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  1. Arks

    Hello from Wales!

    I'm surprised EU doesn't crack down on a near monopoly like that. I know they're certainly put limits, and huge fines, on companies like Google and Facebook and Microsoft over the years, for similar practices.
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    Back to Daily Cleaning? Neatening? Yea or Nay?

    Two weeks ago I stayed in a Hilton in Memphis, and the next day stayed at a Hilton in New Orleans. Both still offer no daily maid service unless guest requests it, and there are no welcome books, magazines, etc. in the rooms. I suspect the automatic daily maid service is never coming back at a...
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    Guest of the Day

    I had real wood stoves in two of my units. It was a huge mistake. I eventually replaced them with electric wood flame-look stoves, and the two $4000 stoves make very heavy paperweights. I was constantly having to replenish wood, kindling, and lighters, ashes to clean out, along with extra...
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    Ludicrous Travel Reviews

    I always enjoy reading those, and imagining the sort of helpless people who write the complaints. The Nanny State concept was created because of these poor folks.
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    Dealing with Fraudulent Bookings

    Along this line, I got a message today from an ABC reporter wanting to use one of my units for on-camera interviews. I blew it off as a hoax, but checked around, and yes ABC has been in town lately filming for a 20/20 story related to an elected official murdered here a few years ago. So yes...
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    Hope Silverspoon and the rest in the NE are OK!

    22 degrees here. Might see it rise above freezing by Sunday. The ice storm we were predicted to get shifted south and practically destroyed the trees of Memphis. We just got about 2 inches of very fine sleet mixed with snow, and the power stayed on, so no worries!
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    Hope Silverspoon and the rest in the NE are OK!

    I heard on the news today that Silverspoon's area was one of he hardest hit by the recent snow storms and power outages in the Northeast USA. Hope they're able to dig out and get power back quickly!
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    Tis the Season - For Chargebacks

    No, American Cruise was too expensive. COVID permitting, we're doing NOLA to Memphis in March on THIS BOAT from the American Steamboat Company. They say it's the largest steamboat ever built, though I seriously doubt it's steam-powered! None of the travel insurance plans I looked at provide...
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    Tis the Season - For Chargebacks

    Whew! I just fought my way through this with Hilton. I had booked 3 nights at the train station Hilton in Memphis. I picked the no refund reservation because I KNEW we were going to go, or die, the night before our train left for New Orleans at 6:45 the next morning. (Boarding a paddle wheeler...
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    EV Chargers - anyone else installing these?

    Part of owning an EV is planning ahead! Can't imagine an EV owner planning a trip and not knowing in advance where they would recharge! It's on them, not you!
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    EV Chargers - anyone else installing these?

    About 6 years ago Tesla was giving free Tesla chargers to inns, and they even paid for installation in many cases (they no longer give them away free). They gave me a charger and put me on their "Destination Charger" map, which makes my location show up in all Tesla navigation systems as a place...
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    I LOVE Bank Mergers!

    I guess it's an improvement over a few years ago, when we heard "the Japanese" were buying up the whole USA. And before that, the rumor was the Saudi royal family. It's always something. It's an interesting list of the top 100 land owners, and I didn't even make the list! Land Report 100...
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    Tis the Season - For Chargebacks

    I hear you. There are no Solomons out there trying to split the risk. The guests want it all their way, with 100% refund and would never consider anything like a 50-50 split. I'll bet airlines and big hotel chains don't lose many chargebacks on their no-refund deals. When they say no, the...
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    I LOVE Bank Mergers!

    Here it has been going on for a couple of decades. Big banks buying small ones. Bigger banks buying the big ones. My own bank was established in 1880, and the local owners said, don't worry, we'll never sell. Then a larger bank here in the state came along and offered them twice what it was...
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    I LOVE Bank Mergers!

    Normally, being old and grouchy and set in my ways, I don't like change, and I've never liked how banks keep merging and changing their names and requiring new checks and all that goes with it. But two of our local banks have been engulfed and devoured by larger banks in the last year, and both...
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    Thinking of our friend, Generic :-)

    Vaccine appointments multiply after Quebec requires shots for weed, alcohol stores
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    Just Set 2022 Rates - A Few Thoughts

    I've applied a $9 surcharge for one night says for years. It's enough to make the point, but not high enough to run people off. It adds up to enough over a year's time to make up for the extra trouble of dealing with cleaning a room that has only been used a few hours.
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    Just Set 2022 Rates - A Few Thoughts

    You're my new hero!
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    Just Set 2022 Rates - A Few Thoughts

    Great idea, to use rates to discourage things that take you more time and money. My rooms only have a king size bed in each, so I HATE it when third/fourth person means I have to put out the air mattresses, and sheets, pillows, blanket. I should up the rate more for those extra people! Well said!
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    Just Set 2022 Rates - A Few Thoughts

    Sounds great, but I hate companies that won't put their rates on the website! (Or I could be missing it, but I've looked all over their website.)
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