Hotels for Lands End Wedding
Hello everyone--
I apologize for the long post but if you decide to read, grab a drink or a cup of coffee and then pull up a chair. =)
I am posting under my fiancee's account since she is out this evening. We have been doing a lot of reading and would like to post more. Everyone has been SO HELPFUL. Anyone who would like to add their two cents--any and all comments would be appreciated.
We are having our reception at Lands End in Sayville (10/3/08) and one of the early things we would like to research and book is hotel accommodations for out of town guests and people who do not want to drive home that night.
For starters, most of the hotels are not very close to Lands end at all. None of the hotels we have looked into provide any shuttle service to Lands end which means I will have to make arrangments. My wallet is not happy.
Outside of that dilemma, let me just say that all the area hotels SUCK>>>>It pisses me off.
Lands end has some hotels listed on their website as recommended vendors. Anyway, here are my experiences and/or observations so far.
1. Lands End Motel
This property is across the street from the RH. It is 15 rooms. They seem to have renovated the grounds with new landscaping and walkways and stuff. We looked at the rooms. They were real nice and clean. Two problems came up:
First, every room only has one king bed>>***
What does a family of more than two do?
Secondly, the hotel offers no deals or discount even though we are having our reception at Lands End. And the price--laughable when you take into account what I just mentioned. Basically I told the person that other than the sheer convenience of being right near the RH, they offer me no incentive to give them any more of my business. They had nothing to say. I am not sure what the deal is there. Lands End owns the property but I am not sure who runs it. Possibly a Management company or something. Our RH coordinator did not handle the motel. We had to speak with someone who only deals with the rooms.
2. Holiday Inn, Vets Hwy, Ronkonkoma (near the airport)
This hotel got some poor reviews on tripadvisor.com. Seems like a craphole to me. I have never been fond of Holiday Inns. They always seem dirty to me and I have never really had a great experience with them. They had some bridal showcase thing tonight. Thats where the future wife went with a friend. She told me it ******. They got there at like 730-8pm. It was from 630pm-930pm. Vendors were packing up...barely anyone there. Waste of time basically.
3. Hyatt Windwatch, Motor pkwy, Hauppauge
This hotel is off the beaten path. It is north of the LIE. It appears to be a really nice fancy pants type hotel. We went in and walked around one sunday afternoon. We decided to take an elevator to a random floor to take a peak at the rooms. Elevator doors open and we are hit with a smell of smoke so stagnant and strong, even a smoker would run for the hills. Another craphole. Just totally turned us off.
4. Courtyard marriott--LIE service road, exit 60
Seems like a standard hotel. Nothing more nothing less. Lady I corresponded with back and forth over email was real nice. We stopped in and the hotel was just a basic place. THey say its convenient to Lands end. Its inconvenient IMO. Too far north like all the rest. Not a quick drive.
Hotels not listed by lands end but also options we considered:
5. Marriott, Islandia, north service road LIE
Seems to cater to corporate types. Right near computer associates. They were not overly friendly. We filled out some papers. Never heard anything--and I didnt care.
6. Hilton Garden inn, Islip, Vets hwy near Macarthur.
This was one of the nicer properties we looked at. Rooms were standard. Nothing jumped out at us though. The woman was supposed to mail us a contract with estimated prices for blocks of rooms. That was 3 months ago. We are still waiting. My future wife was not crazy about this place.
I am aware of a Hampton Inn at the corner of Vets Hwy and the LIE service toad too. Prob the same as the courtyard marriott--appears to be a standard hotel although I didnt go there yet.
So...
As you can see, we are sort of in a bind. None of these places seem great and certainly dont seem to care about getting the business. Any and all comments and suggestions would be appreciated. There just does not seem to be any great options I have found in my search of the area. I feel like I am going to have to settle. Thanks in advance for reading and any suggestions you have.
--Joe
I apologize for the long post but if you decide to read, grab a drink or a cup of coffee and then pull up a chair. =)
I am posting under my fiancee's account since she is out this evening. We have been doing a lot of reading and would like to post more. Everyone has been SO HELPFUL. Anyone who would like to add their two cents--any and all comments would be appreciated.
We are having our reception at Lands End in Sayville (10/3/08) and one of the early things we would like to research and book is hotel accommodations for out of town guests and people who do not want to drive home that night.
For starters, most of the hotels are not very close to Lands end at all. None of the hotels we have looked into provide any shuttle service to Lands end which means I will have to make arrangments. My wallet is not happy.
Outside of that dilemma, let me just say that all the area hotels SUCK>>>>It pisses me off.
Lands end has some hotels listed on their website as recommended vendors. Anyway, here are my experiences and/or observations so far.
1. Lands End Motel
This property is across the street from the RH. It is 15 rooms. They seem to have renovated the grounds with new landscaping and walkways and stuff. We looked at the rooms. They were real nice and clean. Two problems came up:
First, every room only has one king bed>>***
What does a family of more than two do?
Secondly, the hotel offers no deals or discount even though we are having our reception at Lands End. And the price--laughable when you take into account what I just mentioned. Basically I told the person that other than the sheer convenience of being right near the RH, they offer me no incentive to give them any more of my business. They had nothing to say. I am not sure what the deal is there. Lands End owns the property but I am not sure who runs it. Possibly a Management company or something. Our RH coordinator did not handle the motel. We had to speak with someone who only deals with the rooms.
2. Holiday Inn, Vets Hwy, Ronkonkoma (near the airport)
This hotel got some poor reviews on tripadvisor.com. Seems like a craphole to me. I have never been fond of Holiday Inns. They always seem dirty to me and I have never really had a great experience with them. They had some bridal showcase thing tonight. Thats where the future wife went with a friend. She told me it ******. They got there at like 730-8pm. It was from 630pm-930pm. Vendors were packing up...barely anyone there. Waste of time basically.
3. Hyatt Windwatch, Motor pkwy, Hauppauge
This hotel is off the beaten path. It is north of the LIE. It appears to be a really nice fancy pants type hotel. We went in and walked around one sunday afternoon. We decided to take an elevator to a random floor to take a peak at the rooms. Elevator doors open and we are hit with a smell of smoke so stagnant and strong, even a smoker would run for the hills. Another craphole. Just totally turned us off.
4. Courtyard marriott--LIE service road, exit 60
Seems like a standard hotel. Nothing more nothing less. Lady I corresponded with back and forth over email was real nice. We stopped in and the hotel was just a basic place. THey say its convenient to Lands end. Its inconvenient IMO. Too far north like all the rest. Not a quick drive.
Hotels not listed by lands end but also options we considered:
5. Marriott, Islandia, north service road LIE
Seems to cater to corporate types. Right near computer associates. They were not overly friendly. We filled out some papers. Never heard anything--and I didnt care.
6. Hilton Garden inn, Islip, Vets hwy near Macarthur.
This was one of the nicer properties we looked at. Rooms were standard. Nothing jumped out at us though. The woman was supposed to mail us a contract with estimated prices for blocks of rooms. That was 3 months ago. We are still waiting. My future wife was not crazy about this place.
I am aware of a Hampton Inn at the corner of Vets Hwy and the LIE service toad too. Prob the same as the courtyard marriott--appears to be a standard hotel although I didnt go there yet.
So...
As you can see, we are sort of in a bind. None of these places seem great and certainly dont seem to care about getting the business. Any and all comments and suggestions would be appreciated. There just does not seem to be any great options I have found in my search of the area. I feel like I am going to have to settle. Thanks in advance for reading and any suggestions you have.
--Joe
