Today was a fun day. I have to admit, it was a long night yesterday. I was miserable in our hotel. The place was a rat hole! The A/C didn’t work. It was so hot and humid. reception was very poor on cheap 13″ TV. I went to the front desk and asked for an extra pillow and blanket, they said they would bring me one but they never did. Our tub drain was clogged. Our closet door broke… I’m sure I could go on. I slept on the floor. It was just a long uncomfortable night.

I spend a lot of time on the Internet (which I had to pay $10 per night for) looking around the area for a better hotel. Generally what I found seemed to be twice as expensive. At this point though I was ready to pay the extra price. I finally decided on the Fairfield Marriot. The problem was it is a weekend and I needed an open room immediately. I couldn’t wait until the standard check-in time. We wanted to get all our stuff moved so we could get into Disneyland. As I was walking towards the hotel I had chosen, I got a prompting to walk into the Park Place Inn (Best Western). So I stopped and went in. Their rate was $160 per night. I was about to leave because that was about $40 per night more than the one I had chosen. She then asked if I had AAA or Costco memberships. I did have Costco. I was able to get a rate for $130 per night – only $10 more per night. They had a room available immediately so I said yes. I felt very good about the decision.

I went back to our other hotel and Rachel had all the bags packed and the kids ready. I wheeled all our luggage down the street to our new room. Now I don’t know if we could be any closer to Disneyland! Our room is so much nicer. We have an extra bed (hid-a-bed), and a bigger, cleaner room with A/C. It also comes with a complimentary breakfast. I’m sure if we paid for that we could spend $30-$40. And it has free high-speed internet. Everyone is sleeping now and I’m am still so pleased with how fun the day was and with our nicer hotel. I’m just very grateful right now.