San Jose - Hotel Recommendations

[WilliamWalker]

Guests are dying to stay in the Morazon.


From AM Costa Rica online newspaper today:

Death of U.S. citizen
subject of investigation

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

A United States citizen found dead in the Morazán Hotel has been tentatively identified as Gary Gaudette, 50, said officials with the Judicial Investigation Organization.

Gaudette's body was found Saturday approximately 1:15 p.m., said officials. He reportedly entered his room earlier in the day with a woman. She left a short time later and when employees knocked on the door, no one answered, officials said. Upon entry, Gaudette's death appeared natural and none of his money or personal items were missing, officials said. The door was locked from the inside and there were no signs of violence.

An autopsy said that Gaudette had died of natural causes but officials are awaiting a toxicology report to determine whether his body had foreign substances in it.

[Rabo Verde]

Sheesh! Enough already! The insults, not to mention the grammar mistakes, are getting boring!

www.sportsmenscr.com

"YOUR" is an adjective, as in "YOUR DICK".
"YOU'RE" is a contraction of YOU ARE, as in "YOU ARE A DICK".
"YOUR A DICK" or "YOUR WIERD" is incorrect.

For an extra bed, buy an inflatabe bed with pump and a fitted sheet at Walmart for about $25, they fit in your suitcase and are really comfortable. The Hotel Gran Via is a very nice place with a great location for a newbie who insists on staying in Gringo Gulch, altho I prefer Sportsmens. ANYTHING but the Hotel Del Rey or the Presidente!

[Shamas]

Just my two Colones worth

Hotel Europa is a good place to stay. I've been there a few times and was very happy. No problem bringing in multiple amigas together. Breakfast is spartan but it's still free.

I walked my ole fat ass to the Del Ray & Pres many times each day, no problem.

Shamas O'Dognasty
Gourmet Catering and
Septic Tank Cleaning

[Prolijo]

Dinoman,
I've said this before in great depth and yet you still don't seem to get it. I can only conclude that you're either completely dense or simply closeminded. However, I'll try one last time to explain.

You've stated your opinions and I've stated mine. That is what this forum is all about, a bunch of grown men calmly & respecfully exchanging questions & answers, facts & ideas and, yes, sometimes opinions. You may not like mine just as I have questioned yours. But despite your repeated baseless accusations, I've never questioned anywhere your right to express them, only the fact that you've already expressed them MANY times and that it was time to give it a rest. You can follow my advice and post about something else or you can continue to hype your hotel and I can draw whatever conclusions about that that I want. Ironically, it is actually YOU that seems to have the real problem (as evidenced by your hostility and namecalling) to me expressing my views a) because I've disagreed with you and b) because my posts have apparently exposed something you're embarassed about and/or you think makes you look bad.

I said this is a forum for adult discussion. I've stated the facts and reasoning that is the basis of my viewpoints and the readers can judge for themselves whether they have any merit. You on the other hand have resorted to childish name calling and baseless accusations. And now, like a child, you talk about taking your bat and ball and going home.

I agree with you completely that "WSG ROCKS", but I don't see you saying that in practically every post you make. Why do you feel you have to repeat yourself so many times regarding the Gran Via? I suggested one POSSIBLE explanation. I never stated it as a fact. If I was wrong, I'd really like to hear a better explanation for your fixation (Incidentally, I've got friends too, but that doesn't make it my life's work to promote their businesses). Better yet, what I'd really like to hear is you discussing ANYTHING else about CR with as much passion as you apparently have for this one hotel.

This whole argument has gotten really old. If you want to continue with your insulting rants and name-calling, I'm perfectly content to allow you to act like a fool. For my part, I'm going to take my own advise. I've tried to explain myself, tried repeating it when it was apparent you just didn't get it and now I think it is time to give it a rest.

