Veronica and I had taken a long weekend break and went to Williamsburg, VA to visit Colonial Williamsburg and the surrounding area.
We stayed at the Crowne Plaza at Ft. Magruder in the Williamsburg, VA area.
Here is a link to that blog post about our hotel stay at the Crowne Plaza at Fort Magruder
After leaving honest reviews at several web sites and also making contact with personnel at the hotel itself and corporate headquarters, we received a reply back.
Veronica had sent an email to someone at the hotel itself and told them that based on the sub par quality of our room, she felt that Crowne Plaza owed us a 2 night stay at the hotel in a much higher quality room.
Veronica received a telephone call from someone at the hotel. After discussing the issues that we encountered during our last stay, we were offered a 2 night stay for free. Veronica is supposed to contact this young lady, when we are interested in staying there again and that she would make sure that we received a high quality room for that stay.
I will make a blog entry about our stay at the Crowne Plaza along with posting photos of our upgraded room there.
We haven't decided when we will return there. We are thinking that we might stay for a couple of nights before we head out to Las Vegas.
Veronica and I have decided to return to Las Vegas in February and we are flying out of Newport News.
Williamsburg is just up the road from Newport News, so we could take advantage of the 2 free nights that lead up to the date of our early morning flight.
I have signed up for many different fare and hotel alerts that I receive as email.
In one of those alerts, MGM had a special for the Monte Carlo, which is right on the strip.
I was able to get a 350 square foot Deluxe room in the Monte Carlo for around $36 a night plus they give us a discount coupon booklet for various things.
We will be staying for 5 nights.
It will be nice to return to Las Vegas and see some of the sites that we missed last time.
This time around, I won't be slowed down by any foot problems like I had last time.
Keep Politics Out Of Dancing With The Stars
Veronica and I have been watching Dancing With The Stars for several seasons now.
Each season there seems to be at least one surprise or injustice which usually is blamed on the lack of voters/votes that a couple get.
I think that this season has set a new record for injustice as far as who goes to the finals and who doesn't.
I do realize that this show and the outcome of it is irrelevant compared to all of the injustices and troubles that plague our planet.
Believe me...I am not trying to "make light" of those issues.
With that being said...
Last night Brandy got voted off and will not make it to the finals. She had received some of the best scores throughout the contest. As it turns out, Bristol Palin will be in the finals. Miss Palin has been consistently in the lower grouping of scores since the season started.
Miss Palin has grown leaps and bounds as a dancer compared to when the season first started.
And although she has improved dramatically as the season has unfolded, the bottom line is that she is not and never was in the same league as Brandy.
The bottom line is this...Bristol Palin should not be in the finals for Dancing With The Stars...Brandy should be based on the judges scores throughout the shows season and based on what anyone can clearly see...Brandy is a better dancer.
To succeed on this show, I believe that it's not a matter of how you do or the talent that you do/do not exhibit, but based on who your are and who your Mother might be.
Hey folks....let's keep politics out of a show that should be solely based on ones ability and talent and NOT based on ones last name and political standing!!!!
Brandy and Maks...this might be America but you got ripped off. Unfortunately, you are painfully aware of this fact.
Each season there seems to be at least one surprise or injustice which usually is blamed on the lack of voters/votes that a couple get.
I think that this season has set a new record for injustice as far as who goes to the finals and who doesn't.
I do realize that this show and the outcome of it is irrelevant compared to all of the injustices and troubles that plague our planet.
Believe me...I am not trying to "make light" of those issues.
With that being said...
Last night Brandy got voted off and will not make it to the finals. She had received some of the best scores throughout the contest. As it turns out, Bristol Palin will be in the finals. Miss Palin has been consistently in the lower grouping of scores since the season started.
Miss Palin has grown leaps and bounds as a dancer compared to when the season first started.
And although she has improved dramatically as the season has unfolded, the bottom line is that she is not and never was in the same league as Brandy.
The bottom line is this...Bristol Palin should not be in the finals for Dancing With The Stars...Brandy should be based on the judges scores throughout the shows season and based on what anyone can clearly see...Brandy is a better dancer.
To succeed on this show, I believe that it's not a matter of how you do or the talent that you do/do not exhibit, but based on who your are and who your Mother might be.
