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2008 Hot Springs - Host Hotel Info

Posted: 11/4/07 3:12pm Message 1 of 79
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The Host Hotel for the 2008 C3VR Member Gathering in Hot Springs, Arkansas is the Lake Hamilton Resort.
 
Here's the address for doing road trip planning:
2803 Albert Pike Road
Hot Springs, AR. 71913

Each guest room is a suite with at least one bedroom. Every suite offers a bedroom and living room, a living room with sofa bed, armchair and desk. The private bedroom features one king or two queen beds, a second TV and private balcony, View of the lake and mountains, Workstation and desk, Balcony that opens to the fresh outdoors, In-room coffee maker, Microwave, Refrigerator, Wet bar & Separate vanity.

The hotel has a restaurant that is open for breakfast M-F and Dinner, F&S. There is a lounge in the lobby which opens at 5pm.  They will rope off a special parking area for us and provide a hose for washing our cars (please bring your own towels).

There are 50 rooms blocked for our group. If we actually utilize 40 of them Wednesday through Saturday nights, I will have a suite to give away to one of the people who booked a room. I will come up with a way to give it out prior to our trip.

For Wednesday April 16th through Sunday April 20.
The rate for our group is $80/night We/Th and $90/night Fri/Sa.
**All rates will be subject to current sales tax.
Check in time is 3pm. Check out is 11am.

Our group block will be held until March 3rd, 2008. After which the remaining rooms will be released and made available to the general public.  If you want to book after this date, you will still be offered the group rate, however there may not be any rooms left. So BOOK EARLY!

To reserve a guest suite, please call one of the phone numbers listed below and ask for Reservations.

Please specify that you are with C3 Vette Registry

Reservations can be made at the group rate until March 10, 2008.

All reservations must be guaranteed by a Credit Card or an Advance Deposit will be requested.  We have a 48 hour cancellation policy on all reservations.  Any reservations not cancelled within the 48 hour period, will be charged the first night room and tax. 

Individuals must be 21 years or older to check-in.

There is a 7:00pm day of arrival cut-off.  If you haven’t arrived by 7pm, the first night stay will be charged on your credit card.

Please call (501) 767-8606 or toll free (866) 712-8606.

REVIEW by JDGrant:
There was some discussion in another thread about the possibility of this hotel not being of good quality.  C3VR member JDGrant visited the hotel on November 2nd and had this to say:
[QUOTE]The hotel is not 5 Star but is decent. It is an older hotel and has NOT been maintained to like new condition, but is clean. I have attached a number of pictures for you to review. 

The rooms are clean and do NOT smell. The 2 rooms I looked at were very nice and clean with no significant wear or tear on the walls or carpets. Each room has a kitchenette, fridge and a sleeper sofa, the bathrooms were nice and in good order and each room has a balcony facing the lake.

There is however wear and tear on some of the hallway carpets, walls and ceiling but seems isolated and not wide spread.

Since there is an indoor pool there is a hint of chlorine in the air when you get near the rooms, but no chlorine odor in the rooms, lobby, restaurant or bar.

The parking lot is large with an area where the Vettes can be segregated with a rope. My understanding is that they do this during the big motorcycle rally we have each year. Considering the part of town this hotel is in I think all of the cars would be the safest there of the three hotels I posted.

The most outstanding feature is the indoor pool. It is in an atrium with a hot tub and sauna and also has a workout room. VERY NICE! 

The restaurant is clean and has open seating. I cannot attest to the quality of the food, it has been many years since I have eaten there. There are however several very good restaurants nearby and a McDonalds one block away.

The bar area (full service) has a great view of the lake it also has a pool table and big screen TV.

It is a very picturesque setting.

If people want a new hotel then this is not the place, but if they want a decent place to stay with some nice amenities this may be the place. I would stay here, if that matters.[/QUOTE]

Here are links to the pictures John took:

 
Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3, Picture 4, Picture 5, Picture 6, Picture 7, Picture 8, Picture 9, Picture 10, Picture 11, Picture 12, Picture 13, Picture 14, Picture 15, Picture 16, Picture 17, Picture 18, Picture 19, Picture 20, Picture 21, Picture 22, Picture 23

 

After you have booked your room, whether at Lake Hamilton or elsewhere, please go to the Official Who's Attending thread to add your name to the list!
Adam Wartell2008-02-26 13:25:46


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2008 Hot Springs - Host Hotel Info

Posted: 11/4/07 3:22pm Message 2 of 79
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Posted: 11/4/07 3:53pm Message 3 of 79
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Looks great to me.  I brought it up about the bad reviews so we would not be surprised when we got there.  I have no problem with some worn carpet, etc.  I'm gonna call and get my reservations tomorrow.  ARE WE THERE YET????Clap
 
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Posted: 11/4/07 4:00pm Message 4 of 79
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Booked !
Thanks JD for checking it out and thanks to Adam for putting this together !
See you all in Hot Springs !
 





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Posted: 11/4/07 4:17pm Message 5 of 79
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[QUOTE=Dejablu]Looks great to me. I brought it up about the bad reviews so we would not be surprised when we got there. I have no problem with some worn carpet, etc. I'm gonna call and get my reservations tomorrow. ARE WE THERE YET????Clap

Larry
[/QUOTE]I'm glad you did bring it up. If it was a complete dive, we should know. I'm comfortable with it since John was able to give us a first hand inspection. And for the money, it sounds about right. Plus, ultimately aren't we just there to sleep? With any luck, most of our time will be spent out of the hotel having a blast with fellow C3VR'ers and other Vettes! Oh, and if someone doesn't want to stay there, there is no requirement saying that if you want to come to this gathering that you have to stay here, you can stay anywhere you'd like. Some people might still think $85/night is too high, and it is their prerogative to find other lodging. It is just nice to have most if not all folks in the same location for parking and convenience of starting group drives.Adams' Apple2007-11-06 19:54:24


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Posted: 11/4/07 5:19pm Message 6 of 79
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That grassy area in the middle of picture 6 looks perfect for my tent.LOL
Might be a little noisy with the traffic though.Angry



 
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Posted: 11/4/07 6:14pm Message 7 of 79
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Do you think they will have a problem with trailers in their lot? I am currently looking at putting the Blacray into a box and draggin him behind the truck.

I doubt that I will be alone in doing this so I thought it might be a good question to inquire about now.

Who knows we might have a box haulin caravan for some of us Mid Westerners.

Keep in mind this is contingent on "if" I can go. As of right now though I am making plans as if I were a rich man....
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Posted: 11/4/07 6:33pm Message 8 of 79
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[QUOTE=Tuxblacray]Do you think they will have a problem with trailers in their lot? I am currently looking at putting the Blacray into a box and draggin him behind the truck.

I doubt that I will be alone in doing this so I thought it might be a good question to inquire about now.

Who knows we might have a box haulin caravan for some of us Mid Westerners.

Keep in mind this is contingent on "if" I can go. As of right now though I am making plans as if I were a rich man....
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 Mine is/are going to be in a box too this trip.





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Posted: 11/4/07 6:56pm Message 10 of 79
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Hotel looks great to me!!!  We'll be booking soon. 


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