[Dinoman]

You are a sick puppy.
Do you think I have an interest in the Hotel La Gran Via?
I wish I did.
I said in past post that I know the owner.
He is a Tico. and a friend, something, I am sure you know nothing about.
If he wants to give members of this website a deal that is his business.
Because of you I will not pass on any deals that he lets me know about.
If someone wants to e-mail or call him for a deal than that is up to them. In the past he asked me to post some deals that he was willing to give for the members and readers of this website but in the future I will refuse.
I will continue to give my opinions and if that includes mentioning the Hotel La Gran Via so be it.
As I stated in the past this website is the balls, maybe I am getting a kickback from WSG?
I was not the first member to mention the Gran Via, actually I first fond out about it from this website.
I spend lots of time in Costa Rica I have friends both male and female in CR. I have met other members in San Jose some stay at the Gran Via and others stay elsewhere. We go out for drinks and girls and have some fun.
Again this is a great site so try not to be so opinionated and respect other members.
If no one ever stays or goes to San Jose that will leave all the girls for me and that is a good thing.
I am planing a trip in September for 3 months if any members want to hook up PM me and we can make plans.
I would appreciate that you do not accuse me of kickbacks or whatever and please end your childish post on my behalf. Try not even mention my name.
You are a jerk and an instigator.
HAVE A GOOD LIFE?
Dinoman

[Prolijo]

I don't know what all the pissing and moaning in this forum is. Someone asked for a triple room, and someone else offered concise information.

If someone has a great relationship with a hotel, then I think it's natural that they recommend them. If you think something is wrong with a report, either PM the person, or report the post to Jackson. Otherwise it just brings this forum down to the 3rd grade level.

Your absolutely right. Dino offered concise information and I offered an equally concise alternative suggestion. From there it somehow got out of hand.

I also agree that if someone has a great relationship with a hotel its natural that they recommend it. But I think its a bit unnatural for someone without any obvious financial interest in a business to go to such extreme lengths promoting it. Dino posts on this hotel almost to the exclusion of anything else and doesn't miss an opportunity to repeat his earlier information. I'm surprised he doesn't change his handle to Gran Via.

What is the relevance of any of this in the "places to stay" forum? If a person stays at a hotel 5 months out of the year and actively solicits business for that hotel, it is not unreasonable to think he might be getting extra special service from that hotel or even additional discounts that the rest of us might not otherwise get. Naturally any such special attention is likely to cloud his judgement concerning he place. Whether any extra service or discounts is the cause of his promotional activity and volume of business or the result of it really doesn't matter. The point is that the nature of that special relationship should be pointed out since it could bear on what a one-time visitor might not be able to expect in comparison. If Dino wants to preface his promotions with "IMHO, YMMV because I'm a regular semi-permanent resident at that hotel" caveat, and/or allow me to voice my own opinions on various subjects whether or not I happen to agree with him without accusing me of being intolerant, I'd be more than happy to let his Gran Via promotions go.

[Jaimito Cartero]

I don't know what all the pissing and moaning in this forum is. Someone asked for a triple room, and someone else offered concise information.

If someone has a great relationship with a hotel, then I think it's natural that they recommend them. If you think something is wrong with a report, either PM the person, or report the post to Jackson. Otherwise it just brings this forum down to the 3rd grade level.

[Prolijo]

Sticks and stones, Dinoman, sticks and stones. Real mature. Actually, regarding that website I PM'd you about, I specifically asked you not to share info on it, so please, by all means, don't recommend it to others. Though I never claimed to be a professional webdesigner, my website has actually gotten widely positive reviews by many veteran CR travelers that have seen it. The only reason I privately offered you access to it (in a PM) was as a goodwill gesture to try to help put our disagreements behind us. Obviously, it doesn't pay to try to be nice to some people. All I can say is if you really think it stinks so badly, do me a favor and simply don't go there. However, I suspect your review is colored more by your hostility and vindictiveness than by anything else.

[Dinoman]

I do not have to quote from your past post if anyone is interested in your post they can read what your all about. I have been a member for some 4-5 years and never read any post with as much pompous as you write with.
As far as your website it stinks and I would not recommend any member to surf there.
Maybe that is why your all hot.
Get a life.
Dinoman
PS The Hotel La Gran Via ROCKS

[Prolijo]

Do you know of a better place in as good of location and with these rates?

To be honest, I don't normally go shopping for triple occupancy rooms. Like I suggested earlier, there are definitely hotels in that area where your per person cost is even lower than $25/nt. None that I would want to stay in, but then I wouldn't want to share a room either. I also allowed for a difference of opinion when I said some people like group sex. Personally (IMHO, YMMV, yada yada yada), if I were going to SJ with some buddies with the focus being on possibly bringing chicas back to my room, it would be well worth it to me to either trade down to a hotel that is not quite as nice or pay a small premium for my own room and not have to watch my buddy scratch his ass while I'm trying to get intimate with my chica. And that would be true even if none of us got a cot. You and others may feel differently and thats your right but I suspect most guys around here would feel the same way. I do know of perfectly fine hotels in decent locations with single room rates that are closer to the $25 per person rate you quoted for a triple room at La Gran Via than they are to your $50 single room rate there. A better question would be why you felt it was necessary to repeat the exact same rates for your pet hotel that you had just made a few hours earlier in your previous post, not even 2 inches down the web page.

