Jeff is spot on about Hope - it’s a business travel hotel and one designed to
serve contractors and overflow DoD personnel who can’t get on base
accommodations at the base “hotel”. Double occupancy rooms are in very low
demand at this location.
73 Rich NN3W
> On Jul 20, 2023, at 3:06 PM, Jeff Clarke <ku8e@ku8e.com> wrote:
>
>
> "I asked how many rooms had two beds and was told only 46 of 265 rooms do."
>
>
> I think the Hope Hotel has so few double rooms because almost all of it's
> business is mostly military people traveling for business at WPAFB. I stayed
> at the Hope Hotel a couple years ago in a single queen room. They charge the
> same price for a single room then they do for a double room. I understand
> there is a high demand but I know of no other hotel that does this. I don't
> think the Crowne Plaza even did this.
>
> BTW this isn't a criticism because I know K3LR had a challenge finding
> someplace big enough with conference rooms etc.. when they decided to move on
> from the Crowne Plaza. I good thing about the Hope Hotel is there is plenty
> of parking. Remember when the contesting activities were at the Crowne Plaza
> and it was hard to find a parking place in the garage on Saturday when you
> came back from the Hamvention because of the other events going on downtown?
>
> Jeff
>
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