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Lodging in Jacksonville, FL

Posted by EES1 @ees1, Apr 8, 2018

I have an appointment this Thursday and looking for a room for Wednesday night. The Mayo Marriott is crazy-high at $241 for AAA. Any suggestions? Thanks!!!

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EES1 | @ees1 | Apr 10, 2018
In reply to @colleenyoung "Hi @ees1 I moved your message into the Visiting Mayo Clinic group and am tagging some..." + (show)
@colleenyoung

Hi @ees1
I moved your message into the Visiting Mayo Clinic group and am tagging some members who have been to Jacksonville, Florida and may have some suggestions about accommodation in JAX. @windwalker @travelgirl @marydwyer51 @dazlin @wanttoscream @burrkay @bamagirlgina any lodging suggestions?

EES1 you might find the Mayo Clinic Florida visitor's guide helpful for planning too.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/florida/travel-lodging-maps

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Of course!!

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Terri Martin, Volunteer Mentor | @windwalker | Apr 16, 2018
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@travelgirl

@ees1 I am a patient at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. We have stayed at several places in the area. I was there actually last week for surgergy. We stayed at the Fairfield Inn by Marriott on Lenior Blvd. It is a quick drive to the Mayo Clinic Campus. Takes us about 15 minutes. I really liked this hotel. I asked for a first floor room, and it worked out great. Walked in the side door to my room. Rooms are clean and we were right next to the breakfast room in the morning. Rooms should be around 100.00 less than the Mayo Marriott.. Good Luck with your visit ..Jackie

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@travelgirl Jackie! Did you really just have surgery week before last?! How are you doing?

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Jackie, Alumna Mentor | @travelgirl | Apr 16, 2018
In reply to @travelgirl "@ees1 I am a patient at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. We have stayed at several places..." + (show)
@travelgirl

@ees1 I am a patient at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. We have stayed at several places in the area. I was there actually last week for surgergy. We stayed at the Fairfield Inn by Marriott on Lenior Blvd. It is a quick drive to the Mayo Clinic Campus. Takes us about 15 minutes. I really liked this hotel. I asked for a first floor room, and it worked out great. Walked in the side door to my room. Rooms are clean and we were right next to the breakfast room in the morning. Rooms should be around 100.00 less than the Mayo Marriott.. Good Luck with your visit ..Jackie

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@windwalker I did have surgery on 4/6. I feel a lot better this week. The spinal tap wore off last Thursday. I'm off all the pain killers. Walked an hour straight today.. I'm all good.. 🙂

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Terri Martin, Volunteer Mentor | @windwalker | Apr 17, 2018
In reply to @travelgirl "@ees1 I am a patient at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. We have stayed at several places..." + (show)
@travelgirl

@ees1 I am a patient at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. We have stayed at several places in the area. I was there actually last week for surgergy. We stayed at the Fairfield Inn by Marriott on Lenior Blvd. It is a quick drive to the Mayo Clinic Campus. Takes us about 15 minutes. I really liked this hotel. I asked for a first floor room, and it worked out great. Walked in the side door to my room. Rooms are clean and we were right next to the breakfast room in the morning. Rooms should be around 100.00 less than the Mayo Marriott.. Good Luck with your visit ..Jackie

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@travelgirl Good morning Jackie. I hope that with each new day; you feel better and better!

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Jackie, Alumna Mentor | @travelgirl | Apr 17, 2018
In reply to @travelgirl "@ees1 I am a patient at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. We have stayed at several places..." + (show)
@travelgirl

@ees1 I am a patient at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. We have stayed at several places in the area. I was there actually last week for surgergy. We stayed at the Fairfield Inn by Marriott on Lenior Blvd. It is a quick drive to the Mayo Clinic Campus. Takes us about 15 minutes. I really liked this hotel. I asked for a first floor room, and it worked out great. Walked in the side door to my room. Rooms are clean and we were right next to the breakfast room in the morning. Rooms should be around 100.00 less than the Mayo Marriott.. Good Luck with your visit ..Jackie

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@windwalker Thank u... 🙂

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Terri Martin, Volunteer Mentor | @windwalker | Apr 17, 2018
In reply to @windwalker "@ees1 You can try Hotel.com or Hoteltonight.com (will need to download the app) they sell unsold..." + (show)
@windwalker

@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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@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.

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bamagirlgina | @bamagirlgina | Apr 18, 2018

@windwalker Thank you for the info. We ended up staying at Candlewood Suites on Belfort this time. It was perfect. All the rooms have been upgraded, it smelled very nice, kitchenette, etc. Pleasant staff, and offered special rates for Mayo patients. Right next to JTB so easy access to Mayo.

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bamagirlgina | @bamagirlgina | Apr 18, 2018
In reply to @windwalker "@ees1 You can try Hotel.com or Hoteltonight.com (will need to download the app) they sell unsold..." + (show)
@windwalker

@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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@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.

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Terri Martin, Volunteer Mentor | @windwalker | Apr 19, 2018

@bamagirlgina Thank you, that is good to know. I will keep this info in my notes for any future inquiries.

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Apr 20, 2018
In reply to @windwalker "@ees1 You can try Hotel.com or Hoteltonight.com (will need to download the app) they sell unsold..." + (show)
@windwalker

@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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@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

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