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Okay Then, Don't Use Priceline
Dec. 15th, 2009 01:44 pmYou people never believe me, so I'll finally concede: do it your way and don't ever use Priceline to book hotel rooms. After all, it would be terrible if you scored a 2.5 star hotel room in Times Square during the holiday season for $100 on a busy weeknight. A cushy en suite room near the subway with complimentary breakfast and free wifi for $100 is no way to travel. That would be utter suck.
No, I think it would be better if you did 10 hours of exhaustive online searching for affordable travel digs until you reach tears of frustration and consider canceling the trip, and then settle for a $100 cot in a shithole hostel shared with vomiting-drunk sorority girls from Indiana or gamboling Scandinavian roughnecks on tour, where your wallet will be stolen from your backpack and you'll be kept awake all night by incessant chanting of "IF YOU LIKE IT THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT A RING ON IT." Alternately, you could stay in a microtel for $149 a night and enjoy the warm fuzzies of sharing a one-seater bathroom with 11 other guests. You're right and I'm wrong, that's definitely the way to go.
But under no circumstances should you trust William Shatner to find you a dirt-cheap, clean, secure, and very likely posher than you could ever dream of affording at rack rate room. We just keep making that mistake over and over, and suffering the resulting horror of lux amenities like fully-equipped in-room kitchenettes, complimentary artisan soaps & shampoos, free fair trade coffee.... it's been hell, I tell you. And Priceline is to blame. Don't go down that route, whatever you do.
Off to New York Thursday for a quicky trip. I trained my wuzzle well, and he was the one who scored the Priceline deal this time. Back on the weekend!
No, I think it would be better if you did 10 hours of exhaustive online searching for affordable travel digs until you reach tears of frustration and consider canceling the trip, and then settle for a $100 cot in a shithole hostel shared with vomiting-drunk sorority girls from Indiana or gamboling Scandinavian roughnecks on tour, where your wallet will be stolen from your backpack and you'll be kept awake all night by incessant chanting of "IF YOU LIKE IT THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT A RING ON IT." Alternately, you could stay in a microtel for $149 a night and enjoy the warm fuzzies of sharing a one-seater bathroom with 11 other guests. You're right and I'm wrong, that's definitely the way to go.
But under no circumstances should you trust William Shatner to find you a dirt-cheap, clean, secure, and very likely posher than you could ever dream of affording at rack rate room. We just keep making that mistake over and over, and suffering the resulting horror of lux amenities like fully-equipped in-room kitchenettes, complimentary artisan soaps & shampoos, free fair trade coffee.... it's been hell, I tell you. And Priceline is to blame. Don't go down that route, whatever you do.
Off to New York Thursday for a quicky trip. I trained my wuzzle well, and he was the one who scored the Priceline deal this time. Back on the weekend!