Yay! Scott6067 is back in communication after his soujourn at Pebble Beach .... :p





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One of these days, I'll get off my a$$ and order some of those.

One look at the front page of the main forum tells me all I need to know. Do not leave Teh Box today.

If you're here on a Sunday, consider going to watch the Ballet Folklorico - they have performances Sunday at 9:30am (you're lucky as they only have performances Sundays and Wednesdays). It's like a quick trip through the various regions of Mexico as you'll see many of the regional dances (which means also hearing the regional music and seeing the typical dresses). It's held in the Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palance for Fine Arts), which is a sight to be seen in and of itself (google gave me some basic info in English here). You can get tickets via Ticketmaster. Since it's downtown, you could see the Zocalo (city center plaza - I think the world's largest ice skating rink has now been taken down for the year) and get a taste for the rest of downtown which you mention you want to see.

Unlike other cities, Mexico's downtown is a very commercial area -- each street is dedicated to selling something (e.g, electronics, computer equipment, cloth, jars for perfume, printed invitations, plumbing supplies). It's interesting to experience and it will give you a sense of old Mexico from the buildings. There's several touristy things to see like a Bellas Artes, the Zocalo (both mentioned above), the cathedral, a post office, and a Sanborns (department store with a restaurant) which is famous for its blue and white tiles (known as the House of the Blue Tiles). You could see all this if you wanted to focus on downtown only. If you chose to do this, you could have lunch at the Hosteria de Santo Domingo -- a well established (opened in 1860) and traditional restaurant. They have a wide variety of well made, yummy Mexican food. A very typical dish is the "chile en nogada," which is a roasted poblano chili filled with meat and fruit covered with a nut sauce and pomegranite seeds and while usually only available in Sept. for independence day, the Hosteria de Santo Domingo offers it year-round. If you just want a snack, see my post last night to sbm re El Moro hot chocolate and churros (hard to describe churros other than Mexican beaver tails but long and skinny).

On the hotel, if I were you I'd consider actually staying at a hotel closer to that end of the city. On a Sunday morning there likely isn't going to be much traffic, so it's likely not a big deal but my guess is that the hotels are nicer and cheaper in the Polanco/Reforma area (pls double check - I couldn't take a peek to make specific recommendations as I don't know when you're heading down). For example, there's a Sheraton Maria Isabel hotel which usually has good weekend rates and gives Plat's nice upgrades and free breakfast in the Towers lounge. It right on Reforma Avenue and the Angel of Independence (a sight to see in and of itself). In that area, there's several other hotels (e.g., a Camino Real, the Wyndham (I don't know it but sbm does by now), and I think a Fiesta Americana). A few blocks away in Polanco there's a also a row of nice international hotels: Intercontinental, Marriot, W, Nikko. If you do switch hotels, you can also see things on your way to downtown (if you go via Reforma) or on the way to the Anthropology Museum (see post from last night to sbm re Chapultepec Park) which will give you a better taste for the city.

Let me know if there's anything specific you'd want to see and I'll add specific info.

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In similar situations, I always have my guest as an add-on and tell the hotel that they will be arriving before me.

So, they imprint the guests card and then at time of check-out, just tell them to leave the charge on the original card.

After not working days in almost 6 months, I can't believe how much more busy we are now then before.

One major source of :rolleyes: was just thankfully closed.

Our friend at www.dontevenreply.com has just posted a new gem that includes being a hilarious wisea$$ and various types of weaposn. Paging copa :D

http://www.dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=84

I've had success paying for multiple rooms (with different spg names) upon check-out all on one credit card even if the reservations were under different credit cards.

Also, when our plans changed once and I wasn't able to travel as expected but others were, I noticed that when I called spg, they changed the name of the guest but left the rest of the reservation intact (ie they left my credit card on the reservation). That time I called back to change it and the spg number and, interestingly, the second agent also preferred to leave that way.

Excellent. Thanks, Tinkerer, this is some really good info. We booked teh Hilton at the airport for convenience and also Scott6067 wants the points/stays. Also, if we have bags, we can leave them with the concierge and not have to cart them around Mexico City with us, and then as the hotel is in the airport, we can swing by to pick them up again on our way back to the returning flight.

I like all of your suggestions above, especially the Ballet Folklorio and the surrounding areas, plus the lunch restaurant sounds great too! The boys and I (:D:D) will have to put our heads together to decide what we want to do.

All I know is that I'm sticking with the boys in Mexico City- what's a girl to do when she has 4 guys to protect her! :D:D:D

Hello, my name is Brad, I am a Co-Moderator of the Continental OnePass forum. How are you?
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Yeah, this mod has been overwhelmed with work and the other is in Asia. Sorry for the lag time.

Hilarious.

Nice. :-: