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cftlet
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Catavina
Thank god it is finally time for our annual migration to Los Barriles. I think I read someplace that the DEsert Inn ( or what ever it is called now)
was no longer pet friendly. Does any one know ? Has anybody stayed there recently? Is the reastaraunt still horrible? Last time I stayed it was
fairly clean is it still or has it reverted back? Any help wpuld be greatly appreciated
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DianaT
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If no one knows for sure, please post if you find out about the pet policy.
I hope it has not changed. We did not mind paying the pet fee.
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mulegemichael
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i DO know the restaurant is still horrible and the rooms overpriced..around $85...rundown, poor service, crappy food, etc......i think they count on
folks being out in the middle of nowwhere and having no choices...yuck!!
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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rts551
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We had a great breakfast there a couple of months ago. What did you have that was so horrible? $85 for a room in the middle of no where? hmmm
Maybe Lindas at 500 pesos is better? or gonzaga at 600 pesos? its all relative to where you.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
We had a great breakfast there a couple of months ago. What did you have that was so horrible? $85 for a room in the middle of no where? hmmm
Maybe Lindas at 500 pesos is better? or gonzaga at 600 pesos? its all relative to where you. |
Since you were there, I assume it is still pet friendly??
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I just made reservations for a guest and a room was $90 plus tax but there is a discount for Vagabundos of 10%. They did not want a credit card number
to hold the room either.
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rts551
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
We had a great breakfast there a couple of months ago. What did you have that was so horrible? $85 for a room in the middle of no where? hmmm
Maybe Lindas at 500 pesos is better? or gonzaga at 600 pesos? its all relative to where you. |
Since you were there, I assume it is still pet friendly?? |
Only had breakfast Diane (the night was spent at Jardines). Poor Molly had to spend breakfast in the truck.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
I just made reservations for a guest and a room was $90 plus tax but there is a discount for Vagabundos of 10%. They did not want a credit card number
to hold the room either. |
WOW, i mean WTF? just like Mexico to raise the prices to compensate for the lack of takers.....
edit: and with the cost of gasoline getting closer to the US, Mexico will see fewer and fewer visitors facing higher prices! i guess the good old days
REALLY were!
[Edited on 10-13-2013 by woody with a view]
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rts551
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
I just made reservations for a guest and a room was $90 plus tax but there is a discount for Vagabundos of 10%. They did not want a credit card number
to hold the room either. |
WOW, i mean WTF? just like Mexico to raise the prices to compensate for the lack of takers.....
edit: and with the cost of gasoline getting closer to the US, Mexico will see fewer and fewer visitors facing higher prices! i guess the good old days
REALLY were!
[Edited on 10-13-2013 by woody with a view] |
wody, when was The Hotel at Catavina any less? You must be thinking about some where else.
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Marla Daily
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We stayed at La Mision Cataviña (ex-La Pinta/Desert Inn Catavina)
two weeks ago on our way south to Loreto. It was far better than it has been in the past. We had our three dogs and their dog beds with us, and we all
stayed in the room to the west of the pool nearest the rear exit (for easy dog walking). The hotel is freshly painted and very clean. The best thing
about dinner was the free surprise salad — a 6-inch-across slice of tomato from the greenhouses of Dos Pinos (hotel owners.) Never seen a tomato so
big around! The room was $86 with Residente Permanente discount.
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I stayed at La Mision Catavina for the first time ever last month, and had a swell time. I thought the room was good, certainly beat the heck out of
options elsewhere on the drive. price was about 90 bucks, with INAPAM discount. considering the location, it was reasonable. I found the food in
the restaurant just fine, too.
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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changing the subject about 100 miles just for information and not starting a new thread..
has anyone stayed or have information about the hotel close to the military base just north of Guerrero Negro.. I think it used to be a Desert Inn
also.
we stayed there a couple of years ago and got a room for $480 peso with our pet and the restaurant was good at that time.. Probably not gonna happen
like this again..
we are trying to decide on if we stay at Catavina or press further south next weekend... unless the new storm is comin up the coast..
thanks for any help...
