Comments on: Extended stay hotels go luxe http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/06/02/extended-stay-hotels-go-luxe/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/06/02/extended-stay-hotels-go-luxe/#comment-57 Anonymous Sat, 03 Jun 2006 05:38:00 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=144#comment-57 Regardless of my Hyatt, Hilton, SPG eliteness, I will almost always book a Residence Inn for stays longer than about three days if available. After about week three of a trip, I just long for the ability to *cook*, and RI gives me most of that. Salmon with blanched vegetables and linguini, here I come! This can misfire, though. After a month and a half in the Far East, I check in and then go grocery shopping. I have an incredible craving for a Tombstone frozen pizza, so I throw it and the rest of the bags into the fridge. OK, there's the dishwasher. There's the microwave. There's the pots, pans, and four burners...oh wait. <B><I>NO OVEN</I></B>. I was very sad. Regardless of my Hyatt, Hilton, SPG eliteness, I will almost always book a Residence Inn for stays longer than about three days if available. After about week three of a trip, I just long for the ability to *cook*, and RI gives me most of that. Salmon with blanched vegetables and linguini, here I come!

This can misfire, though. After a month and a half in the Far East, I check in and then go grocery shopping. I have an incredible craving for a Tombstone frozen pizza, so I throw it and the rest of the bags into the fridge.

OK, there’s the dishwasher. There’s the microwave. There’s the pots, pans, and four burners…oh wait. NO OVEN.

I was very sad.

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