MySanFelipeVacation
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Los Angeles Times Visit to San Felipe
Interesting read of Los Angeles Times recent visit to San Felipe
https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-escape-san-felipe-20181...
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Paco Facullo
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WOW is that article FULL if it !
Since I've given up all hope, I feel much better
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TMW
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I guess Rosemary's ideal of inexpensive and mine are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Call me cheap.
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Howard
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Is there another San Felipe that I am not aware of?
This certainly does not sound like the SF I know about. 
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we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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John Harper
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Quote: Originally posted by TMW  | | I guess Rosemary's ideal of inexpensive and mine are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Call me cheap. |
Every week they have a similar travel article. The budgets are always way out of what most people consider "inexpensive" or "budget priced." I
guess paying $500 for a room during a weekend is "economy" pricing. Maybe if you live in Bel Air.
John
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Bubba
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What a joke.
Things are relatively inexpensive, which is why my two-night stay cost $440.
Making America Great Again
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Alm
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Few possible reasons for articles like this: promoting more expensive stays (since inexpensive are often popular already), ignorance (web bloggers
often write about things they don't know much about), and (very common ailment) - unscrupulousness in making money. They are writing to make a few
quick bucks on clicks, not to culturally enrich you and me or create a masterpiece and legacy for posterity. Web is full of floating garbage.
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Paco Facullo
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Well considering the source " MySanFelipeVacation "
Me thinks that there is an agenda ........
He just doesn't know that the folks around these parts (Baja Nomads) know the truth..
Since I've given up all hope, I feel much better
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MrBillM
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The Targeted Reader
Travel articles are not written for those already familiar with the destination.
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Alm
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Does indeed look like advertising. This is OP post #3, all 3 posts advertise SF rentals. Somebody please remove this post from Q&A section to
Classifieds - there are NO questions in there.
[Edited on 12-18-2018 by Alm]
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Bubba
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| Quote: Originally posted by Alm |
Does indeed look like advertising. This is OP post #3, all 3 posts advertise SF rentals. Somebody please remove this post from Q&A section to
Classifieds - there are NO questions in there.
[Edited on 12-18-2018 by Alm] |
Correct, it's nothing but spam.
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freediverbrian
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Most travel articles and blogs are written by authors that have been comped hotels and meals. And published in papers and magazines that sold ad
space to those mentioned in the article. All a bunch of BS for Joe public.
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mtgoat666
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That travel story sure got you gray haired skin flints worked up!
The writer paid $120/nite for a hotel. Is that out of line for a good hotel in san felipe?
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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mtgoat666
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You add up gas, insurance, food, drinks and hotel, $400 for a long weekend dont sound unreasonable
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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| Quote: Originally posted by freediverbrian | | Most travel articles and blogs are written by authors that have been comped hotels and meals. And published in papers and magazines that sold ad
space to those mentioned in the article. All a bunch of BS for Joe public. |
Zackly. I learned from a friend in SF that the article was sponsored by the El Cortez and MySanFelipeVacation, hence, the fine result.
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Paco Facullo
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Quote from article,,,, "The rooms are bare-bones and dated but not expensive (from $120 per night year-round). "
And yes that is "out of line"............
Since I've given up all hope, I feel much better
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mtgoat666
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I have not stayed in san felipe in 20 years, because i found it to be a miserable chithole. These days i just pass thru, dont stop for more than
gasoline and a coke.
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
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freediverbrian
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What is it a reasonable priced weekend or a s**t hole ??? Talking out both sides of your mouth 😏
[Edited on 12-19-2018 by BajaNomad]
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MrBillM
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Reasonable Rooms
Back in the early '70s leaving Indio on a Friday afternoon for Gonzaga Bay, we'd stop overnight in San Felipe at the Hotel Iris.
$3.00-$5.00. Clean rooms and linens. Not too many insects. THAT ($20-$25 today) was reasonable.
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TMW
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There are several decent hotels in SF in the $50 per night range. On race weekends the price usually goes up over $100 per night at some hotels. A few
years ago I paid $110 per night for three nights at the Las Palmas on the hill across from the Riviera during a SF250 race, last minute booking. Same
thing a year or two later at the Costa Azul. I usually stay at the El Capitan for $40-$45.
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