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If you’re looking for a fun place to vacation, then northeast Ohio could be the answer that you and your family are looking for this year. There are lots of fun and exciting things to do in Ohio, including resort hotels, amusement parks, beach locations and even boating to keep you busy with lots of fun stuff.
Northeast Ohio has some wonderful weather in the spring and in the summer months, when you can find plenty of vacationers having fun on the beaches with either swimming, boating or other ventures. In the winter, however, you probably wouldn’t want to be in Ohio because it tends to get plenty of snow and very cold temperatures.
Because it sits on the Lake Erie coast, northeast Ohio has many water related activities and locations that have endless options for fun for you and your family. Lake Erie beaches are actually very nice in the summertime, and offer beautiful sands and clean water for all of your boating interests.
You’ll find a large number of amusement parks in northeast Ohio that are the perfect place for a fun family outing or vacation when the weather is nice. In fact, roller coaster fans count northeast Ohio as one of the best places in the world to go to amusement parks and hop on the thrill rides.
Entire cities on the coast of Lake Erie in northeast Ohio are actually built around tourism that is attracted to the beautiful beaches and blue waters. At any given time during the summer, you can look out on Lake Erie and see endless boats and water skiers having a blast on the water.
You may not ever have heard of the Lake Erie islands that are located in northeast Ohio, but they are one of the most fun vacation destinations in the country and offer a very fun nightlife as well. Put-in-Bay and Catawba Island are two of the best places to go and have a lot of fun in the drinking establishments and entertainment spots.
The Cleveland area in northeast Ohio also has lots of great attractions too, and is a very beautiful city full of tourist sites and fun things to do on a vacation. From sporting events to the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, northeast Ohio is chock full of exciting things to take advantage of if you are looking for a fun escape.
There are plenty of other interesting tourist attractions all located within a day’s drive from northeast Ohio, too. Niagara Falls, Gettysburg and Washington D.C. are just three vacation destinations that you get get to from Ohio in only a few short hours if you feel like it.
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This makes no sense. He looks more battered than her. His coat looks cheap for a guy staying in $750 hotels.
Hotels that don’t have stairs bother me.
however, I can deduct my expenses. And while that requires me to keep track of receipts and such, so does the honorarium plus expenses alternative.
Based on the problems I’ve had negotiating Per Diem arrangements with US companies I think there’s also an external tax problem. Many US based businesses don’t like paying lump sums in lieu of expenses to individuals in case the individual doesn’t correctly report the amounts to the IRS. I’m told, but have no data either way, that in theory this can end up as a tax liability for the organization.
Hence keeping them separate and accounting for them separately.
Personally speaking: I used to like Per Diems until I started traveling pretty much all the time, and my expectations and desires for comfort increased to the point where the Per Diem, and the potential to save money, stopped being of interest. While making Expense Claims is a nightmare, I prefer the upside of the improved quality of hotels and restaurants I use.
Robert, yeah it would be cool.
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Chris: I had no idea you were a wine guy– how fantastic! That’s so neat that 1) you work at Olive Garden (um–hello, yum!) and 2) you have extensive knowledge in the wine world, specifically Italians so it seems.
I am really weird about my Italian wines, but Moscato d’ Asti is where it’s at…mm… I once had a M.d’.A that smelled like poop. I’m not even saying that it generally smelled bad, it literally smelled like feces. But if you could plug your nose and somehow break that link between scent and taste buds, it wasn’t that bad. I couldn’t get through it, though, but my boyfriend did. It reminds me of that fruit in Asia that they forbid you to take into hotels because it smells like rotting human flesh, but apparently tastes great once you get around the scent.
I can’t remember the name of it, but I doubt I’d have the guts to try it out.
You brought up some really great wines; some of which I haven’t had and others that I should revisit. That sucks that your wine list took a beating with the economy. Bleh.
Way to go white wines, ow ow! I have never fully warmed up to chards… some of them are too oaky for me; if they’re more buttery than oaky then I’m okay with that.
Do you like Sauvignon blancs, viognier, or any other whites?
-M.
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If you are a stranger in strange lands, it is normal (in fact dé rigeur) for your passport and ID details to be taken in full. In Europe, especially, your details get updated with the local police on a regular basis. In many countries, a referee is required (especially if travelling on business).
I had one contractor run out on his hotel in Germany and they were on to me PDQ, as his referee. Silly boy! They got their money, which I deducted from his wages, before giving him the boot.
Hotels in Easton? What next? Eurostar services from Stapleton Road station?
Ferguson, senior council officers and their ilk may live in a world of artist’s impressions. The rest of us have to cope with the grubby, tarnished reality they’ve actually produced.
"Consumers call X "really great service" – Only if we’re talking about a service-based brands. Consumers wouldn’t say they drink Budweiser because of really great service.
