Venice- is staying on Lido a good idea?
Feb 4th 2003, 9:20 am
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Re: Venice- is staying on Lido a good idea?
In news:d4G%9.151814$Ve4.9472@sccrnsc03, JimS. wrote:
> "Mason Barge" wrote in message
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>> Nah, for the same amount of money, I'd take a smaller less
luxurious
>> room in Venice. I mean, you are traveling all the way there
to see
>> it, right?
> Should I restate the question? I'm finding rooms in the Lido
area
> online as low as about $80 per double. Rooms in Venice, (you
know,
> all these ones everyone says cost them "about $100" ?) are
running
> $230. Of COURSE for the same money I'd rather stay in Venice.
The
> point is that there IS nothing in Venice for anywhere near the
same
> money.
You haven't looked hard enough. There are lots of hotels in that
price range. They may not have an online presence, but they
exist. Check Google groups for messages here, and you'll find
numbers of recommendations.
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> "Mason Barge" wrote in message
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>> Nah, for the same amount of money, I'd take a smaller less
luxurious
>> room in Venice. I mean, you are traveling all the way there
to see
>> it, right?
> Should I restate the question? I'm finding rooms in the Lido
area
> online as low as about $80 per double. Rooms in Venice, (you
know,
> all these ones everyone says cost them "about $100" ?) are
running
> $230. Of COURSE for the same money I'd rather stay in Venice.
The
> point is that there IS nothing in Venice for anywhere near the
same
> money.
You haven't looked hard enough. There are lots of hotels in that
price range. They may not have an online presence, but they
exist. Check Google groups for messages here, and you'll find
numbers of recommendations.
--
Ken Blake
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Feb 4th 2003, 9:42 am
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Re: Venice- is staying on Lido a good idea?
Not worth the trouble. Better to take the ride over there if you want
to see the Lido, than to take it back to Venice which is where most
likely you will want to spend most of your time -- at all hours.
"JimS." wrote in message news:...
> Can anyone comment about staying in the Lido beaches area as a base for
> visiting Venice ? I have read that boats leave every 10 minutes to the St.
> Mark's plaza area, 24 hours a day. Is that a long ride, and is it
> covenient, or cumbersome? Lido sure is a lot cheaper than staying in
> Venice. Is it worth the trouble? Thanks
>
> JimS.
> Seattle
to see the Lido, than to take it back to Venice which is where most
likely you will want to spend most of your time -- at all hours.
"JimS." wrote in message news:...
> Can anyone comment about staying in the Lido beaches area as a base for
> visiting Venice ? I have read that boats leave every 10 minutes to the St.
> Mark's plaza area, 24 hours a day. Is that a long ride, and is it
> covenient, or cumbersome? Lido sure is a lot cheaper than staying in
> Venice. Is it worth the trouble? Thanks
>
> JimS.
> Seattle
Feb 4th 2003, 11:02 am
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Re: Venice- is staying on Lido a good idea?
On Tue, 04 Feb 2003 03:03:37 GMT, "JimS."
wrote:
>"Mason Barge" wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 00:59:55 GMT, "JimS."
>> wrote:
>> >Can anyone comment about staying in the Lido beaches area as a base for
>> >visiting Venice ? I have read that boats leave every 10 minutes to the
>St.
>> >Mark's plaza area, 24 hours a day. Is that a long ride, and is it
>> >covenient, or cumbersome? Lido sure is a lot cheaper than staying in
>> >Venice. Is it worth the trouble? Thanks
>> >
>> >JimS.
>> >Seattle
>> >
>> Nah, for the same amount of money, I'd take a smaller less luxurious room
>in
>> Venice. I mean, you are traveling all the way there to see it, right?
>Should I restate the question? I'm finding rooms in the Lido area online as
>low as about $80 per double. Rooms in Venice, (you know, all these ones
>everyone says cost them "about $100" ?) are running $230. Of COURSE for
>the same money I'd rather stay in Venice. The point is that there IS
>nothing in Venice for anywhere near the same money.
