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Eclipse Travelers Outraged Over Last-Minute Hotel Cancellations
Daily Beast ^ | 4/5/24 | Amanda Yen

Posted on 04/07/2024 8:09:17 AM PDT by DallasBiff

Surprise hotel cancellations in Buffalo, New York, darkened dozens of visitors’ eclipse-viewing plans, ending their stays in one of the prime viewing spots for the April 8 solar eclipse before they even began. Multiple would-be guests told WIVB that their plans to stay at Buffalo’s Aloft hotel were abruptly canceled just one week before their planned trip due to overbooking by travel agencies and third-party sites like Booking.com. Some of the travelers had made their reservations up to two years before the planned visit, when they first learned that Buffalo would be in the path of the eclipse, a New Jersey travel agency said. Patricia Paterson, who planned a reunion with her siblings around the eclipse, described the cancellation as “infuriating” and suspected the hotel was trying to price-gouge because of the unusual tourism boost. “They can make a big buck for what they’re charging for one night about what we had booked for a three night stay,” she said.

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To: FamiliarFace

No beer . . . no tequila . . . what can you drink?


41 posted on 04/07/2024 10:22:32 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: Dr. Sivana

I am a rum aficionado. Whiskey and bourbon are also ok, but I do best with rum.


42 posted on 04/07/2024 10:25:37 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: plain talk

I bet you it is actually Third World problems.

I wouldn’t be surprised to find they are getting big buck$ from Uncle Sam to house those lice ridden ilk.


43 posted on 04/07/2024 10:30:46 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Fido969

I’m going to lock myself in a dark closet and save money!


44 posted on 04/07/2024 10:30:55 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: FamiliarFace

I have my wife make her world class pecan pie with brown Puerto Rican rum. Makes a great pie even better.


45 posted on 04/07/2024 10:31:22 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: PallMal
Yah,I've heard that traffic's gonna be bad. But I think I might take a rural route that pretty much shadows I-91 in northern Vermont for 50 miles or so. I'll hit some lights but probably not many. And then when I get farther south I'll merge onto I-91 or I-93.
46 posted on 04/07/2024 10:32:47 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: FamiliarFace
Rum? OK. Done.


47 posted on 04/07/2024 10:33:36 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: Dr. Sivana

Haha, I forgot about that. Not my favorite rum, but it’ll do!


48 posted on 04/07/2024 10:37:42 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I think you’ve mentioned that before. I haven’t made pecan pie in a couple of years. My specialty is apple and my daughter always makes the pecan or pumpkin pies. I haven’t forgotten your tip, though. Thank you!


49 posted on 04/07/2024 11:02:37 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: SamAdams76

Mr. FF says thank you. He also said that FR is full of knowledgeable people who make the world a better place when they share good information like this. :)


50 posted on 04/07/2024 11:04:48 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: DallasBiff

No pity. Book for three days for a stupid event seen many times before that lasts for just minutes? No pity.

I tell ya, God needs to charge for this event. Maybe he will just make a bunch of clouds happen.


51 posted on 04/07/2024 11:07:40 AM PDT by dforest
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To: DallasBiff

Pastor said that someone in the church — a little kid, I think — told someone they were going to see the apocalypse.


52 posted on 04/07/2024 11:13:37 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: DallasBiff

I’ll be looking at my phone the whole time


53 posted on 04/07/2024 11:18:27 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: AppyPappy

Why can’t they just have this eclipse on a weekend so more people can see it?
Some people have to work.


54 posted on 04/07/2024 11:39:04 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: right way right

If I look at it through a bottle of wild turkey will it save my eyes?
The part of the bottle that is still amber that is.


55 posted on 04/07/2024 11:40:54 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: FamiliarFace

Thanks! I like to share good stuff with people.


56 posted on 04/07/2024 12:26:44 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
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To: SamAdams76

I’m laughing because my boss has taken the day off so he can view the eclipse in the Erie, Pa. area. And the weather forecasts are calling for a solidly cloudy day for most of western PA.

I am expected to go to work as usual; no day off for me or any of my coworkers, but the boss thinks he’s something special and is entitled to it. Ha, he’s probably not going to see any more than those of us who’ve stayed behind on the job. No terrific, unforgettable eclipse. Maybe he’ll get stuck on the road back and will run out of gas as he inches along behind all the traffic.

Anybody who bets on the certainty of a sunny day in western Pennsylvania is nuts.


57 posted on 04/07/2024 1:25:40 PM PDT by PA Presbyterian (Never Surrender!)
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To: right way right

“Why can’t they just have this eclipse on a weekend so more people can see it?”

It might help the Republicans.


58 posted on 04/07/2024 1:30:25 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: DallasBiff

Gas prices here in Fort Worth went up 50 cents a gallon just because of the eclipse visiters. That has to be against the law


59 posted on 04/07/2024 2:55:07 PM PDT by DainBramage
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To: Fair Paul

That sounds like a Carly Simon song.


60 posted on 04/07/2024 3:36:54 PM PDT by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated.)
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