check out of hotel or not?
Jan 28, 2014, 9:43 pm
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check out of hotel or not?
I'd love some advice, please. I will be visiting Lima next month and my return trip is on the DL flight at 1:25AM. I plan on leaving for the airport at 10:00PM (I'm in biz class and don't mind waiting in the lounge, even if it's as crazy as the reports suggest.) anyway, my question is whether or not I should keep my hotel thru the night or just check out at noon on that day and roam around the city for 10 hours. If I do decide to check out of the hotel, would there be things to do for 10 hours or so? If it matters, I'm on a Monday, 1:25AM flight so I'd be possibly checking out on Sunday at noon and looking for things to do from noon until I go to the airport that evening. I'd LOVE any advice you have. Thanks in advance.
Jan 29, 2014, 6:14 pm
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As gold at Sheraton I was guaranteed a 4pm check-out, and the hotel ended up giving us 6pm. Is that an option for you?
We we're out much of the day and came back around 330, had a chance to rest, wash up, and hit the club lounge before check-out. We then went out and had a nice lesiurely dinner and walk around the city, before heading back to the hotel to grab our bags and proceed to the airport.
The lounge is a decent place to have a drink, but definitely not pleasant for a long stay.
We we're out much of the day and came back around 330, had a chance to rest, wash up, and hit the club lounge before check-out. We then went out and had a nice lesiurely dinner and walk around the city, before heading back to the hotel to grab our bags and proceed to the airport.
The lounge is a decent place to have a drink, but definitely not pleasant for a long stay.
Jan 30, 2014, 10:55 am
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Obviously the things you should take into consideration are your room rate, etc, whether you can get a late check out. There's definitely enough to do: tour city center, look at the fountain park at night for an hour or two, have a long lunch at one of Lima's amazing restaurants (most places close for Sunday dinner, with the exception of Huaca Pucllana).
We recently had a flight at 10:30PM, but was granted a 4:00PM late check out at the Four Points Miraflores due to Platinum status. However, if I was checking out at 10:00PM I would have gladly spent an extra U$110 in order to have a room available to freshen up and get a little break in the middle of the day.
We recently had a flight at 10:30PM, but was granted a 4:00PM late check out at the Four Points Miraflores due to Platinum status. However, if I was checking out at 10:00PM I would have gladly spent an extra U$110 in order to have a room available to freshen up and get a little break in the middle of the day.
Feb 2, 2014, 5:57 pm
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Lot of things to do at afternoon, including a nice dinner at evening. You can hang around in Miraflores, downtown Lima, Barranco, etc.
As usual, museums close at 5pm aprox. Now, what are you interested in?
As usual, museums close at 5pm aprox. Now, what are you interested in?