Priceline Hotel: 3* Philadelphia DT Wyndham Franklin Plaza

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First bid of $33 was rejected. Rebid at $35 accepted. Our Admin will probably disagree with my choice of 3 days in PHL rather than NY/NJ - lol. Used SavingsBarn.com.

Congratulations, you got your price of $35 for a 3-star hotel room.

Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel

Downtown Philadelphia

17th And Race Sts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

215-448-2000

Check-In Date: Sun, Aug 3, 2003

Check-In Time: After 03:00 PM

Check-Out Date: Wed, Aug 6, 2003

Check-Out Time: 12:00 PM

Your Offer Price: $35.00

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 3

Subtotal: $105.00

Taxes and

Service Fees: $22.03

Total Charges: $127.03

[thereuare]

I saw this post and immediately thought, "looks like he chose Philly."

I'm sure you'll have a great time. Be sure to have an extra cheesesteak just for me (Gino's or Pat's will do... Jim's if you can't make it to either of the other two :) )

Hope you at least are enjoying your brief stint in NJ.

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I forgot what a big deal 'diners' are up here. Must have seen 20 of them on the drive up through the Garden State.

[thereuare]

Only 20?!?

Diners are great... where else can you get lobster tails OR waffles and ice cream at 3am? (although it's generally advised to stay away from the seafood at a diner). Breakfast anytime is another great perk... and they always do breakfast right at a diner!

[Welldone Rumproast]

Be sure to have an extra cheesesteak just for me (Gino's or Pat's will do... Jim's if you can't make it to either of the other two :) )

Of course, the real question here is, Cheeze Whiz or Provolone :)

[thereuare]

... and "with or without"?

I'm a provolone with onions guy.

Speaking of diners, here's a thread on a restaurant board i visit all about NJ Diners

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and they always do breakfast right at a diner!

There's something funky going on with the home fries up here though. I don't know if it's Oleo they put in there or what but it's bad. And it seems consistent - the place last night's tasted the same as that diner in the EWR airport.

Kind of a quintessential NJ diner experience last night - it was about 3am due to a weather-delayed flight and long drive, a bunch of guys in there were talking about a strip club they'd just been to and the waitress was talking about an upcoming vacation to Wildwood. I'd say the over/under on my number of visits to diners this week is 6.

BTW, a big thanks to our Admin for doing outside research for me for this trip - his suggestions on transportation alone are saving me at least $100 and greatly improving this trip.