Howard Johnson Hotel, Veracruz

Advantages: superb hotels and beaches
Disadvantages: a very long flight/ going home

...i have spend quite a bit of time in veracruz with my wife and her family and found veracruz to be very clean and tidy. the mexican people are so friendly i didnt feel that i wasnt wanted there like other countries i have visited. if i could i would go and live in veracurz we plan to go to mexico in december and i will be making a point of going back to veracruz for a week. for those people thinking about going to mexico i recomend veracruz for its really nice beaches and the friendly people. i would also like to recomend the hotel novo mar i have stayed there on two ocasions and it is a really nice hotel the staff are very helpful. my wife is from mexico from a town called puebla we meet on the internet 5 years ago. we got married feb 25 2004 in mexico. having spent a lot of time in various parts of mexico ie puebla/mexico city veracruz... Read review

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Advantages: easy to get to, on main hotel/recreation strip into the city
Disadvantages: dated, noisy

...My wife and I stayed here for 1 night in early September 2006. The place is easy to find, on the busy main hotel/motel/restaurant strip on the outskirts of the city. The hotel has the appearance and feel of a motel from the moment you drive in, from the reception area to the rooms. there is plenty of parking and we found no problems getting our car right outside our room. Our room was on the ground floor at the rear of the premises. the room was clean (ish), and had the usual facilities, of TV, iron/board, hairdryer, coffee maker etc, however everything looked a bit old and tired. I was concerned about security, as the doors and locks did not appear too substantial, and being round the back of the premises with the door leading directly on to the car park, I felt a little uneasy. There may have been CCTV monitoring the car park... Read review

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Advantages: Location and staff
Disadvantages: Dirty, smelly, disgusting, revolting

...This is actually a review about the Howard Johnson Hotel in Kingston, Ontario, but I can't seem to find how to request a new product review. There aren't enough words to describe how dreadful this hotel is, but I'll try - dirty, grubby, smelly, rusty, unpleasant, filthy, disgusting. When we arrived in Kingston, which is a lovely place to visit and stay because there's so much to see and do and people are so friendly, there was unfortunately some kind of University graduation weekend and so the only rooms available at any downtown hotels were in the Howard Johnson (HOJO). We were initially told that there were fully booked, but if we wanted a smoking room then they could find us something. Both me and my husband both smoke, so we didn't really mind. The first room we had was on the 1st floor, which is really the basement because it... Read review

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