TNT Posted April 23, 2006 Report Posted April 23, 2006 Newark - Newark Airport1170 Spring Street Elizabeth, New Jersey 07201 Your Offer Price: $51.00 Extend Your Stay Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 3 Subtotal: $153.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $30.87 Total Charges: $183.87 The best price I could get for that period and that star level. The highest rejected bid was $50.
TNT Posted April 25, 2006 Author Report Posted April 25, 2006 I just find I need to pay $8 per day for parking. And I also find there is a Hampton Inn nearby offering free self parking. I checked it on Google Earth, and they seem to be very close to each other on the satellite map. :)
dahammer Posted April 25, 2006 Report Posted April 25, 2006 all 3*'s in the Newark zone charge for parking, the Doubletree charges $12 and the Marriott is $20. Unless you are registered at the Hampton there is a daily charge for parking. Paying for parking is one of my biggest pet peeves and I always try to get the 2.5* Country Inn and Suites in Elizabeth with free parking, free breakfast and free WiFi; this is worth about $25-30 a day. BTW, the 2* Ramada does not charge for parking or High Speed internet.
TNT Posted April 25, 2006 Author Report Posted April 25, 2006 If I knew this, I would bid for a 2* hotel. Anyway I should not complain more, it is the cheapeast after all.I used to stay at Hyatt Regency in Disneyland area in LA twice. They also charge parking fee. I parked my car in other hotels' parking lots easily, because there was no barrier :) . I wonder if it will be the same case for Hampton inn. I could not find a barrier on the satellite map. :)
dahammer Posted April 25, 2006 Report Posted April 25, 2006 I don't think the Google map is that detailed :) But, they charge $7.00 to park for non guests so they must have some kind of means to collect parking fees.PS., I'm a big fan of The Spanish Tavern in the Ironbound section of Newark, if you don't feel like driving, they have a free shuttle bus to pick you up at your hotel, so enjoy an extra glass of wine and go for the rack of lamb :)
TNT Posted April 25, 2006 Author Report Posted April 25, 2006 I use Google Earth(not google map). It's a software. It can give you very detailed satellite map. If you are interested, you may download it at earth.google.comActually I did see a barrier at the entrance of the parking lots surrouding Hampton inn(at the way out). But there is also a large parking lot between Hampton inn and Hilton, and I saw no barrier. So I suppose this is the "free" parking lot of Hampton inn(not hilton's), because the entance is towards Hampton.And this makes some sense, because I really notice a very interesting phenomenon, that is, a lot of cars are parked near Hilton and nearly all places are occupied, while the side near Hampton still has a lot of vacant places. :) Anyway, I will check it out during my stay. :)
dahammer Posted April 27, 2006 Report Posted April 27, 2006 But there is also a large parking lot between Hampton inn and Hilton, and I saw no barrier did Google Earth also show a Security Tower in the middle of the lot? :) This parking lot is for the TSA and there is a guard on duty 24/7 :)
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