Could you live in a hotel?

[juddles]

....cook for myself .....

That is the main thing in my opinión. I could not survive eating restaurant/takeaway/whatever food for long periods. No matter how good. I spend a lot of time in the countryside travelling for work, in an endless mix of hotels. In Colombia they dont even have a kettle. So I carry in my vehicle a large trunk that has my own mobile kitchen - everything from frypan and sauce pan to electric hotplate.

 

[RooFlyer]

Is it a case that he couldn´t afford to check out, and still can´t?

Just think if the pre-authorisation!

 

[juddles]

Maybe an impasse - he can´t afford to pay and they can´t remember what day he arrived anyway, so cant challenge him?

 

[Mark3000]

What would be lovely are the "residences" that they have above the Mandarin Oriental in New York. Spectacular views over Central Park. $25 million!!!
Would be very nice living in one of those. The privacy and space of your own apartment but the services and facilities of a 5 star hotel

 

[harvyk]

No, even if it was the nicest hotel around. Then again I don't even like living in apartments. For me I'm only really happy living in free standing houses.
To me a hotel is a place to rest my head at the end of the day, so the thought of living there just does not appeal to me at all.

I also like to cook, and it's pretty rare that I'm truly impressed by a restaurant. Half the time my feeling goes from no different to my cooking, through to step out of the kitchen and let me do the job properly.

 

[Warks]

There's a sign near home advertising a local retirement village with the slogan "It's like living in a hotel 365 days a year!"

To which everyone in our car says "Kill me now!"

 

[JohnK]

I lived at The Mill in Spring Hill for over 5 years.

I actually miss it. Room was small but too big for me as I despise cleaning of any kind.

 

[BillytheFIsh]

Slightly different scenario, but my apartment building (previously all long-term tenants) was turned into a hotel just before the G20 last year.

We're moving out next week, thankfully. It's been a truly awful experience just living in a hotel, exacerbated by fact that the building owner and hotel operator have treated all the remaining tenants with complete disdain. They even forced those who wanted to leave to go to the Tribunal to get an order, rather than just letting them out of the leases.

 

[Awesom Andy]

Not a hotel, but I'm currently living in a 1-bedroom apartment (so it's like a suite), with only a microwave and 2x induction pads in the kitchen. The apartment is fully furnished, and I also have access to the gym and pool. So I guess it's just like a hotel, without the daily servicings or the lounge...

 

[Groundhog]

I live in a hotel and when i am away i get to stay at this mystical place called "my house"

 

[Yoz]

That is the main thing in my opinión. I could not survive eating restaurant/takeaway/whatever food for long periods. No matter how good. I spend a lot of time in the countryside travelling for work, in an endless mix of hotels. In Colombia they dont even have a kettle. So I carry in my vehicle a large trunk that has my own mobile kitchen - everything from frypan and sauce pan to electric hotplate.

I'd probably have no issues with this as I've actually grown up eating out and cannot cook to save my life.

If it were just myself (and no partners) then I think living in a hotel would be feasible and potentially a healthier lifestyle for me. I probably eat a lot healthier and exercise more when I'm traveling due to the convenience.

Most important aspect for me would really be their internet service

 

[snabbu]

I don't mind "living" in a hotel (not full time, but like many of us more than half the year away from home). As a road warrior the thing that makes it bearable is I'm very rarely in the same hotel for more than 3 nights, it's the variation that I enjoy. Not a chance in the world I'd live in the same hotel for any period of time as I begin to feel I need to move on after night 2.

 

[highflyingkiwi]

Quite common for people to live in Hotels here in Port Moresby. When we first arrived we had a 2 bedroom suite for two months with full kitchen. Some of the big hotels specialist in long term tenants, and there are apartments here that you can walk into with just a suitcase and everyone bar food is there. $2500 AUD a week for rent, then high priced power etc - or an all inclusive apartment in a hotel with too security and someone to cook for you when you don't want to...

I like my garage though

 

[feezable]

Quite common for people to live in Hotels here in Port Moresby. When we first arrived we had a 2 bedroom suite for two months with full kitchen. Some of the big hotels specialist in long term tenants, and there are apartments here that you can walk into with just a suitcase and everyone bar food is there. $2500 AUD a week for rent, then high priced power etc - or an all inclusive apartment in a hotel with too security and someone to cook for you when you don't want to...

I like my garage though

I have a dear friend living in the Holiday Inn at Port Moresby whom I am encouraging to get onto AFF, he would fit right in.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Quite common for people to live in Hotels here in Port Moresby.

I tried exceptionally hard to get my client to put me up at the Airways. 1 bedder dropped to a bargain of PNK22000/month. I was unsuccessful.

I have a dear friend living in the Holiday Inn at Port Moresby whom I am encouraging to get onto AFF, he would fit right in.

Gads :shock:.....The rooms I've had there are small and horrid....I hope he has something better than I did. I do however like the art that gets displayed on the fence across the road. I bought a fabulous painting from a guy named Taiya Kurumba which everyone who sees it loves. The colours are nothing short of stunning and it certainly stands out in a crowd. He's often there outside the HI or down at Ella Beach markets.

 

[bryanjones]

How many nights a year on avg would people on this forum be away? For me it would be ~100.

 

[ReLoad]

How many nights a year on avg would people on this forum be away? For me it would be ~100.

Yup, the last few years it averages out to be about 1/3 of the year.

 

[boomy]

Probably around 150 nights include holidays.
I don't mind hotels at all as I hate cleaning, washing dishes etc. so I find hotels to be very comfortable in a way.
It was fun living in a CBD hotel when I was single, can't do it anymore so the compromise ATM is living in an apartment in a hotel building in the CBD

 

[Deleted member 29185]

How many nights a year on avg would people on this forum be away? For me it would be ~100.

As fate has it, this year I have a fairly tight pre-booked schedule (which is very unusual for me) and I have 220 nights booked away from home......and counting. Due to fly CNS-BNE tomorrow and it seems God has parked a cyclone in the flight path :shock: so just maybe another H-CNS night might materialise!

(I don't mean to be flippant and of course that's of little consequence in the big picture and my most sincere best wishes go out to the people in the path of both current cyclones.)

 

[Johnstone]

That's quite a depressing lifestyle, only a single person can live like that