Hey folks....let's keep politics out of a show that should be solely based on ones ability and talent and NOT based on ones last name and political standing!!!!
Brandy and Maks...this might be America but you got ripped off. Unfortunately, you are painfully aware of this fact.
Update On Americas Best Value Inn Fiasco
Back in early September, Veronica and I were just starting our vacation..our much anticipated Baltic Capitals Cruise.
Veronica and I had booked a room at Americas Best Value Inn, Norfolk Airport Area in VA.
Upon checking into the hotel and entering our room, we found the room to be really dilapidated, filthy and there were bugs and flies throughout the room. The toilet had bugs crawling on the seat.
Veronica and I promptly left the property but not before Veronica went into the lobby and told the desk manager just how bad the room and overall property was.
The desk clerk offered her another room but we were not interested at all. The property was really in poor shape and the photos that were depicting the property were not even close to being an accurate representation of what it was like.
Because we had booked through Priceline or Booking Buddy or one of those type of web sites, we knew up front that we would not be able to get a refund from neither the hotel nor the booking agency.
We ended up walking away and spending the night just up the street at one of our favorite hotels...Country Inn and Suites.
A blog entry was made about this bad situation back in September. Here is a link to that blog entry... AMERICAS BEST VALUE INN - NORFOLK AIRPORT AREA 5725 Northampton Blvd Norfolk, VA
Yesterday I received an email from the Manager of the hotel. Here is a portion of the email...I left his name out because it just wasn't needed for this blog entry.
Dear Sir
I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that was caused when you checked in at ABVI Virginia Beach. As the manager of the property I was unaware of the situation, that may be because my front desk employee did follow policy and offer to switch your room. At this point I would like to offer a 50% discount of the rack rate towards your next stay and hope that you will give ABVI another chance. Once again, very sorry.
Now after reading this email, I wrote the Manager back and told him just how bad the room was and what an embarrassment the hotels condition was in. I also advised him that I had contacted the corporation that gave him licensing rights to use the company name and logo. I had advised them what had happened and what the dismal condition the room and property was in.
In closing of my email to this Manager, I told him that he could have offered me a week free stay at his hotel and that I would have turned him down. There is no way that I would ever return to this hotel and strongly advise those that are looking for a decent hotel, stay elsewhere.
Veronica and I had booked a room at Americas Best Value Inn, Norfolk Airport Area in VA.
Upon checking into the hotel and entering our room, we found the room to be really dilapidated, filthy and there were bugs and flies throughout the room. The toilet had bugs crawling on the seat.
Veronica and I promptly left the property but not before Veronica went into the lobby and told the desk manager just how bad the room and overall property was.
The desk clerk offered her another room but we were not interested at all. The property was really in poor shape and the photos that were depicting the property were not even close to being an accurate representation of what it was like.
Because we had booked through Priceline or Booking Buddy or one of those type of web sites, we knew up front that we would not be able to get a refund from neither the hotel nor the booking agency.
We ended up walking away and spending the night just up the street at one of our favorite hotels...Country Inn and Suites.
A blog entry was made about this bad situation back in September. Here is a link to that blog entry... AMERICAS BEST VALUE INN - NORFOLK AIRPORT AREA 5725 Northampton Blvd Norfolk, VA
Yesterday I received an email from the Manager of the hotel. Here is a portion of the email...I left his name out because it just wasn't needed for this blog entry.
Dear Sir
I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that was caused when you checked in at ABVI Virginia Beach. As the manager of the property I was unaware of the situation, that may be because my front desk employee did follow policy and offer to switch your room. At this point I would like to offer a 50% discount of the rack rate towards your next stay and hope that you will give ABVI another chance. Once again, very sorry.
Now after reading this email, I wrote the Manager back and told him just how bad the room was and what an embarrassment the hotels condition was in. I also advised him that I had contacted the corporation that gave him licensing rights to use the company name and logo. I had advised them what had happened and what the dismal condition the room and property was in.
In closing of my email to this Manager, I told him that he could have offered me a week free stay at his hotel and that I would have turned him down. There is no way that I would ever return to this hotel and strongly advise those that are looking for a decent hotel, stay elsewhere.
This place is a dump.
AMERICAS BEST VALUE INN - NORFOLK AIRPORT AREA
5725 Northampton Blvd
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
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