I Feel Like a VIP Sometimes

@porwest (112804)
United States
February 15, 2022 6:12pm CST
When you travel often for work, being that I go to the same places mostly, and once I find a hotel that suits my fancy, being a guy who enjoys familiarity, I of course also always stay at the same hotels, people get to know you a bit. You become familiar. They know I like extra coffee packets. They know I prefer the second floor. They know if there is a room available that does not face the parking lot that is my preference. They know me by name. Nothing like walking into the lobby and not even having to say, "Checking in for Bauer." When I walk in they simply say, "Welcome back Mr. Bauer," and hand me the key to my favorite accommodations. Makes me feel like a VIP, if even only for a short time.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
16 Feb 22
How great is that. We should all be treated like a VIP. Especially when you travel as much as you do.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112804)
• United States
16 Feb 22
I always like to think that anyone who spends money in an establishment is a VIP. But that's just me. Not how it always works in life though.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
16 Feb 22
@porwest No that is not how it works.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112804)
• United States
18 Feb 22
@CarolDM I think there was a time when businesses actually appreciated their customers and let them know it. These days not so much.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222280)
• United States
16 Feb 22
That's really nice. I would like to be recognized as well.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222280)
• United States
17 Feb 22
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112804)
• United States
16 Feb 22
I usually get stopped all the time anyway for autographs and what not. Porwest is a very famous Internet influence. I try to keep a low profile, but I admit it is difficult when you are me.
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kixsh101
@kixsh101 (2123)
• Philippines
17 Feb 22
That's a great opportunity to travel from time to time.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112804)
• United States
21 Feb 22
It can have its pros and cons.
much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Feb 22
You must be going to the "Cheers" Hotel . . . where everybody knows your name . . .
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much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Feb 22
@porwest Make it like Bubba Gump restaurants . . . Cheers Hotel with memorabilia from the show (and definitely with a Cheers Bar )!
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112804)
• United States
16 Feb 22
lol. Perhaps. Hey, that might be a good name for a hotel actually.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112804)
• United States
18 Feb 22
@much2say Hey. I kinda like this idea. Now, just gotta figure out how to market this. lol
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Feb 22
That’s nice. Do they give you a discount?
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Feb 22
@porwest that’s nice. Good that you can get a gift card you can use anywhere. I hate those that tie you to a specific store.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112804)
• United States
18 Feb 22
No. No discount. But I do get "rewards points" I can either cash in for free nights or gift cards or other things. I usually just get a $100 gift card that is a Visa I can use for anything I want.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112804)
• United States
19 Feb 22
@lovebuglena Yeah. Me too. To me those are a bit useless.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57233)
•
16 Feb 22
Familiar faces, familiar places. I too would prefer to stay in a hotel where l am known.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112804)
• United States
16 Feb 22
Unless I am going to a place I am at the first time ever. Then it would be spooky if they knew me.
Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (84736)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Feb 22
Sounds like our favorite staycation place. We haven't visited in a couple years, because our favorite feature, the evening social, had been canceled due to the pandemic. However, they are fully staffed, and things are slowly but surely coming back. When they are, my husband and I plan on treating ourselves to a couple-night stay and enjoying the accomidations we normally miss out on.
OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
16 Feb 22
How nice that is Jim. You are blessed.
RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (97954)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Feb 22
I can imagine that is a very nice feeling, Many years ago actually at the end of the 1990s my husband an I had a chance to visit the US from Latvia and in NYC where I was born we found a motel just right for us and for two year we went back and the owner always greeted us with pleasure, tI was nice,
Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
16 Feb 22
That is so neat. Evidently you are a VIP.