I've been Denver for the day, having some meetings here. Haven't been here in a while and forgot what a cool city it is. Have to come back when I have time and explore it again. I mean, you gott'a love a city where they sell Moon Pies and fried gizzards at convenient stores! But, I do have some travel nits to pick:
I stayed at the Marriott Courtyard in Englewood which really was lovely. The staff was very courteous & helpful and everything was very nice. But, after paying close to $200 for the room, do they really think I want to pay $4 for a bottle of water? The shame was that they had a pretty reasonable priced snack set up in the lobby. Just one of those things that really gets my goat! Enterprise charged me $1.70 usage fee for the rental. I thought the rental fee was for using the car. If I only had to pay $1.70 to use the car, what was the rest of the rental fee for? I didn't know how long I needed to be here, so I booked the last flight, leaving here at 11 PM. What a huge mistake that was! I should've booked the earlier flight and then switched to the later flight if I needed to stay. I'm on Continental and paid about $220 for my RT ticket. But to change to the earlier flight, I would need to pay almost $400 more! It's outrageous! And when I complained, the peron at Continental customer service told ne that they make a lot of money on the $100 change fee, which makes up for the low cost of the ticket I bought. The airlines are one industry that really needs a huge, experience shake-up! Here's a rough one. I had a middle seat out here and the gentleman on the aisle could've used two seats. And that makes it tricky to complain. After all, everyone has the right to fly. But what about my right not to have to sit sideways the whole time? How do you guys handle such situations? Should someone that large be required to purchase two seats? I don't have an answer (and the way I eat Entermann's, I made need two seats in the future!), but as the skies get more crowded and America gets more obese, this issue will need to be addressed at some point in the future. Man they need better charging etiquette at airports. You see one person hogging several outlets! There clearly aren't enough available at airports, but we need an Outlet Code of Conduct! Anyone else interested in that?
So, I'm waiting to see if I can get on the 5:40 flight and, if not, I get to wait here until 11:55 tonight! I sure won't be pleasant in the morning if that happens. Ah, the joys of travel! But I'll certainly let you know if Continental becomes my new best friend!
Happy trails!
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