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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

A Good Time for a Time Out!

I highly recommend the Ramada’s Spa King Suite in Olympia, Washington and the services of Hotel.com.  My wife wanted to find a special place for us to celebrate my 49th birthday and the 2nd anniversary of meeting each other.  Hotel.com helped us research and find the spectacular suite of luxury at a great price at Ramada.  We required a hot tub in our room to fulfill a bonding fantasy of ours and the double room suite at Ramada made our dreams come true.  Rooms of this caliber in the Washington State consistently ran up a payment of $500 or more but through Hotel.com we acquired this room for only $175 including tax.  This is an outstanding value which normally costs $249 according to Ramada. 

The room was a double size two room suite with a beautiful king sized bed with a wood carved headboard.  It was decked out with plush cozy four puffy pillows and brand new linens.  Plentiful cleaning staff was sited throughout the hotel giving attention to cleanliness and details of comfort. In the main room, the hot tub prominently commanded attention to its size which could seat 4 guests comfortably in the soothing bubbly.  A large couch faced an entertainment center where you could call up movies, television, music and video games.  Out the picture window a view of the lush outside greenery centered attention to our favorite restraint where we ate dinner that evening – Red Lobster.  There a wonderful server named David attended to our culinary fantasy of the seafood type.

The hotel served a complementary breakfast the next morning almost every imaginable item to start the day anew.  A buffet style service area allowed you to build your own breakfast from cereal to scrambled eggs and sausage gravy biscuits.  Everything was great.  All manor and flavor of coffee teas and juices were available and one could even create waffles on the self serve waffle grills.  Adding a pinch of salt I enjoyed seconds of the sausage gravy.  The service here made sure everything was kept stocked and sanitary.  As a chef of past employment I appreciated the effort that went into keeping this area above and beyond expected standards.

On leaving I teased my wife that should could sit in the huge bathroom and call room service on the phone inside.  In the bathroom area you could see that the walk in shower could easily be used by couples so romantically inclined to do so.  As a critique of corporations and capitalism, I must say that the Ramada, Red Lobster, and Hotels.com certainly impressed us both.  This was an adventure well worth our time.

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