Just thought I would let you all know that the Hotel Derek was great! They did try to pull some bullshit at check in, saying if we want a king bed instead of two doubles we had to pay more because we “booked on Hotwire.” We prefer a king bed, but don’t mind two beds, so we left it as is. If I find the time I am going to write the hotel to say how awful I think that is, they should encourage people to recommend the hotel and maybe book there on a return trip. The room are priced the same if you book through their website. The Hotel was great though, modern, with platform beds (that is what we have at home, and we prefer a low bed, hard to find, everything is so high now with think mattresses). The price was well worth it.
I would use Hotwire again, especially if I am going to be spending little time at the hotel. I would be more nervous if it was for a resort that I would be utilizing all of the facilities on a vacation, I would want more control over my choice I think.
By the way my husband’s cousin got very good news, as good as it can be about her cancer. She has pancreatic cancer, which you probably know is like getting a death sentence. and it has not grown in months, has not spread to any more organs (it was originally found in her pancreas and liver) and the cancer cells in her body are very low. Interestingly, she is doing much better than typical patients with her diagnosis, and she is taking medicine from Cuba that is not available here in the US. Gotta wonder. They have stopped her chemo, and if she her next check shows the same progress, they will actually try radiation to shrink the tumours, something we did not think would be possible.