[Parent-Network] Hotels in the Area

[mkhaig at cox.net]

The Residence Inn is pretty nice.  It's not as close to campus as the Grand, but within a 3 minute drive to Campus.  Most of the rooms have full kitchens, which really come in handy if you are tired and just want to make your own lunch or dinner.  Breakfast, which is not adequate, is included in your room rate and served in a cozy dining area.  The hotel is 2 blocks from the Costco and less than a mile from the WalMart, so pretty close to sources of water, snacks, etc.  It is also remarkably quiet, considering the proximity to the highway - in fact, much quieter than the outside rooms at the Grand (where the highway 22 trucks can be very loud if you have an outside room.)  My family was pleasantly surprised staying there when the other hotels were booked. I will certainly plan to stay there in future trips. 

Mary Kay
---- Bill Colburn <bcolburn at hotmail.com> wrote: 
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> I largely agree with Patrick's assessment of Red Lion.  It's a basic place to sleep the night...not a 3 star hotel.  However, per my previous comment, overall it's grungy and depressing, even at $50.00.  Go in with low expectations you'll won't be dissapointed.  If you can possibly stay somewhere else I suggest you do so.
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> I also recommend Trip Advisor, which has never steered me wrong.  When reading reviews, discount those who obviously hate everything and those who love anything they spent money on.  With that caveat, you'll find the overall impression for each hotel (and restaurant) to be pretty much spot-on. Here's the relevant link:  http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g52053-Salem_Oregon-Vacations.html.  Oh, and I second recommendations that you ask for a "Willamette rate" with any hotel you call.  It never hurts, and sometimes you get a noticeably better rate.
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> Have a wonderful trip!
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> From: mkichaa at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 11:28:50 -0700
> To: jmatsumo at sbcglobal.net
> CC: parent-network at willamette.edu
> Subject: Re: [Parent-Network] Hotels in the Area
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> Red Lion isn't bad.  Just got back from an overnight safari from SF to Salem (and I'm getting too old to drive 600 miles/day), and my 'usual' hotel (the Grand, which is a bit pricey) was unavailable.  As a place to shower and snooze, I found the Red Lion acceptable and reasonably priced.  A search using Google, Priceline, Expedia, etc., will bring up other hotels/motels, but I'm unfamiliar with most of 'em.  Others on this list will undoubtedly have more suggestions...
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> On 04 Oct 2010, at 11:23 AM, Joann Matsumoto wrote:
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> Does anyone have suggestions for a reasonable priced, clean, quiet hotel in the Salem area? _______________________________________________
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