Motel & Hotel Stays

[backmarkerducati]

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For casual no specific timeline trips and pre smart phone we started our day fairly early and around 4PM we would stop and look for a motel/hotel. If they were booked up (or too many $$$) at that exit we went to the next, always had a room before dinner. There was some pre planning if we were travelling in really rural areas as motels/hotels are not a dime a dozen. We still do something similar now but with a smart phone we can look at rates nearby and decide from there, sometimes book online just before we get there. My logic is we don't know how far we will get that day or we may make unscheduled stops for interesting things we find along the way so the flexibility pays off.

In other cases we will book in advance if a midway point is also a specific destination.

 

[nobbie48]

First time I’ve heard anyone use the words sight,see and Manitoba in the same sentence.

One has to think like a photographer. A creative or enquiring mind can always find something interesting.

Then there’s my stepfather, an ex-Manitoba redneck farmer. When they got back from a railroad trip to BC with my mom I asked him about the scenery and he said a lot was boring.

He said the prairies were interesting, seeing the different crops, wheat, oats, canola and how they were doing. Then came the mountains and it was just rocks, rocks, rocks.

 

[PrivatePilot]

For casual no specific timeline trips and pre smart phone we started our day fairly early and around 4PM we would stop and look for a motel/hotel. If they were booked up (or too many $$$) at that exit we went to the next, always had a room before dinner. There was some pre planning if we were travelling in really rural areas as motels/hotels are not a dime a dozen. We still do something similar now but with a smart phone we can look at rates nearby and decide from there, sometimes book online just before we get there. My logic is we don't know how far we will get that day or we may make unscheduled stops for interesting things we find along the way so the flexibility pays off.

In other cases we will book in advance if a midway point is also a specific destination.

Usually while sitting down for lunch we just kind of guesstimate how many more hours we want to ride for the day, where that will put us, and then I hit Google maps and start looking at options - a quick phone call and it is easy to know if there are rooms available, and then getting one or two put on hold. On the rare occasion that phone call tells us there is nothing available, we look for alternates immediately.

Typically before we roll out of lunch we have a destination and accommodations done.

 

[Mad Mike]

First time I’ve heard anyone use the words sight,see and Manitoba in the same sentence.

Once you get past Winnipeg, stand on the roof of your camper and you can see the whole province.

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