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Holiday travel: December 2007 Archives

Happy New Year from Value Place!

Posted by jkramp on December 31, 2007 at 2:36 PM

2007 was an exciting year for Value Place.  We opened 44 new extended stay hotels during the year, bringing our system-wide total to a whopping 77 open hotels.  Our development plans for 2008 are even more robust, and we are looking forward to serving you and thousands of other guests in the New Year in cities like Colorado Springs, CO (now open); Jacksonville, FL (now open); Austin, TX (opening in mid-to-late January); Sioux Falls, SD (opening in May); and Las Vegas (opening in late summer).

Check the locations section of Value Place.com frequently to keep up on our growing list of open and under construction Value Place hotels, and make your reservation online or call 1-800-ValuePlace. 
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While you're on the web site, enter our 1000 Dollar Week-Stay Giveaway. Every month from now through March, you could win $1000 and a free week stay at the Value Place of your choice.

From all of us at Value Place, Happy New Year!

Grandma smokes. Baby sneezes.

Posted by glscharoun on December 5, 2007 at 11:48 AM

Today I wanted to tell you about a family that found their solution to an uncomfortable problem at Value Place.

"When we took baby Alexa to a sports grill and restaurant a few weeks ago for the first time, we knew," said Mom, guest Jemma. "By the time we had our salads eaten, her little eyes were red and watering and she was sneezing. The smoke was just too much for her.  It really put our Thanksgiving plans in a bind."

The problem?  Jemma told me her mother and her stepfather were both heavy smokers. While they tended to be considerate around non-smokers, the retired couple would smoke in their home all day when they didn't have company around, making the house itself dangerous for baby Alexa. Jemma had been apprehensive about taking her baby into that environment to begin with - but once she and her husband saw Alexa's violent reaction to cigarette smoke - they knew they would have to stay home or stay elsewhere for Thanksgiving week.

Elsewhere became Value Place in Wichita, Kansas.

"It was great -- close to a highway so we could get to Grandma's house easily," said Jemma.  "My room had a clean little kitchen, where I could prepare Alexa's formula and the hotel was very quite.  And, best of all, I didn't have to worry about Alexa breathing in second-hand smoke around the clock, either."

And the price for a week's stay, Jemma added, didn't hurt either.

"After buying airline tickets from the Gulf Coast, a hotel was just out of the question," she told us.  "But thanks to Value Place, we were able to visit our family for the whole week."

"Without any smoke, did I mention that?"

You did, Jemma. Glad we could help you out.

We enjoy hearing about these happy endings.  Do you have one of your own?  Share with us, below.


Gina-Lynne Scharoun

President, Value Place Franchise Services