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Boutique Hotels = Smaller Rooms @ Larger Prices


The trend in hotels these days in NYC, London, Paris, Venice and other large cities is to appeal to tourists with tiny and tinier rooms. They’re promoted as all comfy and cute, but could be viewed as reminders of cramped Army troop train compartments. Or the Three Stooges sharing a boutique room.

Regular-sized hotel rooms are redesigned by cutting them into two or three smaller sleeping areas, and calling them boutique rooms. Of course, that means the hotel earns two or three times what they had been charging for the single, traditionally-sized room. 

It’s similar to what airlines do now to make more money by jamming more passengers into their formerly-comfortable seating areas. So, when you’re making reservations for big-city hotels, be sure you’re aware that when the word boutique appears, you’ll have to pay a hell of a lot more for a hell of a lot less.
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Start spreading the news:
These little-town blues are melting away;
I'll make a brand new start of it in old New York.
If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere;
It's up to you, New York, New York!

Do you really wanna shake your own little-town blues? Then heed what Sinatra advises. Get yourself off the couch and go. It doesn’t have to be the Big Apple. Make it Los Angeles, Chicago, Montreal, Las Vegas, San Diego, London, Venice, Tahiti, Shanghai or Paris. Or anywhere else in the world your fancy takes you to chase those senior citizen blues.

Try a cruise, an archeological dig, a snorkeling adventure, a backpacking wilderness trek, a week on a dude ranch, a luxury spa treatment or a week of great Broadway or Vegas entertainment. Whatever your choice, make sure it gets you away from the senior usual and into the youthful unusual.

The important way to fight the blues is to make a quick, sometimes radical change in your routine. Get away from the humdrum, boring existence. Consult with your friendly neighborhood travel agent, and/or crank up the computer and visit travel sites. Choices are endless, and those blues will melt away as exciting travel plans grow to reality.

Then start spreading the news of plans for your blues-chasing adventure. Invite a companion or join a senior group excursion. Very often, your anticipation before the actual journey can be almost as much fun as the trip itself.

Throw yourself wholeheartedly into the plans and the actual enjoyment of the trip. Then watch those little town blues fade away. Bon voyage!

 
 
 
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