Florida Motels

Open Question: Is Sandman motel petfriendly ?

FortWalton / Destin Florida

Resolved Question: Who should I thank for extending the camping season?

Normally we open up late March and close at the end of October. We opened 2 weeks early this spring and we closed 2 weeks later last year. We may even stay open until the end of November this year, if the nights remain above freezing. This is the scary part, these people are not campers. A lot of them are homeless people. We've got families living in pop up campers and other little 16-20' travel trailers. The school bus stops just outside the campground. A lot of these people came here for the cheap rates, $75 a week for sights with electric, $50 for sights without. You can dump up to 30 gallons of waste water and get up to 30 gallons of fresh water for free once a week. Additional dump/refill if $7. A lot of these people have minimum wage part time jobs or work odd jobs in the area. There really isn't much available other than that. I've got a guy who is a college graduate, well a 2 year degree in video production. He used to make $20 up until 2009. He lost his job. He ended up working for someone else for about $12 per hour. Lost that job about a year later. Got unemployment based on the $12 per hour job, unemployment ran out. Now he works part time for one of these dollar store places for $7.50 per hour. If he didn't own a camper he'd be homeless. He lost his house just before he lost the $12 an hour job. To be honest, he owes us about $50 right now. The only way he will be able to pay it back is to work it off. I'm going to have to find something for him to do that would take 5-6 hours the owner says. This is so sad. It's starting to feel like 1931 must have. I feel bad about staying open longer. I feel worse about having to send these people away when it becomes too cold to live here safely. Worst of all, I generally go work for a motel in Florida in the winter, because that's supposed to be the busy time. It isn't that busy. Last winter it was obviously rentals were down about 10%. That owner tells me its worse now. I live in a 20' travel trailer 9 months a year and a hotel room another 3. I can't stay up here to freeze either! Ive never seen it this bad before. I just want to know who thank!!!

Open Question: Think my wife will notice that I have three different cars, all the same?

This semester, I will start a Visiting Professorship at a college in Upstate New York. It's only a couple of days a week, so I will commute from my home several hundred miles away and just stay in a Motel 6 or such the night between lectures. Anyway, my old boss, Vito, saw this appointment mentioned in the newspaper and remembered me. I used to run numbers for him in the '80s before committing to college full-time, and that job sort of dried up anyway once state lottery commissions started their own racket of Pick 3 and Pick 4 games. He called me up the other day, and we met. He saw my Ford Escort outside his restaurant, Vito's Trattoria, and said, "Tsk. Tsk. A per-fesser like you should be driving something better, y'know? Say your students see you in that thing?" I couldn't disagree, but mentioned how, having new twins and a wife in college herself, makes one have to sacrifice. "Nonsense," Vito said. "You're a good kid. How would you like to drive a new Caddy CTS to and from New York?" Of course, I told him. "Consider it done," he said, "and let me give you a $1000 a week for the kids' college fund, OK? Maybe they'll turn out geniuses like their dad." Of course, it's impossible to say no to Vito. But there are "details." Vito gave me three ignition keys. I will drive the CTS to my job in New York. While I'm at the Sheraton (he's paying for that, too, when I mentioned Motel 6), his colleague up there will switch my CTS with one that looks exactly like it. Then, when I come home, someone else will switch the CTS with a third, duplicate CTS. I'm not sure why all the car switching is going on, and know not to ask. Vito said, "We have Florida plates on them, as New Yorkers tend to get pulled over more down here, and the registration's in the glove box, but who's going to pull over or harass a college guy like you, just minding your own business and going the speed limit, y'know?" Think my wife will notice the car switches?

Resolved Question: What is the most economical weekly motel in Tampa, Florida?

My father is determined to stay in a motel that I am convinced is unsafe. Any information about really inexpensive, but SAFE places would be appreciated.

Resolved Question: Florida, Tampa Bay Area, Pinellas County, St. Pete/Clearwater/Palm Harbor-- Hiking the Pinellas Trail?

I'm looking for people who have done this without driving from section to section... walking the entire trail over the span of a week or so. My family & I were thinking of a little "stay-cation" hiking trip. We live near the St. Pete end of the trail & were thinking it might be cool to backpack the entire trail from Tarpon Springs. Only planning on walking 5-6 miles per day, maybe stopping at some parks & museums along the way We would stop of course in the evening for lodgings... we'd actually rather just pop a pup tent & rough it, inner-city camping lol, but there are only a couple of places we can do that (Sherwood Forest in Palm Harbor & KOA in Bay Pines, plus we have a friend that lives in Gulfport & we can probably pop a tent in their fenced-in yard if we wanted for a night. Can't find anywhere to camp near the trail in Clearwater so we would have to probably do a small motel. I'm looking for people who've actually done it. I find plenty of info on biking the whole trail, and plenty on going over just a part of it, but I can't seem to find people-- families in particular-- who've walked the whole trail so I can get their input. Thanks...

Resolved Question: What are the standards for Choice hotels?

I have stayed at the following Choice hotels and this is my conclusion. Comfort Inn's are fairly decent, from the past few years they all include hot waffles. I have never stayed at Comfort Suites. Quality Inn, in Bar Harbor Maine, I have stayed in it seems like an Older Motel 6. I find that some Quality Inn's are not as good? Are they cheeper down south like in Florida? Do you know if all Comfort Suites and Inn's are built from the ground up? What is your conclusion? What kind of breakfast do all Comfort Suites have do they all include waffles or is it just eggs? I have stayed at Hampton Inn they seem to have more hot items and the rates are more? Is Comfort Suites a good compromise since I don't want to pay up to the extra $30-60.00? What is your conclusion?

Resolved Question: How much would it cost to spend a week in north carolina if you're visiting from Florida?

My bf lives in Florida and I live in North Carolina. if he were to drive here around how much would it cost for gas, a motel, etc. altogether for one week?

Voting Question: In north carolina how long do you need to stay in a hotel before you are tax exempt?

Texas for example credits you back your paid Taxes after 30 days and you are Tax free for the remaining stay since you are considered a permanent Resident. -New York after 180 days -Florida you need to stay 6 Month before being Tax exempt I'm just wondering how long you need to stay in a North Carolina Hotel & Motel to be exempt from paying Tax? I can't find anything about it.

Resolved Question: Can you help me find a pet friendly motel?

my mom wants to get rid of my dog cuz no motels will let us keep a 80 pound dog. but i'm hoping somene hear will help me find a motel in Hollywood Florida. plz help! sumone! I'm beging u! i luv dis dog to def! i can't part wit him! we saved him wen he was a puppy from sum bad owners. d 1st owner worked at d dump. after a weeks we took him back to dump to see his old owner n he was crying n kept hiding himself. wen he got bigger we took hi back n he tryed killing d owner! everytym we go on vaction he barl;ey etes n sleeps n starves himsel to deth! if we leave him he'll die! sumone help me plz!

Resolved Question: My mom wants to get rid of my dog?

we live in NY and we're moving to Florida. she says if we go and stay in rent they won't let us keep him. but she told she as a freiend with a backyard where we can keep him. but she said wen we're driving down dere will have to stop at motels to sleep and we can't him in there but said i can stay in the car with him and sleep. plz help