Proves what I heard about HOJO -- that it is not something a discerning traveler would patronize. Obviously the jokes I heard when we moved to St. Louis in 1975 had merit.
So when a desi H1B, highly skilled in information collection , knowing 'tripadvisor' like the palm of one's hand, raking in high wages, go zero in on a HOJO as a BRAND NAME to trust, something tells me there is a problem here, of expectations, at the very least. There could be other problems too that one can speculate on. But that I will leave to the imagination of readers :-). How does it stay in business? ONE answer would be that it has a sales weapon. Perhaps cost. There are people who cannot afford any better and are forced to take what is offered. Like the low cost grocery stores where they sell sub-standard and wilted or slightly rotting but still edible produce. Or the slum dwellings in ghettos. Or the used car bought for $ 500. So on and so forth. Those of us who went thru the immigrant experience and had no money when we arrived in the country, should know. The search for a motel under $10.00 per night before darkness falls in our weekend forays into the heartland and backwoods of California is still fresh in my memory. Fortunately though we always did find a clean and safe place. Took a little doing, but one was always available, somewhere. ANOTHER could be that these HOJO s are facilities in certain locations, exceptions to the norm. I am not familiar with New York City, but 34th street does not ring a bell as a destination spot. So, while HOJO at 34th street may be like a Dum Dum airport three star facility or the one at Orlando is like a dharamsala at Mathura, others might be just fine and up to standard as anything that could be expected. Therefore boils down to doing one's due diligence. Because there ARE plenty of good, reliable and reasonably priced motels and hotels across the USA, in small towns and big cities. I am not that well traveled, but from the little I have seen, US hotels and motels are the best VALUES and most easily available in the world. Just like food. On the other hand, are there such choices at Dum Dum? Or at Guahati? That IS the issue, the point of the debate. At 7:03 AM -0800 1/13/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: >Just a few complaints on HOJOs. There are tonns of >such complaints on HOJO and other budget hotels if you >search the net . > > Food for thought for some HArvard MBA on how HOJO >(and other budgest hotels) are still in business > >http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2003/10/25/HoJo > >http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60887-d123704-Reviews-Howard_Johnson_Inn_Suites_Springfield-Springfield_Illinois.html > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Looking for last minute shopping deals? >Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. >http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