No, you should rethink your attitude a little.
It took me 2 minutes to get a $45 per night quote in Venice, double, in
February. Rates vary quite a bit by season, but several of these have maxium
rates in the $100-120 range
http://venice.leagi-travel-hotels.com/
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wrote:
>"Mason Barge" wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 00:59:55 GMT, "JimS."
>> wrote:
>> >Can anyone comment about staying in the Lido beaches area as a base for
>> >visiting Venice ? I have read that boats leave every 10 minutes to the
>St.
>> >Mark's plaza area, 24 hours a day. Is that a long ride, and is it
>> >covenient, or cumbersome? Lido sure is a lot cheaper than staying in
>> >Venice. Is it worth the trouble? Thanks
>> >
>> >JimS.
>> >Seattle
>> >
>> Nah, for the same amount of money, I'd take a smaller less luxurious room
>in
>> Venice. I mean, you are traveling all the way there to see it, right?
>Should I restate the question? I'm finding rooms in the Lido area online as
>low as about $80 per double. Rooms in Venice, (you know, all these ones
>everyone says cost them "about $100" ?) are running $230. Of COURSE for
>the same money I'd rather stay in Venice. The point is that there IS
>nothing in Venice for anywhere near the same money.
No, you should rethink your attitude a little.
It took me 2 minutes to get a $45 per night quote in Venice, double, in
February. Rates vary quite a bit by season, but several of these have maxium
rates in the $100-120 range
http://venice.leagi-travel-hotels.com/
--
"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. If this is tea, please bring me some coffee."
- Abraham Lincoln
Feb 4th 2003, 3:02 pm
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Re: Venice- is staying on Lido a good idea?
"ds" wrote in message
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> >
> Note that the 100 double becomes 200 in the high season which near as I
can
> tell is April - Sept.
Yes, that is exactly the point. I'm sure these rooms are $100 a night at
SOME time of the year. But they are all $200+ in April, which is when I'm
going.
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> >
> Note that the 100 double becomes 200 in the high season which near as I
can
> tell is April - Sept.
Yes, that is exactly the point. I'm sure these rooms are $100 a night at
SOME time of the year. But they are all $200+ in April, which is when I'm
going.
Feb 4th 2003, 7:57 pm
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Barbara Vaughan wrote:
> hotels in the $60 range, some of which it recommends highly. However,
> these will be rather basic hotels. They may not have phones in the room,
> nor TVs, and as I said, some may not have private baths.
I think that's what we paid. It was May of '01. I don't recall whether
we had a 'phone or a television set. I know we didn't have a private
bathroom but we never had to wait for someone to get out.
> Online listings are not the best place to find budget lodgings.
Indeed.
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> hotels in the $60 range, some of which it recommends highly. However,
> these will be rather basic hotels. They may not have phones in the room,
> nor TVs, and as I said, some may not have private baths.
I think that's what we paid. It was May of '01. I don't recall whether
we had a 'phone or a television set. I know we didn't have a private
bathroom but we never had to wait for someone to get out.
> Online listings are not the best place to find budget lodgings.
Indeed.
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Feb 4th 2003, 8:17 pm
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Re: Venice- is staying on Lido a good idea? NO!
"Bob Fusillo" wrote:
> Staying on the Lido is like going to New York and staying in Jersey City. It
> IS cheaper, and there IS transport, but the whole context is different. Whim
> and spontenaity are lost completely.
> How long are you staying? I stay in apartments in Venice for a month at a
> time and it costs about 50 dollars ( US) a night. Previous posts on this
> site have mentioned dozens of less than 100 a night hotels. If you are
> going to be there only a few days, the money you save will be a tiny
> percentage of your expenses, but you will not be immersed in the most
> beautiful town in Europe. And that's why you are go there.
> I grew up on "toilets down the hall," and did not feel deprived.
> Stay in Venice. Eat at nice restaurants. Spend perhaps 25 to thirty percent
> more for a few days, and experience Venice, not a hair-shirt holiday.
