[vcf-midatlantic] OT: Recommendations for Hotels in InfoAge area

[Jameel Akari]

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.

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Jameel Akari


> On Feb 7, 2022, at 9:20 AM, Chris Fala via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at 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.
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> On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 10:35 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at 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!
>> 
>> =========================================
>> Jeff Brace
>> VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President
>> Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner
>> Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity
>> http://www.vcfed.org/
>> jeffrey at vcfed.org
>>