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mulegemichael
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hey, thanks for the update on the catavina hotel...we had a bad experience there just this past year but it seems it's gotten better with new
owners...that's very cool!...when we looked at the rooms early last year they were abysmal ...and worn...and scary...for $90....so things must have
changed...makes us happy to have an option.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtnpop
changing the subject about 100 miles just for information and not starting a new thread..
has anyone stayed or have information about the hotel close to the military base just north of Guerrero Negro.. I think it used to be a Desert Inn
also.
we stayed there a couple of years ago and got a room for $480 peso with our pet and the restaurant was good at that time.. Probably not gonna happen
like this again..
we are trying to decide on if we stay at Catavina or press further south next weekend... unless the new storm is comin up the coast..
thanks for any help... |
If I recall correctly, it was renamed 'Half Way Hotel'... originally Hotel El Presidente Paralelo 28º > La Pinta > Desert Inn...
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rts551
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtnpop
changing the subject about 100 miles just for information and not starting a new thread..
has anyone stayed or have information about the hotel close to the military base just north of Guerrero Negro.. I think it used to be a Desert Inn
also.
we stayed there a couple of years ago and got a room for $480 peso with our pet and the restaurant was good at that time.. Probably not gonna happen
like this again..
we are trying to decide on if we stay at Catavina or press further south next weekend... unless the new storm is comin up the coast..
thanks for any help... |
If I recall correctly, it was renamed 'Half Way Hotel'... originally Hotel El Presidente Paralelo 28º > La Pinta > Desert Inn...
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Wrong. Its the Half Way Inn. Advertized for 500 pesos.
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cftlet
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Thanks for the info. We have stayed in Catavina several times ( mainly because it is a perfect one day drive from the border) and we never know what
we will find. The only thing that remains a constant is the restaurant realy realy sucks. I don't know what the dinners taste like, I have never
been able to stay awake long enough to get my meal. I now bring sandwich material and a big bottle of scotch and life is good.
Shari said she called to make reservations. can any one
give me the phone number? Thank you.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtnpop
changing the subject about 100 miles just for information and not starting a new thread..
has anyone stayed or have information about the hotel close to the military base just north of Guerrero Negro.. I think it used to be a Desert Inn
also.
we stayed there a couple of years ago and got a room for $480 peso with our pet and the restaurant was good at that time.. Probably not gonna happen
like this again..
we are trying to decide on if we stay at Catavina or press further south next weekend... unless the new storm is comin up the coast..
thanks for any help... |
If I recall correctly, it was renamed 'Half Way Hotel'... originally Hotel El Presidente Paralelo 28º > La Pinta > Desert Inn...
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Wrong. Its the Half Way Inn. Advertized for 500 pesos. |
Oh my yes, Inn, not Hotel! I wasn't 100%, that's why I questioned my recollection.
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bajabuddha
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtnpop
changing the subject about 100 miles just for information and not starting a new thread..
has anyone stayed or have information about the hotel close to the military base just north of Guerrero Negro.. I think it used to be a Desert Inn
also.
we stayed there a couple of years ago and got a room for $480 peso with our pet and the restaurant was good at that time.. Probably not gonna happen
like this again..
we are trying to decide on if we stay at Catavina or press further south next weekend... unless the new storm is comin up the coast..
thanks for any help... |
If I recall correctly, it was renamed 'Half Way Hotel'... originally Hotel El Presidente Paralelo 28º > La Pinta > Desert Inn...
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Wrong. Its the Half Way Inn. Advertized for 500 pesos. |
Correctamundo, $500 pesos a night (less than $40 bucks)..... that is, if we're talking about the big yeller one on the west side of Hwy 1 just before
the Big Tuning Fork. Rooms are spartan but comfortable w/TV, restaurant passable and reasonably priced, and a small tienda for snacks/sodas etc.
The only iffy was some comings/goings during the night; it's a good ''no-tell motel'' for the Guerrereños, but no loud partying. If you're RVing it's
really cheap, $5 mas o meno if i remember correctly. And if it does storm (which it is going to) the parking lot is a LAKE. A gooey one at that.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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durrelllrobert
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I hope you let them know how you felt.
| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegemichael
i DO know the restaurant is still horrible and the rooms overpriced..around $85...rundown, poor service, crappy food, etc......i think they count on
folks being out in the middle of nowwhere and having no choices...yuck!! |
We did. 
Bob Durrell
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rts551
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegemichael
i DO know the restaurant is still horrible and the rooms overpriced..around $85...rundown, poor service, crappy food, etc......i think they count on
folks being out in the middle of nowwhere and having no choices...yuck!! |
We did.
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Sure doesn't look like the tables at Catavina... Is that where you did this?
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