> Or go somewhere else till you can afford Venice. It is not the only lovely
> Italian town.
> rjf
People come here for advice. They hope to get good advice. It's not
often that the advice tendered is as excellent as yours!
> Staying on the Lido is like going to New York and staying in Jersey City. It
> IS cheaper, and there IS transport, but the whole context is different. Whim
> and spontenaity are lost completely.
> How long are you staying? I stay in apartments in Venice for a month at a
> time and it costs about 50 dollars ( US) a night. Previous posts on this
> site have mentioned dozens of less than 100 a night hotels. If you are
> going to be there only a few days, the money you save will be a tiny
> percentage of your expenses, but you will not be immersed in the most
> beautiful town in Europe. And that's why you are go there.
> I grew up on "toilets down the hall," and did not feel deprived.
> Stay in Venice. Eat at nice restaurants. Spend perhaps 25 to thirty percent
> more for a few days, and experience Venice, not a hair-shirt holiday.
> Or go somewhere else till you can afford Venice. It is not the only lovely
> Italian town.
> rjf
People come here for advice. They hope to get good advice. It's not
often that the advice tendered is as excellent as yours!
Feb 4th 2003, 10:14 pm
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Re: Venice- is staying on Lido a good idea?
"JimS." wrote:
>
> "ds" wrote in message
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> > >
> > Note that the 100 double becomes 200 in the high season which near as I
> can
> > tell is April - Sept.
> >
> Yes, that is exactly the point. I'm sure these rooms are $100 a night at
> SOME time of the year. But they are all $200+ in April, which is when I'm
> going.
Let's Go usually quotes the high season rate, so the prices I quoted you
were valid in high season. I found a hotel under $100 in Venice during
Carnival, which has to be one of the most expensive times to be there.
My daughter stayed at the same hotel during the summer, again for less
than $100. It was called the Minerva, and it's near the train station.
I'm sorry I no longer have the number, but you'll find many similar
hotels listed in Let's Go.
Barbara
Barbara
>
> "ds" wrote in message
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> > >
> > Note that the 100 double becomes 200 in the high season which near as I
> can
> > tell is April - Sept.
> >
> Yes, that is exactly the point. I'm sure these rooms are $100 a night at
> SOME time of the year. But they are all $200+ in April, which is when I'm
> going.
Let's Go usually quotes the high season rate, so the prices I quoted you
were valid in high season. I found a hotel under $100 in Venice during
Carnival, which has to be one of the most expensive times to be there.
My daughter stayed at the same hotel during the summer, again for less
than $100. It was called the Minerva, and it's near the train station.
I'm sorry I no longer have the number, but you'll find many similar
hotels listed in Let's Go.
Barbara
Barbara
Feb 5th 2003, 2:50 am
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Re: Venice- is staying on Lido a good idea? NO!
In article ,
[email protected] (Icono Clast) wrote:
> "Bob Fusillo" wrote:
> > Staying on the Lido is like going to New York and staying in Jersey City. It
> > IS cheaper, and there IS transport, but the whole context is different. Whim
> > and spontenaity are lost completely.
> > How long are you staying? I stay in apartments in Venice for a month at a
> > time and it costs about 50 dollars ( US) a night. Previous posts on this
> > site have mentioned dozens of less than 100 a night hotels. If you are
> > going to be there only a few days, the money you save will be a tiny
> > percentage of your expenses, but you will not be immersed in the most
> > beautiful town in Europe. And that's why you are go there.
> > I grew up on "toilets down the hall," and did not feel deprived.
> > Stay in Venice. Eat at nice restaurants. Spend perhaps 25 to thirty percent
> > more for a few days, and experience Venice, not a hair-shirt holiday.
> > Or go somewhere else till you can afford Venice. It is not the only lovely
> > Italian town.
