"Never lose a chance of saying a kind word."
"Dream--then do!"
"Let the past drift away with the waters."
The above quotations were compliments of the shampoo bottles in my hotel. Who would have thought that they'd start putting inspirational sayings on those?
One of the common questions I get on the road is, "What is it like living out of hotels?" (This is usually asked with a contorted and slightly pained expression). Actually, I love trying out all of these hotels. Each time we move to a new hotel I get excited all over again. It's like being on a bunch of mini vacations--there's always a new adventure.
I promise I'm not paid to advertise, but my co-worker and I are faithful guests at the Holiday Inn Chain Hotels. Out of that chain, the StayBridge Suites are always my first choice. The StayBridge has apartment style room with a lobby that is designed in a more residential, rather than business, fashion. Right now, however, I am in a Holiday Inn Select which is extremely nice as well.
My Favorite Hotels Have A...
+Private balcony off each room
+Grand piano in the lobby
+Bowl of fresh fruit in the lobby
+24 hour pool and fitness room
+Beach within a half mile
"Oh the Places You'll Go"
- Chicago and done.
- Mexico
- New York City
- McAllen/ Mexico
- Last time at Headquarters in Madison
- McAllen/ Mexico
- South Padre Island!
- Houston, TX
- The Island of Galveston!
- Buda/ Austin, Texas
- San Antonio
- Louisiana
- Little Rock, Arkansas (after driving through Weiner, AR)
- Memphis, TN
- Fort Worth, TX
- Guatemala...without the vehicle!
- Dallas Area (Garland etc), TX
- Lufkin, TX (Heard of it?)
- Austin, Texas
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Columbia, MO
- Tulsa, OK (passing through)
- Austin, Texas
- Houston, TX
- New Orleans, LA
- Jackson, MS
- Columbia, MO (passing through)
- Omaha/ Lincoln, Nebraska
- Madison, WI (via Milwaukee!)
- San Francisco, CA
- Chicago
- San Francisco (...just can't get enough of this city!)
- Sacramento, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Bakersfield, CA
- Los Angeles (Newport Beach Area)
- Las Vegas, NV
- Bakersfield, CA
- San Diego/ Carlsbad, CA
- Tucson, AZ
- Phoenix, AZ
- Irvine, CA
- Anaheim/ LA & a bit of Northern San Diego
- Tehachapi, CA
- Anaheim/ LA (our second home)
- Madison, Wisconsin (Oscar Mayer Headquarters)
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Anaheim, California
- San Bernardino, California
- Stockton, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Portland, Oregon
- (Medford area, Oregon)
- (Sacramento area, California)
- Los Angeles, California
- San Diego, California
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Ogden (Salt Lake area), Utah
- Denver/ Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- (Tuseyan, Arizona--Grand Canyon)
- San Diego, California
- Tucson, Arizona
- Phoenix, Arizona
- (LA, Califonia)
- BEGINNING: Madison, Wisconsin
- NEXT DESTINATIONS: Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas