my room and let me ride on the service elevator. He was really nice.


Closeness to Resources (food, etc.):

b) average. Meh, everything downtown is overpriced. There used to be a Taco Bell across the street but that's been closed. Plus all the good cheap sandwich shops close at 4 or 5.


Space in rooms:

b) meh, I could live with it. We had friends who cosplayed and between luggage and props, there wasn't much room. It was even worse after I dropped $400 at the dealer's room. gonk


More positives (swimming pool, health club, bar, sauna, whirlpool, etc.):

Free Continental Breakfast. Refrigerator. Bar.
__________

More negatives/annoyances: I had an issue with the fact that the doors to the hotel lock at 8pm without a keycard but that was more of a personal issue.
__________

Overall, did you feel you got your money's worth?:

b) hard to say...


Would you consider staying there again?:

b) I might consider it
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