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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] In my case, I could care less about in-room internet access; I have neither a laptop nor smart-phone (can't read the screens especially on the latter so why have one for the 23 nites I travel per year). However, it does seem incongruous that the higher end places I have occasion to stay have "Business Centers" where it is "play to play"; lower end like Holiday Inn Express and Marriott Fairfield all seem to have a lobby computer, which is fine for me to do a quick e-mail check and a peek at this forum. There is one higher-end at which I stay (Hyatt; Greenwich) that has a "pay to play' business center, but it presumes you have a lap top or smart phone that I guess can be hooked up to a printer and a large screen. Oh well, I can wait until I get over to my Sister's house to play (even if she has an Apple). To have The Times at the room door, such as at the Greenwich Hyatt is a real plus; they also have comp Journals in the lobby. McPaper just get kicked out of the way. Negative is a full-service Marriott near the Pittsburgh Airport at which I have occasion to stay - no Times or Journal be it comp or for sale. But the best one I can recall was staying at a Courtyard in Nashville; only McPaper. This was a nice April morning so I asked at the desk about The Times. Since this hotel was on the edge of college town (Vanderbilt), the clerk said there were several coffee shops around that handled it. But the clerk also said if you want a walk, why not walk to our Renaissance (also Marriott, but you know; $250/ni country), tell them you are staying with us, and they'll fix you up. Well I got in a nice walk along Broadway (past the Union Station Hotel - that's a Wyndham) to Renaissance and walked out with BOTH a COMP Times and Journal - and I wasn't even staying there (the very nice desk clerk said; "you're at a Marriott and we're all family"). Got my papers and my two mile walk; read 'em out by the pool until Noon checkout, thence hit the road for Atlanta. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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