[Prolijo]

Dinoman,
Who is the weird one? There I go again? I've raised this issue in just a couple of my posts. You've been made statements promoting the Gran Via in at least 25 of your 40 posts, usually with wild hyperbole, phone number, web address and/or full pricing. To me that is a weird preoccupation.

And you think I can't tolerate different opinions and am the one that needs to grow up? You're VERY confused. Just where have I ever said anywhere that anyone else can't have an opinion? You have an opinion. I have an opinion. It just so happens that sometimes they're different. That's life. Get over it. That doesn't mean anyone should be prevented from presenting their alternate viewpoint. Look over the facts. Show me where I've ever attacked anyone for simply disagreeing with me. I HAVE however responded forcefully whenever you responded negatively to my own right to a different view. YOU are the only one that has gotten extemely hostile whenever I've differed with one of your posts or questioned your facts. Your aggresive-defensive reaction suggests to me that my pointing out the statistics behind your posts have struck a nerve of embarassment with you. Those are the facts so don't go around making up baseless charges about me. It can easily be turned around.

My problem with you has absolutely nothing to do with your opinion on the Gran Via or anything else per se. I'm not even saying the Gran Via is a bad place. You've stated your opinions about the place and the reason for them. Fine. Now let it go and move on to something else. It doesn't bear repeating in practically every post. My issue with you is not your opinion. It is your redundancy.

It seems very strange to me that you continually repost a hype for that particular hotel every time the subject of hotel recommendations comes up. Well over half of your posts heavily promote this hotel, sometimes by trashing other hotels. You've posted the web address at least half a dozen times. The personal phone number you give out, also at least half a dozen times, is actually the front desk of the Gran Via. I can find at least 3 occassions where you've publicly advised members who may not be fully aware of the nature of your association with this hotel to use your name when making reservations. These are all facts, not opinions. And I also strongly suspect that there is a lot more backchannel promotion going on through your PM's.

This is all somewhat reminiscent of another infamous poster on another board who had a strange fixation with the Morazon. That guy irritated so many other members with his posts that he was eventually banned from at least 2 different boards, drove one of them completely into the ground and is now afraid to even show his face in San Jose.

[KYJ]

One place to avoid is the new Choice Hotel connected to the Colonial Casino.
They have a $30 fee for a chica visiting your room. Ouch.

Makes the Hotel Del Rey look like a bargain.

For first time visitors I usually recommend the Hotel Del Rey because it is safe and you don't have to find your way around. A good place to meet other guys and get the lay of the land, so to speak. And you can get room service or get a drink at the bar, or find a chica, 24 hours a day, 7 days of the week.

Another place often overlooked is the Hotel Europa. It is however, about six blocks from most action, and these are streets I would not walk alone at night.
You can have multiple guests without any problems, and they will waive the guest fees if you talk to them in advance and ask.

[Dinoman]

There YOU go again. No one on this website can have an opinion but you.
This room is to give opinions on "places to stay" I happen to know that La Gran Via has rooms for three here is a Quote from there website. Room Rates
$50.00* Single room
$65.00* Double room
$75.00* Triple room

No chica fee.

Do you know of a better place in as good of location and with these rates? This is not a roll in bed but a full queen bed. I am only trying to help members.
Grow up.
Dinoman

[Prolijo]

There you go again with your Gran Via promoting, Dinoman.

Paxsie, I'm sure most hotels could handle such a request, but this is hardly the type of board to find out which. A better question would be why you'd even think about sharing a room let alone a bed, if you plan on bringing chicas back to your room. Its well worth the added cost to get your own room even if that means staying at a cheaper hotel (unless you're into group sex). But if cost is such a big factor there are definitely other hotels that are even cheaper than La Gran Via where you can split a room or rooms 3 ways for an even lower per person cost.

[Dinoman]

Paxsie

Ask for Alvaro
phone # 011-506-222-7737
Web http://www.hgranvia.com/
I know they have rooms with 3 Queen beds.
Price about $60-$75 for the room $ 25 @ each.
You can e-mail Alvaro from his web site he is the owner.
I think its a great location
Dinoman