Is she the only one from the Ottawa area doing her clinical in Scarborough?yanksingh wrote: ↑ Wife will be going for her nursing clinicals with Scarborough hospital. Since we are from Ottawa so frequent travel won't be possible. We are looking for about 6 weeks house/place rental. Do you think it will be cheaper to go with hotel/motel or Airbnb or something else? Prefer to have kitchen for easy access to food. Any recommendations please?
To add to this, @yanksingh - call them and talk to their reservations person directly. Booking on the website is designed for regular travelers, which you are not. If you speak to a reservations manager at the hotel itself, they are very likely to give you a better rate for a long term stay, especially right now.PointsHubby wrote: ↑ HILTON = Homewood Suites - Home2Suites
MARRIOTT = Residence Inn
IHG Group = Staybridge Suites - Candlewood Suites
CHOICE = MainStay Suites
Etc
Personally, I have used Homewood Suites, and Residence Inns when I was working and needed to be in a city not my own for some duration. Quite pleased with both those. And can recommend.
ThisManatus wrote: ↑ To add to this, @yanksingh - call them and talk to their reservations person directly. Booking on the website is designed for regular travelers, which you are not. If you speak to a reservations manager at the hotel itself, they are very likely to give you a better rate for a long term stay, especially right now.
Good postm2m wrote: ↑ When we had an essential need to be closer to a hospital out of town from us for 4 weeks, we decided to splurge and make it a covid vacation. We booked a really fancy beach house for 4 weeks and got a killer deal because they were having a hard time renting it out during lockdown anyway.
It was worth every penny.
In these times, I'd be more inclined to rent a standalone house instead of a hotel/motel simply because there's less chance of covid exposure.
Another time (precovid) when we had to be near a non-local hospital for 6 weeks, it was cheapest to rent a room in a shared house with access to the kitchen via Airbnb. It was just DH and I along with the owner and we negotiated a substantial discount for our 1 month stay. Because it was just 3ppl in the house and our host worked, we had easy access to the kitchen and just made an effort to finish dinner before she got home.
That said, extended stay places will have free (prepacked) breakfast which might be nice for the convenience. When my cousin had to hotel it for a couple of months, her whole family loved the free breakfast buffet every morning - one meal less to cook!
Kingston Road is undergoing gentrification. Not many motels left.GangStarr wrote: ↑ Scarborough is famous for its Kingston road highway 2 stretch of dump motels. I’m sure you can get a great deal. Maybe avoid the “have a nap” lol
If you want something nicer it’s been a while since I’ve been in Toronto but that hotel at 401/Kennedy had a nice aquatic facility assuming it’s open.
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