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bpaddock Added link to Durham Homewood Suites. |
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| a Leakers Rate with | a Leakers Rate with |
| [[http://www.comfortinn.com/hotel-durham-north_carolina-NC613|Comfort | [[http://www.comfortinn.com/hotel-durham-north_carolina-NC613|Comfort |
| Inn Medical Park]], and a few other palces in the area. Karen and I | Inn Medical Park]], and [[http://www.durhamchapelhill.homewoodsuites.com|Durham Homewood Suites]]. Karen and I |
| liked it because it was simple nothing fancy, the hospital was just | liked Comfort Inn because it was simple, nothing fancy, the hospital was just |
| down the same street, there was a pharmacy and good restaurants right | down the same street, there was a pharmacy and good restaurants right |
| across the street. [[:bpaddock:contact_hubby|Contact me]] and I'll | across the street. [[:bpaddock:contact_hubby|Contact me]] and I'll |
| Karen was always to incapacitated to make it across the street so I'd | Karen was always to incapacitated to make it across the street so I'd |
| bring back food from the restaurants on occasion. Mostly what we ate | bring back food from the restaurants on occasion. Mostly what we ate |
| where [[:bpaddock:amys_kitchen|Amy's Kitchen]] dinners. Also at least | were [[:bpaddock:amys_kitchen|Amy's Kitchen]] dinners. Also at least |
| once I'd make a trip around the corner to [[http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/durham|Whole Foods Market]] and bring back | once I'd make a trip around the corner to [[http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/durham|Whole Foods Market]] and bring back |
| some fresh salad and other healthy things that we could not get at | some fresh salad and other healthy things that we could not get at |
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| Karen's [[:tips:frugal|frugalness]] lead her to check the hotel web site room rate daily, //while we were already in the room//. She learned that if the hotel is not full on a given day they will lower the rate in the hopes of filling the room. The going rate for the [[http://www.elanhotel.com|Elan Hotel]] when we were there was $200 per night. She got rates for $112 and $153 a night more than once when we were there. | Karen's [[:tips:frugal|frugalness]] lead her to check the hotel web site room rate daily, //while we were already in the room//. She learned that if the hotel is not full on a given day they will lower the rate in the hopes of filling the room. The going rate for the [[http://www.elanhotel.com|Elan Hotel]] when we were there was $200 per night. She got rates for $112 and $153 a night more than once when we were there. |
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| | The downside to any hotel in the L.A. area is if there is a convention in town, or during Duke's graduations in Durham. Those people know to schedule a year in advance and we don't, the hotels raise their rates during those, if you can get a room at all. :-( |
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