Originally Posted by
yosithezet
In Delhi, money well spent. In San Francisco, perhaps, perhaps not.
Even so, you can get the Hyatt, Le Meridien, Sheraton New Delhi for under $200 if you plan ahead.
At these hotels I can have a good idea of what to expect. At the 'nice boutique hotels' I can't.
Agreed. I actually looked it and 2-3 days from now there are still rooms available at the Crowne Plaza for about 200$.
Last week I was in Bangalore and I got put up in what you could probably call a boutique hotel and it was quite fine. But it was arguably a gamble...
I mean the hotel I've got now is "ok" but by no means great; I'm definatly far more confortable at home and in the end IMHO that's what matter for a hotel when you're a business traveller: do the accomodations reasonnably match the confort you would have at home.
Fortunatly I've got pictures to document my case and I'll hopefully be able to beat some sense into those people when I come back.
Max
edit: I do have a side question though. I've been thinking for a while now about buying a smartphone; any chance I could get one of those dirt cheap here? All the cellphone store I've seen so far don't exactly look like the kind of establishments that would carry electronic equipment in the 100s $ range...