Live in a hotel?

RichieC

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

Is that you Alan Partridge?

its a travel tavern!

Mike 1972

Yahew wrote: »

Rich people often stay in hotels.

Ive also heard of poor people in the States doing so.

Although I strongly suspect the term ins more loosely aspplied over there and the "hotels" in question are glorified doss houses.

JONJO THE MISER

I know of one person here in Ireland who has lived in a hotel for the last 15 or so years.

OneArt

I don't think it'd be worth the financial hassle really. Unless living in a really cheap country, I can do my work from most places as long as there's Internet.

As for the whole cabin fever etc. a few of my friends here live in studio apartments which are basically the same size as a hotel room, so I don't think it'd be too much of a bother. A friend of mine is moving out of hers in a few months so I'm going to move into it when she leaves. The way she keeps it, it pretty much looks like a hotel room. I can't wait! Dirt cheap rent and no housemates to deal with!

Bullchomper

Has anyone made a HERE'S JOHNNY! joke yet?

Lash_Alert

cosanostra wrote: »

I know some students that stayed in the maldron in parnell sq for 100pw inc breakfast I think they had to sign up for a long term lease to get that rate

Well thats a lie......

Gyalist

I lived for four years in a Dublin ciy centre hotel when I was a student. It was just five minutes from college so it suited me well.

previous user

Free shower curtains!

Thalia_26

Hotels are depressing ... well, most hotels.

meoklmrk91

Gyalist wrote: »

I lived for four years in a Dublin ciy centre hotel when I was a student. It was just five minutes from college so it suited me well.

Hmm this thread has given me ideas, I want to study in ucd, but I am a country girl so the culture shock alone is enough without having to deal with housemates. I may see what kind of rates hotels are offering.

Stripey Cat

There is a hotel located on the west coast of the United States where, once you have checked in, you are unable to leave.

ProudDUB

CardBordWindow wrote: »

On top of this, think of the savings you could make:

• No electricity bills.
• No heating bills
• Free parking
• Free toiletries
• No breakfast costs
• Free house-keeping
• Free gym membership (the hotel has a leisure centre)
• Free wifi
• Free refuse collection
• No TV license bill / No TV bill

Other benefits:

• You've a pub downstairs
• It's in town, so no taxi fares
• If you have a one-night stand, she won't believe that you live in the hotel
• Fully furnished accomodation

Possible downfalls:

• Laundry
• Dinner (although, if you're in the hotel for a long time, you'll get to know the staff pretty well. I'm sure that after a while, you could easily be given access to the kitchen area)

Can anyone think of any other pros/cons, or is this just a mad idea??

Most hotels charge extra to park a car on their premises.

There is no way that you would be allowed into the kitchens or behind the bar to make your own food or snacks, no matter how well you got to know the staff. There are a bazillion health and safety and insurance reasons why hotel guests are not allowed in Employee Only areas. You would be stuck with having to always eat out for your meals. Very, very expensive over time.

Most hotel dining rooms would have a standard dinner menu of a beef/pork dish, a seafood dish, a chicken/poultry dish and a vegetarian/pasta dish. Once you have worked your way through them all, that is it. That would make for pretty limited and boring dining over time.

Free toiletries? Don't think so. A freebie mini tube of shower gel or shampoo is all well and good. Most of us use more than that in our daily grooming....conditioner, moisturizer, shaving gel etc etc

I have a cousin living with me 3 days a week. She comes down from Belfast on Monday morning and goes back on Thursday evenings. Her company used to put her up at a very, very nice hotel, but when I offered her the use of my spare room, she jumped at the chance. One of the reasons was having access to her own fridge to store her own food in and a kitchen to cook her own meals in.

While she was living in the hotel, she put on over 2 stone from all the eating out that she did. She has lost 8lbs since she has been with me. She also loves having separate kitchen, bedroom, hall, dining room & living room space. It is hard to explain, but it is more mental than anything else. It gives her the sense of living in a real home that living in just one hotel room does not give.

We went out boozing on her first week staying with me, We came home, made our selves toasted ham and cheese sambos, took a bottle of chilled wine out of the fridge and watch the episodes of Corrie and Eastenders that I had Sky Plused. She was in hog heaven over these every day things that you just take for granted when you have your own home, that you just can not do when you live in a hotel.

I suppose if you lived an incredibly fast paced life, and all you wanted at the end of the day was a place to lay your head at night and you didn't really care about your surroundings then yeah, a hotel may be perfect for you. But not everyone is happy with that. Some people want to feel like they live in an actual home, not a cattle pen.

ilovesleep

Scrap rent allowance and move people into hotels or empty nama hotels.

Lia_lia

My idea of hell tbh.

LH Pathe

Live .. from the hotel shangri-la

kidding. But I lived in a hotel once, for two weeks. In Blackpool. Picture of ken dodd in the foyer

southsiderosie

My parents are temporarily living in a serviced apartment in a hotel, and it's pretty sweet. You have your own kitchen and living space, but you also have daily housekeeping and can use the hotel pool and spa facilities. It's the best of both worlds. I love going to visit, but it does make you quite spoiled.

funk-you

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

Is that you Alan Partridge?

I know that feeling.

There's probably a tldr to this post but fuck it, I don't do it often. Here's the life story for a few years...

I'd lived in London for a good few years during the 'good times' in Ireland. I was quite proud that I was there because I could do it better than anyone they had rather than the shovel on the back that most Irish went over with years before. That's probably changed now...

After about 5ish years in London doing well, I was asked to come set up a contract in Ireland. I had rose tinted glasses and love the place so said yeah(If it was only for 6 months).

It was meant to be 6 months, so my hotel suite was booked in a great Dublin hotel.

I was there every Sunday to Thursday (although booked 7 days) living the nice hotel life on the company CC but still even though I had a kitchen, didn't cook too much for myself. There was something that I still saw as a 'hotel room'. I'd make dinners but wouldn't cook meals like I love to do for other people. I'd either kip in my mates or every now and then, the auldpairs for the weekend.

One thing that always struck me was that, every Sunday when I walked through reception, the staff (no fault to them) would always welcome me back just like Alan Patridge. Exactly like him.

I found that hotels were nice but nowhere you can feel comfotable after a while and lay your stamp on.

The 6 months turned into 2.5 years and I ended up selling up my place in London and life changed a bit now that I'm not in hotels anymore but one thing I would say;

Hotels are nice if you've got a room for a night.
Being looked after is easy.
Looking after youself, feels normal.
Suites are nice if you've got the cash or someone else is paying but nothing will ever beat beans on toast with a soft boiled egg and an ice cold can of coke at 3am. Or even just a plate for a chicken curry.

-Funk

LH Pathe

^ reads like the actual JB's life on the road, that

Father Damo

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

Is that you Alan Partridge?

"Its a travel tavern!"

Another advantage being it is equidistant between London and Norwich.

Jesus Wept

cock piss partridge

Sindri

One of the best shows of all time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LExYVZ0_790

funk-you

The-Rigger wrote: »

cock piss partridge

We managed to rectify it, though, because it now says, by adapting it, "Cook" where it once said "Cock", and it says "Pass" now where it once said "Piss", so it's slightly less rude

-Funk