> > rjf
>
> People come here for advice. They hope to get good advice. It's not
> often that the advice tendered is as excellent as yours!
absolutely -- to spend all that time and money and then commute with the
day trippers into the place you want to visit is insane -- one of the
values of a hotel is that you can go back during the day to change
clothes, or drop purchases, or take a nap or whatever before hitting the
street again for the evening -- commuters either lug it all or get back
to their hotel and can't face the commute again and miss out on the
delights of morning and evening in a place as evocative as Venice
[email protected] (Icono Clast) wrote:
> "Bob Fusillo" wrote:
> > Staying on the Lido is like going to New York and staying in Jersey City. It
> > IS cheaper, and there IS transport, but the whole context is different. Whim
> > and spontenaity are lost completely.
> > How long are you staying? I stay in apartments in Venice for a month at a
> > time and it costs about 50 dollars ( US) a night. Previous posts on this
> > site have mentioned dozens of less than 100 a night hotels. If you are
> > going to be there only a few days, the money you save will be a tiny
> > percentage of your expenses, but you will not be immersed in the most
> > beautiful town in Europe. And that's why you are go there.
> > I grew up on "toilets down the hall," and did not feel deprived.
> > Stay in Venice. Eat at nice restaurants. Spend perhaps 25 to thirty percent
> > more for a few days, and experience Venice, not a hair-shirt holiday.
> > Or go somewhere else till you can afford Venice. It is not the only lovely
> > Italian town.
> > rjf
>
> People come here for advice. They hope to get good advice. It's not
> often that the advice tendered is as excellent as yours!
absolutely -- to spend all that time and money and then commute with the
day trippers into the place you want to visit is insane -- one of the
values of a hotel is that you can go back during the day to change
clothes, or drop purchases, or take a nap or whatever before hitting the
street again for the evening -- commuters either lug it all or get back
to their hotel and can't face the commute again and miss out on the
delights of morning and evening in a place as evocative as Venice
Feb 6th 2003, 5:40 am
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Re: Venice- is staying on Lido a good idea?
"Douglas W. Hoyt" wrote in message news:...
> "JimS." wrote in message
> news:faj%9.145183$_s4.51257@rwcrnsc54...
> > Can anyone comment about staying in the Lido beaches area as a base for
> > visiting Venice ? I have read that boats leave every 10 minutes to the
> St.
> > Mark's plaza area, 24 hours a day. Is that a long ride, and is it
> > covenient, or cumbersome? Lido sure is a lot cheaper than staying in
> > Venice. Is it worth the trouble? Thanks
>
> I booked a place on Lido for July (though I got one very close to the ferry,
> as opposed to one that would require a bus or rented bicycle ride--though
> I'm still thinking of renting a bike for early morning spins). All the
> arguments about how wonderful 1am walks along the Grand Canal are, remain
> valid. Except for the fact that it is still a short, romantic boat ride
> back to your hotel on the Lido. Twenty minutes here or there--it's not only
> not a big deal, it's also a different kind of experience that is not
> negative in any way shape of form, particularly if you like late night
> vaporetto rides. And if you're taking a day trip outside of Venice (or
> heading back to the airport) the Lido is pretty handy too. I've stayed in
> Padua, and also in Cannaregio, and I figure Lido has its advantages.
My brother stayed in Lido last fall, and he really liked it. He said
if he ever returned to Venice he would stay there again.
> "JimS." wrote in message
> news:faj%9.145183$_s4.51257@rwcrnsc54...
> > Can anyone comment about staying in the Lido beaches area as a base for
> > visiting Venice ? I have read that boats leave every 10 minutes to the
> St.
> > Mark's plaza area, 24 hours a day. Is that a long ride, and is it
> > covenient, or cumbersome? Lido sure is a lot cheaper than staying in
> > Venice. Is it worth the trouble? Thanks
>
> I booked a place on Lido for July (though I got one very close to the ferry,
> as opposed to one that would require a bus or rented bicycle ride--though
> I'm still thinking of renting a bike for early morning spins). All the
> arguments about how wonderful 1am walks along the Grand Canal are, remain
> valid. Except for the fact that it is still a short, romantic boat ride
> back to your hotel on the Lido. Twenty minutes here or there--it's not only
> not a big deal, it's also a different kind of experience that is not
> negative in any way shape of form, particularly if you like late night
> vaporetto rides. And if you're taking a day trip outside of Venice (or
> heading back to the airport) the Lido is pretty handy too. I've stayed in
> Padua, and also in Cannaregio, and I figure Lido has its advantages.
