Debating Where To Stay in Delhi
Dec 12, 2005, 9:30 am
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I don't personally know anyone who has stayed at the Maidens, which is rather surprising given my travels and dealings in DEL.
TRAVELSIG, glad that the confusion was resolved.
TRAVELSIG, glad that the confusion was resolved.
Dec 12, 2005, 9:41 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
I don't personally know anyone who has stayed at the Maidens, which is rather surprising given my travels and dealings in DEL.
TRAVELSIG, glad that the confusion was resolved.
TRAVELSIG, glad that the confusion was resolved.
It certainly is more accessible with the Metro now.
Dec 12, 2005, 9:45 am
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Originally Posted by TRAVELSIG
Thanks for the advice-depart tomorrow. I think that you are right that the rate was high because the hotel is sold out- I ended up at the JW Marriott on the club level for 239 USD at a corporate rate.
How things have changed in Delhi...
Dec 12, 2005, 9:58 am
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Originally Posted by knit-in
I'd love to know your thoughts on the Marriott in Saket. I grew up in the neighborhood (around the PVR complex) and could never have imagined an international Five Star hotel there.
How things have changed in Delhi...
How things have changed in Delhi...
The Marriott, at least then, had more of a "smallish" feel to it than any of the major brands. Rooms had the same kind of feel (albeit felt a little smaller on a few occassions) as the Taj hotels in DEL. The room-service food was good. The staff friendly and professional. The hotel lobby gets far more natural light than most all of the top-end hotels in DEL. I find other hotels in DEL to be better than the Marriott, but have no complaints about the Marriott. (And I won't say anything about your old neighborhood.
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Dec 12, 2005, 11:25 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
I've stayed there a few times, including right when it opened. The rates used to be amongst the cheapest you could get for that standard ... think $89 in 2001/2002.
The Marriott, at least then, had more of a "smallish" feel to it than any of the major brands. Rooms had the same kind of feel (albeit felt a little smaller on a few occassions) as the Taj hotels in DEL. The room-service food was good. The staff friendly and professional. The hotel lobby gets far more natural light than most all of the top-end hotels in DEL. I find other hotels in DEL to be better than the Marriott, but have no complaints about the Marriott. (And I won't say anything about your old neighborhood. )
The Marriott, at least then, had more of a "smallish" feel to it than any of the major brands. Rooms had the same kind of feel (albeit felt a little smaller on a few occassions) as the Taj hotels in DEL. The room-service food was good. The staff friendly and professional. The hotel lobby gets far more natural light than most all of the top-end hotels in DEL. I find other hotels in DEL to be better than the Marriott, but have no complaints about the Marriott. (And I won't say anything about your old neighborhood.
)Back in the 70s it used to be the "end" of South Delhi, till things started expanding southwards (and now south of South Delhi, in Gurgaon etc.). The site for the hotel had always been there since the late-70s, but the hotel has come up fairly recently-- 3-4 years ago? It used to be a lot less commercial till the PVR people turned that complex around, and now it is some of the pricies real estate in Delhi.
My parents, sadly, sold and moved just before the boom.
Dec 12, 2005, 12:03 pm
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Originally Posted by knit-in
Its a fairly typical south Delhi neighborhood. Parts of it are terrible traffic bottleneck-- with the vegetable vendors and the bus stop. Is the mosque still next to the petrol pump, by the hotel?
Back in the 70s it used to be the "end" of South Delhi, till things started expanding southwards (and now south of South Delhi, in Gurgaon etc.). The site for the hotel had always been there since the late-70s, but the hotel has come up fairly recently-- 3-4 years ago? It used to be a lot less commercial till the PVR people turned that complex around, and now it is some of the pricies real estate in Delhi.
My parents, sadly, sold and moved just before the boom.
Back in the 70s it used to be the "end" of South Delhi, till things started expanding southwards (and now south of South Delhi, in Gurgaon etc.). The site for the hotel had always been there since the late-70s, but the hotel has come up fairly recently-- 3-4 years ago? It used to be a lot less commercial till the PVR people turned that complex around, and now it is some of the pricies real estate in Delhi.
My parents, sadly, sold and moved just before the boom.
In 2001/2002, there was a gas station nearby; the mosque I didn't notice. It could have still been there.
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