What if I wanted to go to Cape Cod?

[SallyHoover Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close SallyHoover]

I have a week booked for July 2013 at InnSeason HarborWalk in Falmouth. It's a converted motel one bedroom but it is supposed to sleep 4/8. The reviews are fairly bad for the motel rooms-especially for the ones for "contest winners" to preview the timeshare. I hope they give II exchangers decent rooms.

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Could be. The Pier TS looked like a converted motel to me when I passed by it. Very small rooms by the look of the doors on the outside.
The Cove had a big parking lot but I do remember that we ended up parking kind of far from the unit and we were there in off season.

Ok it is with out a doubt the cove we stayed at. Thank you for helping me remember.


Btw there are a few other that we have stayed at that are very nice. All 3 are VRI, The Sea mist which we used to own at, Cape Cod Holiday Estates. Briarwood is a bit out of the way but if you can land a 3 bedroom grab it. They are huge!

[MaryH Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MaryH]

k I am okay with a motel type conversion if it is well maintained, clean and in a good location for touring and eating seafood ..

Alternatively thinking of doing the B&B or hotel via my SPG,Marriott,Hilton,Hyatt points.

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k I am okay with a motel type conversion if it is well maintained, clean and in a good location for touring and eating seafood ..

Alternatively thinking of doing the B&B or hotel via my SPG,Marriott,Hilton,Hyatt points.

If you're okay with converted motels then Smugglers Inn was decent and on the beach. Seemed to be centrally located too. The units are small though. Max would be for two people although we went with 3. Lucky for us we didn't spend much time in the room.

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If you're okay with converted motels then Smugglers Inn was decent and on the beach. Seemed to be centrally located too. The units are small though. Max would be for two people although we went with 3. Lucky for us we didn't spend much time in the room.

Smugglers has undergone a total renovation since Chris has been there, if u want to stay on the beach, this is a good location. As Chris said, they are a sleep 4 but are really better suited for two people.

[MaryH Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MaryH]

When I travel for work I tend to stay at Hyatt or SPG these days although there were periods where I was doing a lot of Hiltons/Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn/IC.

But for a couple of months I was staying in the wildes on MN where Best Western and Comfort Inn were some of the better hotels/motels. Are those converted motels much worse that BW or CI?

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When I travel for work I tend to stay at Hyatt or SPG these days although there were periods where I was doing a lot of Hiltons/Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn/IC.

But for a couple of months I was staying in the wildes on MN where Best Western and Comfort Inn were some of the better hotels/motels. Are those converted motels much worse that BW or CI?

Definitely not Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Express kinds.
More like Mom and Pop made a fortune selling to the developer kind of places.
For the beach these places are perfect IMO. I own a few weeks myself here in FL like that. They're usually in the best locations since they came first.

[MaryH Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MaryH]

Some older Best Western and Comfort inn in small towns can be a bit rough around the edges too.

Yeah I don't mind the converted motel if it is well maintained and clean but one of them have bad review for being neither uhmm..

[MaryH Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MaryH]

Anyone know anything about HOLLY TREE RESORT in West Yarmount or Haborside Inn in Martha's Vineyard?

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When I travel for work I tend to stay at Hyatt or SPG these days although there were periods where I was doing a lot of Hiltons/Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn/IC.

But for a couple of months I was staying in the wildes on MN where Best Western and Comfort Inn were some of the better hotels/motels. Are those converted motels much worse that BW or CI?

Mary, Ocean Club at Smugglers Beach is a purpose built TS, not a motel conversion I owned and visited there for several years. Cove at Yarmouth is also a purpose built TS with good availability in II and RCI. Pier 7 was a motel that was converted and is right on the very busy Route 28 with minimal buffer between it and the road, say 15 feet? Just so you know, certain CC TSs do not have kitchens because it is against a local ordinance. Cove at Yarmouth is on Rt 28 but is more like a condo complex set back from the road. It has town house and 'flat' units and a very nice indoor pool complex.
I have driven by Holly Tree and remember not being impressed from the road.

My parents lived for 16 years in this area, the beach next to Ocean Club was their town beach right at the mouth of the Bass River.
Joycapecod has lived in the area X 20 years and Wackymother and ebrams both own TSs in this area.....all three will be a wealth of information.

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Pat:
I am staying at the Surfside Resort here in Falmouth on the Cape cooking on my stove in a full kitchen.
ps. Some TSes on the Cape do have kitchens!

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Pat:
I am staying at the Surfside Resort here in Falmouth on the Cape cooking on my stove in a full kitchen.
ps. Some TSes on the Cape do have kitchens!

Yes, I know, I just wanted Mary to be aware - the ones in the Yarmouth area do not, local fire codes apparently.

My cousin posted several pictures today on facebook of her kids on the beach on the Cape this weekend, looks as if u r enjoying some really nice weather for your spring break...

[ebram Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ebram]

Fire code, my foot. Political influence of local restaurant owners, more like it.

[MaryH Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MaryH]

This is great information. Had alway had Cape cod on my list but was lower in priority and is thinking more about it this year. But just found out some friends from my European days might be leaving China later this year so might try to visit them before they leave. I think I definitely have 1 or more Europe trips planned this year.

Kind of hard to juggle work and all this vacation plan I want to have lol.

Mary

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Kind of hard to juggle work and all this vacation plan I want to have lol.

Mary

Yeah, I know what you mean, those darn jobs keep getting in the way of our vacation lives.