How many nights do you spend in hotels each year

How many nights do you spend in Hotels each year

  • None

    Votes: 5 3.6%

  • 0-10

    Votes: 35 25.5%

  • 11-50

    Votes: 54 39.4%

  • 51-100

    Votes: 26 19.0%

  • 101 and more... and more... and more...

    Votes: 17 12.4%
  • Total voters
    137
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There's a thread about franchising that touched on hotels and eateries, so I'm curious how often others are out "enjoying" them.

I'm at 147 this year... and three months to go!
 
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I've traveled more this year than any year prior. I'm at 63 nights on the year so far, but I've got a go-live later this fall that will push me up over 100 I'm sure.

It didn't take long for the 'magic' of biz travel to wear off. :(
 
rolivi said:
There's a thread about franchising that touched on hotels and eateries, so I'm curious how often others are out "enjoying" them.

I'm at 147 this year... and three months to go!
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Hotels for work. Bed and Breakfasts for personal.
 
I don't count my nights spent in hotels but guessing it's in the 51-100 range. Almost all these nights are for work and almost all of them are in recognizable-name chains.

As far as restaurants go, I like to try new things and if it's my choice I will often pick a restaurant which is not part of a chain, or at least one from a chain which I have not tried before.
 
I usually spend about 80-100 nights per year in a hotel.

Almost always Hyatt Place.
 
Spent a month in Europe using AirBnB, never stayed in a hotel.

I highly recommend it for leisure travel.
 
I think I've spent 1 night in a hotel this year. That's the only night I haven't spent at a cabin/house.
 
Around fifty,all for pleasure and travel.
 
I'm retired now.........but when I flew for a living had 500,000 Marriott points. Mostly from Budapest.
 
I stay in hotels 50-60 nights per year, about 2/3 work. I will gladly stay a large distance from my objective to stay in a Marriott or Hilton. So far I've racked-up 1.2 million Marriott points which have allowed us to travel Europe for a month without paying for a single night and send my brother on his honeymoon. Like many of the others here, I hate chain restaurants and love to seek-out local places to eat; but I need a modern, cookie-cutter hotel. They actually feel like home now, having them all be the same is a comfort. As a family, we will literally reconsider a trip if we can't find a Marriott or Hilton within a reasonable distance.
 
too many (sorry Jay)
 
It takes 80 nights a hear at Hilton to be Diamond and I already qualified this year. Sigh. . .
That does not count the nights at other chains. I was hoping to spend more time at home next year but it doesnt look like it.
 
Everskyward said:
I don't count my nights spent in hotels but guessing it's in the 51-100 range. Almost all these nights are for work and almost all of them are in recognizable-name chains.

As far as restaurants go, I like to try new things and if it's my choice I will often pick a restaurant which is not part of a chain, or at least one from a chain which I have not tried before.
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X2. I normally make it a point to eat at non-chain restaurants while on business trips. I make exceptions for some regional chains (like Primanti Bros if I'm out of options in PA). Hotels are all Hilton/Marriot except on rare occassion, solely for predictability and hotel points for personal use. I am staying at the Nagle-Warren Mansion here soon in Cheyenne, WY, so we'll see how the B&B fares during a work trip.

As far as preferred hotels, I like the Hilton/Homewood Suites myself.
 
I don't keep track in much detail however I'm and airline pilot so my number is obviously skewed and well above 101 hotels per year! Between work and vacation I'd estimate my hotel useage above 150 hotels a year! I always try to eat at local reteraunts as well, often times however with late night arrivals I have no choice but an open chain place
 
2015 so far about 60 in 19 countries.
On average, 90-100, 20-25 countries per year.
 
Longest stay was one year when working in Silver Spring, MD, stayed in a nice Holiday Inn.

Lately only about 18 days a year, for pleasure..:yes:
 
I travel pretty much every week. I'm guessing for this year, but it should be at least a hundred so far and probably 150-200 before the year is over.

Because they won't pay me this kind of money to work in town.
 
Bob Noel said:
too many (sorry Jay)
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No worries! :)

We didn't design our place for road warrior travelers. (Not that there are any of those here on the island, anyway.) We're more aimed at the margarita by the pool, out all night, sleep till noon crowd... :yes:

Being on "Island Time" is what we are all about...
 
