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i will be there feb 3rd me and 2 friends and looking for a hotel is it close to the del rey and hows the rooms

Type in Hotel Morazan in the search function. You will get over 1600 hits. Surely the information you seek will be in one of them. Good Luck

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Alex Levine

I hate using the search function, so Ill just make a half-ass response.

The Morazon is practically right next to the DR. A few buildings over anyways.

In my mind, and Im sure in the mind of many people on here the Morazon is a "budget" hotel. I think its like 39$ a night? If you dont care to much about luxury and flare that some of the other hotels offer, then its probably one of the better options.

I might spend a night there since one of the girls I spent alot of time talking to wasnt allowed back at the Presidente and thus I couldnt session with her.

In short, I think its fine for the average person. Dont expect much or youll likely be dissapointed. If your looking for a clean bed and shower then I think its fine.

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If you have never been there, do not use the search function to see what other say, etc what qualifies you to have any opinion and give advice? If you are just using a WAG you are not helping anyone seeking help.

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I have to agree with DD, though he was a bit harsh. There is a lot of bad mouthing of the Morazon around here by people that have never stayed there. I've stayed there a number of times and think the quality of the rooms is just fine. It was remodeled only 3-4 years ago and until the Prez finally fixed up their rooms a couple of years back was actually the nicer of the two places. I've also stayed at the Del Rey and can tell you from direct experience that the room quality at the Morazon is just as good or better than the HDR and at $20/nt less. If $39/nt means its a "budget" hotel, fine. But that doesn't necessarily mean the rooms are any worse than those at other Gulch area hotels. To me $39/nt means its a "VALUE" hotel.

Where the Morazon does fall short is not in terms of its room quality but in its management. They have been known to lose reservations, though never in my experience so I think that might be overblown. They also play games with rates (sometimes advertised as low as $35/nt, but who seem to quote whatever they think they can get away with if they're fully booked or the guest in question doesn't know about the advertised special rate) and chica fees (sometimes charging $3 and sometimes not). All this means is that you have to stand up for your rights and get rates and reservation confirmed in writing along with what is included those rates (safe & chica fees IF ANY). Any chica fees that the night clerk MIGHT try to charge you can probably be avoided with a well placed tip at the start of your stay.

Also, I'd be careful about simply suggesting a poster do a search. In this case I think he might be referring to a different hotel than what is commonly posted about here. There is also a Hotel Casa Morazán

Just giving a run down on what Ive gathered from walking past, reading on various internet hotel sites, and from the chicas.

If it was the case that everyone posted only from what they have directly experienced; we would have like 3 members posting

Think you might be surprised at the number of people who post here who really do know what they are talking about.

Pura Vida

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I stayed at the Morazon for one night, expecting something a touch seedy, but was pleasantly surprised by the rooms. Not bad, pushing 3 stars IMO. Helluva lot better than a Motel 6, I can tell you that.

You get my point. How would doing a search provide a different answer then what I answered?

Sorry do not get your point and I think you missed mine. In any event a search would have turned up some things like this:



Please take special note that this was posted by someone who actually has stayed there a few times. Think that is a bit more accurate than a post by someone who knowledge consists of..... "Just giving a run down on what Ive gathered from walking past, reading on various internet hotel sites, and from the chicas.". Really like the knowledge you gain about an establishment by walking past it .

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Alex Levine

Hey J, did you ever wonder why Hotel Presidente doesn't allow that girl back? I'm sure it's for a reason. Just be careful young one!

I think the place is about average. Its clean but can be loud on the lower floors. They sometimes do shorttime rooms a good option for doubles if your at the Prez. If I remember right I think it was 14 bucks for a few hours.

In fairness to JMac, he DID say his response was half-ass ... and he was right. Also in fairness to JMac, there really is nothing wrong with a guy trying to help out by relaying info he has garnered from whatever source though firsthand knowledge is always better.

DD is also right how surprised some might be about "the number of people who post here who really do know what they are talking about." I just hope he doesn't include me in that category.

Where these two positions come together is that one should always try to clarify the source of one's knowledge so that others can best evaluate how much stock to put in it. JMac didn't do that until his 2nd post, though those of us who are regulars here already knew that he just made his first trip and had never actually stayed at the Morazon. Others, like JMan, not realizing that, would have to draw their own perhaps inappropriate conclusions. I can only imagine what sort of conclusion he is drawing from this bizarre thread.

Personally, I usually not only try to make it clear whether my knowledge is firsthand or from some other source but also how recent that experience is and the what my basis of comparison is. For example, a glowing report by someone who last stayed somewhere 5 years ago or never stayed anywhere else could be just as misleading as a negative secondhand report. But that's just my humble opinion and what I try to do. That also happens to be just one of the many reasons my posts are so long. Sometimes even I fail to specify my source and most other people seem never to. Which brings me to my final point which is that since people aren't always so clear about from whence they speak, it falls on each of us to try and sort out the reliability of the information we seek out.

So I hope that settles that, but how does that apply to what we were speaking about? What was that? Oh yeah, the Morazon. I still don't recall seeing many, if any, posts that badmouthed the quality of the rooms. The reservation system, plenty, but not the rooms themselves. I've also seen far more posts from people referring to problems OTHERS have had with the reservation system (usually by people who hadn't stayed there) than those who've actually had problem themselves. Maybe, now that JMac has been called on his posts he can direct us to these "other posts" he's talking about so we can evaluate them ourselves in their proper context. I think we can evaluate the reliability of a walkby evaluation, but what other internet hotel sites did he use for his compiled review. I think the Morazon is below the horizon of most mainstream internet sites. For example, TripAdvisor doesn't even list the Morazon but its compiled ranking of user reviews ranks the Del Rey at 13 out of 97 hotels while the Prez comes in at 22. I guess that shows the old saw about how opinions are like assholes - everyone has one and most all of them stink.

Be a discriminating forum user, read everything you see critically and take it all with a grain of salt.

Prolijo wrote:



Pro just to be clear, you do not want me to include you in the group that do know what they are talking about? You would prefer to be known as one who does not know what they are talking about?

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Alex Levine

Ooops!! I misread your post. I thought you were talking about being surprised about how many people here DON'T know what they're talking about. I guess that mean that doesn't surprise you, but you still haven't said which category you think I fall into.