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Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:21 am to Eli Goldfinger
My brother and I took a Civil War Battle field trip in 1995. He worked on the road so he knew all the back roads. This trip was all Waffle House and Mom and Pop motels. There was one place that I absolutely refused to stay. The bath tub had a ring that would probably have to be chiseled to be removed. I noticed that you could hear a lot of noise from the interstate and realized there was no transom above the door. We left to find a Holiday Inn. We did stay in some pretty cool places that were clean and kept that 50's look.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:23 am to tigerinthebueche
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IF I have an option to stay at a boutique hotel (Ace Hotel)on a pleasure trip than I'll do so.
good for you
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:32 am to Eli Goldfinger
Interstates
Also, people simplified their taste and prefer to go to places to which they are familiar.
I have an affinity for the old highway 1950s motels.
Also, people simplified their taste and prefer to go to places to which they are familiar.
I have an affinity for the old highway 1950s motels.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:35 am to RogerTheShrubber
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I have an affinity for the old highway 1950s motels
Me too...sigh
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:38 am to TH03
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Wine country is full of them and bed and breakfast places too
Yeah, stayed at one in Napa. Total boner killer. I felt like I was trying to smash in my grandma's house, not to mention the walls were paper thin.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:42 am to upgrayedd
Ball gag, baw.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:43 am to upgrayedd
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Total boner killer. I felt like I was trying to smash in my grandma's house, not to mention the walls were paper thin.
Psh I've got no shame.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:45 am to Eli Goldfinger
Most hotels are licensing corporate name no?
Franchise type model
Franchise type model
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:47 am to CoachChappy
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Time and money got them man. Also, many of hem were built along older routes. The interstate system gets built and there is a faster way to travel. Last, families used to leave home with a destination, clothes, and a map. You would stop when you were tired along the way
One of the memories I retained from when I was around 5 years old was a family trip to Houston back in the early ‘70s. Headed to Astroworld packed into a VW Beetle. Road atlases, stopping at the full service gas station to pick up local maps once you got to the area, etc. Good times.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:50 am to TH03
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Psh I've got no shame.
Makes for an awkward conversation at the breakfast table the next morning for me
Posted on 12/5/17 at 10:05 am to Eli Goldfinger
They are in Branson, MO.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 10:07 am to Eli Goldfinger
They are mainly rented by the hour nowadays
This post was edited on 12/5/17 at 10:07 am
Posted on 12/5/17 at 10:08 am to CoachChappy
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Last, families used to leave home with a destination, clothes, and a map. You would stop when you were tired along the way
We used to do this growing up in the 90s. I miss using the big atlas book
Posted on 12/5/17 at 10:13 am to Eli Goldfinger
No thanks-
Posted on 12/5/17 at 10:21 am to Eli Goldfinger
Sorry, man, but my corporate loyalty program got me a stay in the Capital Hilton in downtown BR, for the game against TAMU, for $101 a night. Everyone else was forking over big bucks to stay there.
I'll continue staying in the soulless corporate places, thank you very much.
I'll continue staying in the soulless corporate places, thank you very much.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 10:30 am to RedPop4
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Springdale, Moab, and a few others have a LOT of older, very well-preserved motels. Most of them get good ratings or at least average ratings on sites like Trip Advisor.
Mormons.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 10:34 am to Draconian Sanctions
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But many rednecks on here have horrible taste and prefer the cookie cutter corporate thing in all phases on their life,
look
if i'm traveling to some unknown destination, cookie cutter accommodations are just fine
This post was edited on 12/5/17 at 10:34 am
Posted on 12/5/17 at 10:36 am to Eli Goldfinger
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What happened to all the non-corporate hotels/motels?
They all got a Best Western franchise?
Posted on 12/5/17 at 10:41 am to Eli Goldfinger
I have great memories of these style motels.
9 yr old me, my mom and 21 yr old brother drive to Watertown N.Y. in 1977 to see my grandparents who I'd never seen before. In a Chevy nova hatchback with a map and travelers checks.
Stayed at mom and pops from BR to N.Y. and all the way back. Master Inn in Virgina was one of my favorites along with the cardinal motel on the blue ridge parkway. Remember a great log cabin type place in the Pocono mountains.
Just a different world then but I loved it, glad I grew up when I did
9 yr old me, my mom and 21 yr old brother drive to Watertown N.Y. in 1977 to see my grandparents who I'd never seen before. In a Chevy nova hatchback with a map and travelers checks.
Stayed at mom and pops from BR to N.Y. and all the way back. Master Inn in Virgina was one of my favorites along with the cardinal motel on the blue ridge parkway. Remember a great log cabin type place in the Pocono mountains.
Just a different world then but I loved it, glad I grew up when I did
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