AKBill said:
Longest stay was one year when working in Silver Spring, MD, stayed in a nice Holiday Inn.

Lately only about 18 days a year, for pleasure..:yes:
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That must have been a fun check-in!
"So sir, you are with us for.... 360 nights?" :)
 
Reading this thread has completely destroyed the myth that airline pilots are the only nomads in our labor landscape. Some of you guys are crushing the nomadic work lifestyle; hell, an in-domicile pilot who bids reserve on purpose or who min runs his monthly line bid, looks like a straight up civil servant by comparison.

The natural question becomes: are you happy being gone as much as you are? Or is it just something you white knuckle through because of the money. I know for some folks it is cathartic to be away from their families, especially when toddlers are in the picture or the spousal relationship has fizzled and merely maintained for economic reasons. Most people I know however, tend to consider being gone from home for work a detracting quality. There's just so much "look honey I'm layovering at [insert tourist attraction here]" to your family via face-chat-whatever before you start feeling like a phony. If I truly wanted to enjoy somewhere, I'd get on my airplane with my spouse and do it, or buy airline tickets. That's just me who doesn't hate his wife, and I'm previously divorced mind you. I've endured geobachelorship for monetary reasons before; I just don't get it as a lifestyle choice though.
 
Yes, it's money. Yes, I'd really rather be home, but I'll have to cut out all the extras if I work in town. No flying, no private school, no vacations, a much smaller house and less saved for retirement.

It's a balancing act. 3-4 nights a week on the road in exchange for an elevated lifestyle at home. If you don't understand it, that's fine, it just means its not right for you. The ability for each person to choose the lifestyle that optimizes their happiness is one of the great things about the United States.
 
This year:

Two nights Hilton Midtown (my niece was in an off-broadway play)
One night Hampton Ybor City (night before Sun n' Fun)
Two nights in Hilton Burlington (Winemaker Magazine Competition)
One night in Hilton Garden Inn Oshkosh (Last night of Airventure)
Three nights Booth Bay Harbor Inn (family reunion)
Seven nights in Best Western Fredricksburg, VA (Navion Convention)
Three nights Hilton Times Square (sister-in-law's 60th birthday)

will spend four nights in Sheraton Tysons Corner (American Wine Society Conference)

we'll also spend four days in a rental beach house down in coastal NC in October.
 
91 days already for me this year. All Marriott. All for work. All paid for by work.

I wouldn't be doing this if there were jobs even remotely close to where I lived.
 
I have a monthly meeting in Atlanta that we always spend the night at the Westin, so that's 12 nights per year. I have a dealer group that meets 3 times per year so add another 9 nights. A couple other business meetings will add another 6. So that's 27 for business and another 5-10 for pleasure puts me in the some where around 35 per year. Usually in upper end hotels for business, I don't care much where I stay for personal travel, anything that is clean and comfortable is OK with me. :D
 
As an airline pilot not as many as you'd think. On average it's about 4 nights a month.
 
I'll do about 80-90 nights this year, but a few years ago I did 200+ with Marriott alone. I travel a bunch for work, and a little for personal (made Platinum with Delta, Gold with Emirates and Virgin, and Silver with BA last year lol). Full service Marriotts or Courtyards are my "go to" as I know exactly what to expect. I'm mostly in Hiltons or BnBs over in Europe though.

I also avoid chain restaurants -- well, my rule is actually that I avoid restaurants that have a location in my home county -- whenever I can, and try to eat as "local" as possible. Especially if there is a signature "thing" somewhere (blue crab in Maryland, or brisket in TX for example).
 
I HATE hotels.....

It is the main reason I learned to fly and bought my own plane...
 
I am on the road currently 3-4 nights a week and stick exclusively to Marriott brands for hotels when I can but avoid chains for food when possible, but occasionally need predictable and will break down and go.

We like finding the local mom and pop shop restaurants but I HATE yelp with a passion and wish there was a better alternative to finding the places to be...and I am ALL over the country from major cities to one stoplight kinda towns.
 
