Just a few points. The Airport Hotel in Kolkata is under contruction. We did get to stay in the Senator (Camay street). Pretty good. Rs7500 +luxury tax. Airport pickup/drop is about 1600.
The biggest hotel scams are in Delhi though. Last year we stayed at the the JP Vasan International (near the airport). They charge about 13,000 + lux. tax. For that price, one would expect a great room. The room was ok - nothing to write home about. The hotel has a great foyer, great complementary breakfast though. A great hotel for its price was the Swagatham Beach Hotel in Kovalam. We got a suite with a balcony overlooking the sea for 4500 per night. B'fast complementary. I find that hotels in Delhi/Mumbai are simply overrated and over priced. --Ram On 1/11/08, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >BTW, how about comparing the Star hotels ... the > >hotel in Orlando (HOJO) is a 2 star hotel as rated by > >AAA > > > > **** How about it? > > Should that define the general standard of hotels and motels across > the USA? Incidentally HOJO is owned by desis if I am not mistaken. > That might explain it :-). BTW, did you report it to AAA? It does > make a difference. Once I was getting the run-around on the published > sale price and what I was being charged for a room at a national > chain rated by AAA. I paid but told the hotel clerk that I am going > straight to AAA about it. Shortly thereafter I got a call in my > room, with apologies, and a refund. > > I won't try to compare the US quality of motels and hotels with > Indian ones. It will not be fair to do so. But when an Indian hotel > charges prices like US hotels, you would expect it , at the very > least, to have similar amenities, even though it could reasonably be > argued that that they ought to be much better, considering what that > amount of Rupees can buy in the local marketplace. > > > > > > > > > > At 8:07 AM -0800 1/11/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: > >The question of comparision does not arise because you > >DO NOT find a $30 hotel in major US city that too near > >airport. To compare you will first need to find one > >such hotel > > > >BTW, how about comparing the Star hotels ... the > >hotel in Orlando (HOJO) is a 2 star hotel as rated by > >AAA > > > > > >>>To compare the quality of $ 30 hotels in the USA > >>>where the minimum > >>>wage is $ 6.55 per hour with those in India for the > >>>same amount is > >>>quite an interesting tactic. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >At 6:57 AM -0800 1/11/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty > >wrote: > >>Chennai airport is definitely great and so is Mumbai > >>Domestic (not international) which was upgraded about > >>2 years back. > >> > >>In Cal airport, the airport condition is definitely > >>not upto mark and even locals do not venture out at > >>night. You took a risk venturing out even in Pre-Paid > >>taxi. > >> > >>As far as the hotel goes, for $30 a night (INR 1200) > >>you cannot even expect a "Gohali" in ANY major city > >in > >>US and Bed Bugs are common in Luxury hotels in NY > >>too. > >>Just check travelocity and you will see how the Star > >>hotels fare in US. > >> > >>My experience a couple of years back in a Hojo in > >>Orlando was unclean room, leaking toilet ceiling. > >>When complained to Hojo the response was ..... our > >>hotels are operated by local frainchise and we have > >no > >>control !! > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ > >Be a better friend, newshound, and > >know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > >http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >assam mailing list > >assam@assamnet.org > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
