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What are some NICE inexpensive hotels near GreatLakes/Waukegan area?
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Permalink Reply by Miasmom Proud sister of a Sailor on
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Awesome thanks! Initially we looked at the Residence when we thought we had more in our party.Now that it's just myself,baby and my brother we wanted to scale it down a bit. I heard bad stuff about the Ramada also.$104 is a great deal and what I normally would pay. I'm thinking between $65-85 per nite roughly for this particualr trip,especally since we'll need a rental car too. OR does the Residence offer a shuttle to/from RTC and airport?
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Permalink Reply by Janelle~RsMom on
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You've described the Springhill Suites to a T! We stayed there for PIR in August and loved it. There is a Super Walmart right across the street and tons of restaurants.... Chili's, Denny's, Chipotle, Buffalo Wild Wings, McDonalds, Anastasias, Starbucks, etc... they also do have free breakfast and each room has a little kitchenette area with a mini-fridge & a microwave. Wifi is free, and they do have an indoor pool. We paid $89 for the Navy rate... it does change all the time. It is a very new hotel, and was pristine! They do have a shuttle to PIR, not sure about the airport though. Have a great PIR weekend!
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