General Suburban Updates and Rumours

[plam]

Wow, but it doesn't surprise me at all. I predicted this when the Delta opened. Why would I recommend to any of my guests a hotel isolated by the highway, when there is the Waterloo Hotel, the Delta, and the Crowne-Plaza in Kitchener?

It's rather the opposite - it's not isolated by the highway - that's its merit (and about the only one!).  Because it's easy access from the highway, so for visitors driving into town, it's much more desirable to simply pop off at an exit and drive 500 m than it is to navigate a confusing downtown that is unfamiliar to them.  (Most people aren't coming into Waterloo Region by foot or on bicycle, you have to remember.)

At least, that's how it is for us whenever we travel - we generally aim for hotels off large highways for ease of access - especially since we're usually arriving after dark, as I suspect most visitors who are coming here do as well.

I'm fine with going into a city using my GPS if I have to drive to a city, which I'd rather avoid (and I can avoid that with most of the cities I go to). But ok, so you are at the hotel. Then what do you do the next morning? Now you're isolated near the highway.

Yes, it was terrible to find a hotel in the city before GPS.