Re: UPDATE-DURHAM HOTEL INFO

[Guest guest]

Hi Deb,

I'm confused.....are you staying at the Homestead or the Hawthorn????? I

stayed at the Homestead and it was a big room with a small kitchen at one

end...no suite. It was nice but they didn't have a pool either. I just want to

make sure you're getting what you want.

Love,

Genz

DebLaMan@... wrote:

> Hi Again,

> Well, Tom called the Homewood and the manager said that is indeed the lowest

> they offer- $79 a night- but that we should call the hospital as they can

> offer a $60-65 rate! We were so psyched! So Tom called the hospital but it

> is only offered through Univ Hosp at Chapel Hill, not at Durham Regional.

> So, we decided to stay at the Hawthorn Suites for the $55. a night, as that

> is such a great deal.

>

> Since hubby is at work (lol) I agreed to call the 1-877-MED-STAY number and

> got this awesome lady, , who was very helpful. I was disappointed,

> though, to learn that the bedroom does NOT have 2 dbl beds, as I was told,

> but rather one queen bed, (but the sofa is a queen bed, not a double).

>

> Since 2 of us are having surgery, this will not work out for us. said

> that the Hawthorn also has 2 BR suites. Yeah, I said, at $75. medical stay

> rate--we might as well stay at the Homewood. She told me she thought she

> could get it for $69, but I boldly asked if she thought they would go lower.

> She told me to hold on while she called the mgr. Then she comes back to say

> that the Marketing Director has agreed to let us have the 2 BR suite--2

> bedrooms (with doors), 2 baths (with 2 teenage girls this is a mercy, believe

> me!), full kitchen, living room, full breakfast, etc. (all the other stuff

> mentioned before), for $65 a night!! She booked us from the 7th -17th, just

> to be safe, but we can leave at any time as long as we let them know the

> morning we want to check out.

>

> Doubting asked for the info to be faxed to him at work and he has it

> in his hot little hand right now, with an auth# and all the details spelled

> out.

>

> BTW, did say that eventhough the Homewood seems closer (it is in

> miles), it actually takes a lot longer coming from Chapel Hill and that the

> Homestead is around 15 min from the doc. She also assured me that we would

> be very happy with the accommodations. Oh, and she said with the computer

> data port, you don't have to worry about local call fees for the computer.

> So, we'll bring 1-800 phone cards and make our local calls using those to

> avoid the .75 charge per local call.

>

> She also said, for what's it's worth, that she did not think we would be

> happy with Duke Towers and that she wouldn't want us to " stay in that area. "

> Now I don't know what that means, and I can't remember if anyone is booked

> there or not, but if you want more info call at 1-877-MED-STAY. She

> is a real sweetie and can get the BEST deals for area hotels.

>

> I was thinking that some of you friends from the area might also shed some

> light on the hotel question, as I really have no first hand knowledge yet. I

> will post when I can about our stay at the Homestead, though! Hope this

> helps!

>

> Regards,

> Debbie in IL

> MGB 8/10 Cigna (1st appeal)--BMI 40

> Daughter (age 16) MGB 8/9 Cigna (3rd appeal)--BMI 45

>

>

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