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@ees1 You can try Hotel.com or Hoteltonight.com (will need to download the app) they sell unsold rooms in the better hotels at deep discounts. If you want cheap, Holiday Inn on Beach Blvd, it was a little seedy looking when I stayed there last. I stayed because they allow dogs. There is AirB&B, an app where you can rent a private room or entire home/apt from an individual. If you need extended stay kind of place; you can contact a rental agency down there. Best of luck to you!
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Thanks for your honesty!!! Good folks on this forum!!!! 🙂
@bamagirlgina Hi. You may want to visit the Holiday Inn Express if you are still in JAX and ask to see the rooms. I stayed there two yrs ago and my room was a nasty dump. It may have been one of the rooms reserved for dog owners (had my dog w/me) My room was nothing like the nice pics online. They may have remodeled since then. I certainly hope so.
@windwalker We ended up changing our reservations to the Candlewood Suites on Belfort. I think it was either $75 or $79 per night. Great hotel, totally renovated rooms, clean and smelled so much better than the last place. Kitichenette with initial stock of coffee, s&p, paper towels, etc. They are extended stay so still only housekeeping once a week but that is fine. Nothing really around the hotel as far as restaurants, etc. No breafast but free coffee 24 hours, and they have a pantry where you can purchase cereal, frozen dinners, ice cream, etc. on the honor system. They also have a "lending" pantry if you want a crock pot, griddle, blender, etc. you can check those out through the front desk. Staff was great as well. We rested so much better there. The only problem I had was trying to get there with my GPS. With the construction coming out of downtown toward the beach, we ended up in a "not so good" neighborhood trying to find the hotel. Don't know how since it is directly off JTB Blvd --probably more my terrible directional incompetence. We plan to stay there next week as well (hopefully the end of our evaluation process unless they decide they want to remove a kidney stone found incidentally during ultrasound). May decide to stay there when we get "the call" if we are unable to get into Gabriel House. There are also several long-term apartment complexes for about the same price as well we may look into....Not really wanting a house I don't think.
@bamagirlgina, You must feel some comfort in the midst of this stressful time by having a place to sleep! Thank you for sharing this information. I see it is already helpful information for @windwalker and it will be, I'm sure, for others!
Rosemary
I only have experience with the Rochester campus, but there is a list of restaurants that have a delivery service to many of the area lodgings (for a fee). I have not used such a service, but there might be times when it might be handy.
Rosemary, Is the list you are referring to something that Mayo Rochester provides or someplace else? Thanks,
Dave
@dandl48, I have never used the service. I saw it in , I think, the Rochester Dining Guide that was one of the pamphlets and brochures that I picked up in Mayo information or at lodging registration. I am sorry that I do not know the name.
Mayo Rochester has a (Free) Concierge Service. They should be able to assist you in locating meal delivery service. The Concierge Service can provide resources for whatever you need to know for your Mayo/Rochester visit.
Mayo Building
Lobby Level
Rochester, Minnesota
Hours for in-person advice: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
No appointment is needed.
Phone: 507-538-8438
Email: concierge@mayo.edu
Online: Concierge Request Form
I have also seen many patients and visitors taking carry-out meals from the Clinic Cafeterias. They have a tasty menu with many options.
Rosemary
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We are in Jax this week (and last) for my husband's transplant evaluation. We are staying at Extended Stay on Beach Blvd. We chose it because it had a kitchenette and we were having an "extended" stay. While it was VERY reasonable (less than $500 for one week), we will NOT be staying here when we return. Lots of construction workers, some people and their kids live here, the stove did not work, they only service your room one time a week and you get one roll of toilet paper. We have tolerated it because we didn't want to pack everything up to move. We will be back for two more visits this month and have made reservations at the Holiday Inn Express on Beach blvd Jax Beach (not actually on the beach). It is within 10 minutes to Mayo. We called and reserved at the Mayo patient rate of $115.00 per night. Can't speak to how good it is, but I know it will be a thousand times better than where we are now, lol. ("You get what you pay for "is the phrase that comes to my mind 🙂 )