> X = Experience + Service + Product
I have a slightly different take on this equation:
Experience = (product or service) + (image & personality) + (association with meaningful social or flow experiences)
Let’s use Budweiser as an example.
Price positioning is obviously part of the experience – Bud isn’t on other extreme of the premium or "value" price continuum. Packaging, advertising, PR, and news about the brand can also bcome part of the experience – or at least provide context for the experience. For example, I doubt many statisfied AIG insurance customers are bragging about AIG’s great service to friends.
The simple and solitary experience of consuming a Bud is intrinsically experiential. The feel of twisting the cap, the shape and coldness of the wet bottle in the hand. The visual and audio qualities of the pour -the smell and taste of the first sip. All of this is an important part of the experience, but only a small part.
The real experience of Budweiser is at the backyard barbeque, the tailgate party, around the TV watching NCAA basketball with family and friends, etc. Brands that forge close, relevant associations with relevant, meaningful, social, and interactive experiences become an integral part of that experience – and resulting memories.
The same applies to service brands, from hotels to service stations. There’s the obvious product/service touchpoints, and the broader experiences they are associated with.
I’m of the opinion that glitching isn’t in a gray area: In multiplayer it clearly falls under the category of unsportsmanlike. Glitching is taking advantage of a defect in the game or map to do something not normally possible. In baseball, a pitcher can scuff a ball to make it do things it normally doesn’t do. But this is unsportsmanlike, which is why it is against the rules.
And why are both these examples unsportsmanlike? Because they are cheating. Cheating is bending or manipulating the rules of a game. Just because you *can* do something doesn’t mean you *should* do something, or that doing so is acceptable. A pitcher *can* sneak a nail file in his pocket to doctor a ball. But if he scuffs the ball, he is cheating. By exploiting a bug or glitch, one is willfully sidestepping the rules. They are pursuing a course of action that will result in something violating the established conditions under which the game is played. Being *able* to do something doesn’t free you from the concept of fair play or sportsmanship. I *can* manipulate my network traffic so your game goes slower or drops out. But that doesn’t make it right; in fact, it’s cheating.
And the argument that “glitches are okay cause everyone can do it” is bunk. In Monopoly, anyone who is the banker can conceivably take money at will from the bank. There is nothing in the construction of the boardgame that prevents you from taking out money whenever you want (there is no machine that dispenses money automatically or clamps down on your hand if you try to nick some while the other players are distracted). But it still is against the rules, and considered cheating, even though anyone *could* do it.
In fact, in the Monopoly example, there is probably nothing in the official rules that says “Don’t steal from the bank” or “Don’t touch another player’s pieces” or “Don’t remove other player’s hotels”. These are part of a global set of rules we’ve established as a community and a society. These are part of fair play and sportsmanship. The game shouldn’t *have* to make these explicit: if you agree to play a game with someone else, you are agreeing to play by a societal concept of fair conduct.
In the end, though, glitching *is* actually something that is covered by the rules, and therefore established as “cheating”. Sure, the game may not stop you from doing something you normally can’t (via a bug, or programming overlook) but the Xbox Live Terms of Service (section 4) clearly states: “In using the Service, you may not: … exploit a bug, or make an unauthorized modification, to any software or data to gain unfair advantage in a game , contest, or promotion.”
Q.E.D.
I agree with Alex – it’s great to see good old fashioned customer service making the leap! It’s great to see a larger chain like Jurys paying attention. It’s much easier for me, in a 28 room Inn, to monitor and respond in a timely manner but the big guys need to do it too. I said on Chris Brogan’s recent post about hotels and I’ll say it again – word of mouth is the best advertising a hotel can ever hope for – repeat guests are money in the bank and should be taken care of. Our repeat guests always get special discounts in recognition of their loyalty – it’s the least we can do!
it’s always great to hear when a company is making use of social media to connect with their customers, and it’s fantastic that your company ‘gets it’, so many still don’t!
I would now definitely consider the Jurys Boston (and your other properties in other cities) over other hotels based on Amber’s comments in the first couple of paragraphs.
My question really is how do you/will you follow up with people who comment on Jurys/Doyle hotels on social media in future, what strategy have you worked out so far and what kind of resource, at what level of the company, are you devoting to it? Are you getting much buy-in from the individual hotels and are you/will you be training them on social media?
Will you be giving the SM crowd updates on how it’s going? I for one would find that really interesting – we’ve all heard the Dell, Zappos and Ford stories over and over, it’s good to get some new insight.
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most importantly: early and late check in and check out, and discretion.
Some services that are also useful:
- WIFI Internet access
- courier services
- print and fax services
- a decent desk/table in the room
- room service that is able to serve snacks in the middle of the night.
- Believe it or not: adult movies and the possibility to pay for them on a separate bill.