Hotel for UM vs ND

Submitted by mxair23 on

Our group grew so we had to rent a house. Unfortunately, the scam artist hotels in South Bend will not let you cancel or modify the reservation. 

Its at the Courtyard Downtown South Bend. I have the hotel reserved 8/31-9/3. You don’t have to stay all 3 nights but you must check-in on Friday. 

My loss your gain...message me if interested.

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wizzy

August 25th, 2018 at 11:59 PM ^

Have you tried calling the front desk?  The local folks are often helpful and/or ignorant of extortionary cancellation policies. "My plans have changed and I need to cancel..."

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Playing The Field

August 26th, 2018 at 8:39 AM ^

God forbid a for profit business has policies in place that takes advantage of a high demand weekend. It clearly states that the rooms are non-refundable. If that's a problem then don't make the reservation. Smart business by them, if the room does get cancelled then they get to sell the room and double the profits for the same amount of occupancy.

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JonathanE

August 26th, 2018 at 9:55 AM ^

Years ago my wife and I who had been married less than a year were traveling through the South Bend area on a Notre Dame game weekend. We were both tired and were looking for a hotel room. Using the phone book (remember those?) we started in St. Joseph/Benton Harbor, worked our way down to Niles and was into the R's in South Bend when we came across 'The Ritz.' 

Nice fancy ad in the yellow pages but they wanted $300 for the night. We were both very tired and quickly agreed and copied down the address. Using an atlas (how did we ever get around without driving directions on our phones?) I found the street and after heading the wrong direction began following it. Pretty soon, we were out by the airport. 

South Bend has a small regional airport which is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. I figured, near the airport, it must be some high-end business motel. It still took me a while to find it since I drove past it a couple of times. When I drove into the parking lot, my mouth fell open. It was a single story building which ran for about 500 feet. My wife and I were both tired and after a 2-minute debate, I decided to go and get our room. 

The lobby, if that is what you would call it, was guarded by a swinging glass door and a bug zapper. The zapper sounded like a tap dancer the way it was going and bigger bugs were circling it trying to get in to get zapped. The lobby had a couple of chairs and the clerk was situated behind a bulletproof glass counter. The guy was Asian and I could barely make out what he was saying but I handed over my high-interest Visa card and was given a key to one of the rooms. The key was attached to a rectangular piece of plastic which looked like the old bathroom keys they would hand you at the gas station. 

The room was quite the surprise. It was done in a high green and white shag (mind you that had been out of style for at least 30 years). The bed was a waterbed which was built into a stand which was at least the height of most bar counters. On the wall behind the bed and on the ceiling were mirrors. After my wife and I climbed in bed, I noticed that there was a reinforced hook hanging from the ceiling. 

I tried to placate my wife who was beyond pissed by turning on the television. There was this huge satellite dish on the building and what do you suppose came on? If you guessed porn, you would be correct. Every single channel was porn. No Gideon Bible in the bedside nightstand but it did hold an impressive array of condoms.

My wife swore me to secrecy about that night and I couldn't help but think about it with the comments mentioning Niles and hotel rooms. 

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