My brother stayed in Lido last fall, and he really liked it. He said
if he ever returned to Venice he would stay there again.
Feb 6th 2003, 11:53 am
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> My brother stayed in Lido last fall, and he really liked it. He said
> if he ever returned to Venice he would stay there again.
You know Jen--maybe we should start telling people the opposite in order to
keep the prices down!
> if he ever returned to Venice he would stay there again.
You know Jen--maybe we should start telling people the opposite in order to
keep the prices down!
Feb 10th 2003, 2:04 am
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In article ,
"Douglas W. Hoyt" wrote:
> > My brother stayed in Lido last fall, and he really liked it. He said
> > if he ever returned to Venice he would stay there again.
>
> You know Jen--maybe we should start telling people the opposite in order to
> keep the prices down!
>
>
makes sense to me and I am going to also start telling everyone to take
guided tours and stay near the station and avoid renting apartments as
well
"Douglas W. Hoyt" wrote:
> > My brother stayed in Lido last fall, and he really liked it. He said
> > if he ever returned to Venice he would stay there again.
>
> You know Jen--maybe we should start telling people the opposite in order to
> keep the prices down!
>
>
makes sense to me and I am going to also start telling everyone to take
guided tours and stay near the station and avoid renting apartments as
well
Feb 27th 2003, 1:53 am
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Re: Venice- is staying on Lido a good idea?
[email protected] (Icono Clast) wrote in message news:...
> "JimS." wrote:
> > Can anyone comment about staying in the Lido beaches
>
> We went to Lido for a looksee. Two of the things we saw exposed were
> incredibly ugly breasts on a youngish woman. I hope you don't see her
> without at least a bra. If you're a beach person, Lido might be OK but
> I wouldn't dream of staying there
>
> > as a base for visiting Venice ?
>
> > I have read that boats leave every 10 minutes to the St.
> > Mark's plaza area, 24 hours a day.
>
> So what? You still have t'take 'em!
>
> > Lido sure is a lot cheaper than staying in Venice.
>
> Yup.
>
> > Is it worth the trouble?
>
> It wouldn't be for me. My time on The Road is not for public
> transportation. Staying on Lido would necessitate too much time on
> public transportation that, by not staying there, could be avoided and
> put to better use.
I just got back from Venice and stayed on the Lido. I wouldn't stay
there again. While the waterbus ride is nice it makes it difficult to
go back and take off your shoes in the middle of the day, then get
your act together to go out again. I stayed at the Villa Mabapa and
certainly wouldn't stay there again - way rude front desk people!
> "JimS." wrote:
> > Can anyone comment about staying in the Lido beaches
>
> We went to Lido for a looksee. Two of the things we saw exposed were
> incredibly ugly breasts on a youngish woman. I hope you don't see her
> without at least a bra. If you're a beach person, Lido might be OK but
> I wouldn't dream of staying there
>
> > as a base for visiting Venice ?
>
> > I have read that boats leave every 10 minutes to the St.
> > Mark's plaza area, 24 hours a day.
>
> So what? You still have t'take 'em!
>
> > Lido sure is a lot cheaper than staying in Venice.
>
> Yup.
>
> > Is it worth the trouble?
>
> It wouldn't be for me. My time on The Road is not for public
> transportation. Staying on Lido would necessitate too much time on
> public transportation that, by not staying there, could be avoided and
> put to better use.
I just got back from Venice and stayed on the Lido. I wouldn't stay
there again. While the waterbus ride is nice it makes it difficult to
go back and take off your shoes in the middle of the day, then get
your act together to go out again. I stayed at the Villa Mabapa and
certainly wouldn't stay there again - way rude front desk people!
