Lately, I’ve been choosing less fancy hotels with complementary wifi over nicer hotels with similar discount room rates, but add-on charges of $10 – $20 per day for network access. The algorithm worked splendidly, resulting in a number of quite comfortable, moderately priced stays thanks to the Orbitz search engine.
Until this past week, when I stayed at the Guest House International Inn & Suites in Santa Clara.
The bathroom door had a rather disconcerting fist-sized dent, which seemed like the traces of a highly unpleasant visit for someone.
The in-room menu was for the enticingly named “Last Chance Restaurant.” Not kidding.
To be fair, the pizza from this ominously named outfit was more edible than the name suggests.