My wife and I have stayed at that Residence Inn a couple times and it remains our top pick when the price is right. Lately, it hasn’t been, or it’s been booked, so we’ve been staying at the Hampton Inn Neptune/Wall, which I’d also recommend. Both these hotels are near the outlet mall, which is a useful amenity to me as there are EV chargers there. (The Hampton Inn /might/ also have some but now I can’t find evidence they do.) In pre-pandemic times, I’ve stayed at an AirBnB in Belmar that I enjoy, if only for the resident feline staff. :) https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/19219858 We also found the Sea Girt motel perfectly decent the one time we stayed: https://www.seagirtlodge.com/ My first time at VCF East I hadn’t really researched other than “sort by price,” and consequently I will NOT recommend the motel on Rt. 33 which I can’t even find on Google Maps anymore. — Jameel Akari
On Feb 7, 2022, at 9:20 AM, Chris Fala via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I have always stayed at the Residence Inn Marriott in Neptune on Jumping Brook. It is pricey, but very clean, good service, free breakfast, etc. At the last VCF, Bill Mensch and his wife ended up staying there too and had no complaints.
On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 10:35 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
It's been many years since I have stayed in hotels in the InfoAge area, so I have a rough idea of how good or bad certain ones are. I need more current recommendations.
Can anyone tell me which ones that they recommend and which ones to avoid? I'm asking because some speakers that will be staying in the area during VCF East want recommendations.
So far I have a recommendation for Courtyard Wall at Monmouth Shores Corporate Park (part of Marriott chain).
This will also help me if anyone else wants a recommendation. I can put on the website for VCF East possibly.
Thanks!
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