Shawn said:
I am on the road currently 3-4 nights a week and stick exclusively to Marriott brands for hotels when I can but avoid chains for food when possible, but occasionally need predictable and will break down and go.

We like finding the local mom and pop shop restaurants but I HATE yelp with a passion and wish there was a better alternative to finding the places to be...and I am ALL over the country from major cities to one stoplight kinda towns.
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Why the hate for Yelp when finding places to eat?

Some amazing meals are directly related to the search I did on Yelp.


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JoseCuervo said:
Why the hate for Yelp when finding places to eat?

Some amazing meals are directly related to the search I did on Yelp.
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Just hate them as a business practice in general and their rating system is not unbiased and 100% user based. The fact that they manipulate reviews based on if you advertise or not...and worse if you decline is pretty jacked up...and basing that on first hand experience, not speculation.
 
Here's a breakdown of mine for some comparison. Airline Pilot. I'm bidding in the 10th percentile in base so I always get what I want for a schedule. I am
A commuter so for me it's beneficial to go on the road. Since I don't live in base day trips don't appeal to me as I don't want to pay for a hotel. I fly 4, 4 day trips a months. Meaning I go to work and come home 4 days later. That equals to 3 nights in a hotel per trip, or 12 nights a month in hotels.

If I pick up some stuff for some extra money it may add a hotel here or there.

Someone asked if people enjoy being on the road that much, I love it. Absolutely love it. I don't mind it one bit, never found it a hardship and actually rather enjoy spending some nights in hotels out on the road. This is part of the reason I haven't moved to base as I like getting away from home like that. However I can easily say not many others I fly with share the same view on that aspect.
 
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I did years on the road in Appeasement, er... cough Field Engineering. Didn't hate it.

Now I work in one place and don't travel much if ever. Don't hate it.

Absolutely hate what American companies laughably offer for vacation time. I'd take it unpaid if I had to even.

Friend in Australia has over ten weeks of paid time off per year. He sends me pretty pictures from exotic places.

He's paid by our government.

Sometimes I want to kick him in the nuts. ;) But he's a nice guy as is his wife and they deserve it. They really do. They both bust some butt at their careers.

I'd happily take a significant pay cut to be out of the office ten weeks a year. As in, I'd take most of it without pay and budget accordingly.

Time is valuable. Very valuable.
 
Shawn said:
I am on the road currently 3-4 nights a week and stick exclusively to Marriott brands for hotels when I can but avoid chains for food when possible, but occasionally need predictable and will break down and go.

We like finding the local mom and pop shop restaurants but I HATE yelp with a passion and wish there was a better alternative to finding the places to be...and I am ALL over the country from major cities to one stoplight kinda towns.
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Agree about Yelp. Wish they would put a "filter out these chains" option so I can quit seeing that Chick-fil-a is the #1 best restaurant near me. Or maybe something that says "Throw out everone who voted for chick-fil-a and recalculate"

There's an app called "LocalEats", have you tried that?
 
My Marriott account says 118 so far. Probably another couple of weeks of Hilton.
 
Shawn said:
Just hate them as a business practice in general and their rating system is not unbiased and 100% user based. The fact that they manipulate reviews based on if you advertise or not...and worse if you decline is pretty jacked up...and basing that on first hand experience, not speculation.
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I haven't really noticed that kind of stuff when I've used it, but I tend to read a few of the reviews and look at pictures of the place mostly. If it's got 5 stars but 2 reviews, I'm not likely to give it much credence. I've found some really great local places with the app that even the employees that live in the area weren't aware of or didn't think to recommend. YMMV I suppose.
 
N801BH said:
I HATE hotels.....

It is the main reason I learned to fly and bought my own plane...
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What is it about hotels that makes you want to spend $50K+ to avoid them? I mean, there are some I like more than others, but I can't say I "hate" a particular hotel chain (I've never stayed in a budget hotel, mind you).
 
N801BH said:
I HATE hotels.....

It is the main reason I learned to fly and bought my own plane...
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How does having an airplane keep you from staying in hotels? I would think having an airplane would mean you would travel more. That's assuming that you are not camping or staying in someone's guest room...
 
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