Phoenix itself, gorgeous, hot and I've got a bad bad sunburn but it was worth it. The client/trip went great.
The spa experience was good but not great - honestly, more expensive is not better, I'd rather go to Osmosis than the Golden Door Spa again. The Golden Door was very very modest - honestly, if I'm getting a clay wrap, I want my whole body head to toe, wrapped in clay not just certain parts of my body. I like Osmosis I think, because every inch of my body gets the treatment. There were women in the Spa that looked mean, they didn't smile - they looked like they weren't having a good time (my mom told me that they were probably corporate wives that got the option of going to the spa, shopping or jeep tour while their husbands did the golfing corporate thing and they just weren't having fun) ok seriously folks, I'd choose the spa experience if it came with the package all the time and have fun doing it. The modesty part bugged me but I guess for people like my mom that doesn't like to dress in front of anyone - haven't figured out why, she's got a nice body - the whole modesty thing works. Me on the other hand think that certain parts of my body are just as stressed as the rest of my body and need attention too.
- the travel reservations from hell - Travelocity I will not be using ever again, they have messed up my reservations 4 out of 5 times, duplicate charges by the hotels, rooms not available when I get to the hotels, etc. This trip to Phoenix was the last straw with them. My flight was late, I opted for a jeep at the car rental counter because I've never driven a jeep and never want to again now. I drove to the hotel and thought no, this couldn't be right, bad bad area - gunshots, sirens, etc. So I go into the hotel and the room I reserved not available - so they give me a room with two double beds and non smoking by the back door which doesn't need a key code to get in - there is a reason I reserve at least a queen size bed - I hate sleeping diagonal on a bed because I don't fit. My gut is telling me bad, leave go somewhere else, I check right back out of the hotel, the clerk is a moron, he's more interested in talking to his friends that are hanging out with him. So I call a few other places and get this travel conceirge services who sends me to another bad bad bad seedy area and by this point its midnight and I'm tired, I just want it to be over. So I pay for the room, go find the room and its gross, people live at this hotel. I didn't noticed the sign that said weekly rates when I got there, they should have been the first clue. I thought ok, I'll just look up better places on the internet and find some place new in the morning - guess what? No fucking internet connection. I go back to the front desk and she told me this was suppose to be a vacation and they didn't have internet connection - WTF? She didn't know me. I went back to the room, moved the heavy chair in front of the door, closed the second inner door and put a chair in front of it. And the bathroom, disgusting. I spend the night, got up at 6, got dressed and left that icky place. I drove towards the client location and found the Marriott - which I checked into that morning - I defintely need to check into corporate rates for the Marriott, Hilton and nicer places. I finally felt safe. I called Travelocity to get a refund and omg, I had to call back and explain to three different people in India apparently what the problem was to get a refund, they kept wanting me to call them back so they could call the hotel with me on hold - I finally got pissed off and told them to call the hotel, get the damn refund and call me back with results and a refund confirmation ID - the hotel wouldn't deal with me directly because I purchased through travelocity, which reminds me I need to make sure the guy followed through and a refund is on its way.
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