It is once again time for the MERB Readers Choice Hotel Poll, this time the 2007 version.
I started a poll in the spring of 2006 which proved to be wildly popular with the members. Some members told me that they thought the poll was extremely helpful in ferreting out useful information about the hotels we stay at in Montreal, and why we like them. A link to that thread can be found here:
https://merb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=15905&highlight=readers+choice
Due to the poll choices being limited to 10 by the Board’s polling software, I went about picking the 10 hotels I personally thought best represented the interests of members using various online hotel booking services like Priceline, Hotwire, Travelocity and Expedia. Some members were upset that I omitted certain hotels, but I encouraged them to write in the hotels that they thought were omitted, and I promised to add the 3 highest write in vote getters to this year’s poll, and drop the 3 lowest vote getters in the main poll. That’s how I arrived at the 10 hotels in this year’s poll.
The Hotel de la Montagne won the 2006 main poll, while the St. Sulpice emerged victorious in the 2006 write in category. The Sheraton, Holiday Inn Express, and Sofitel were the last 3 vote getters in the 2006 main poll, and hence have been dismissed from this year’s poll.
So here are the rules:
1. Vote on your favorite hotel in the poll, and if your favorite hotel is not included among the 10 choices, simply post and say “I write in_________________ [insert favorite hotel]”. This gives last year’s losers, the Sheraton, the Holiday Inn Express and the Sofitel, a chance to redeem themselves and get back into the main poll next year. It also gives a chance to other hotels I may have overlooked.
2. Feel free to post comments about why you like certain hotels, why you dislike certain hotels, or why you voted on one hotel over another or why you wrote in a particular hotel.
3. Comments on bidding and bidding strategies should go in the “Hotel Bidding” thread.
Thank you all for your participation. Please make your voice heard in this poll - all opinions are encouraged and welcomed about the hotels you like, and why you like them!
I started a poll in the spring of 2006 which proved to be wildly popular with the members. Some members told me that they thought the poll was extremely helpful in ferreting out useful information about the hotels we stay at in Montreal, and why we like them. A link to that thread can be found here:
https://merb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=15905&highlight=readers+choice
Due to the poll choices being limited to 10 by the Board’s polling software, I went about picking the 10 hotels I personally thought best represented the interests of members using various online hotel booking services like Priceline, Hotwire, Travelocity and Expedia. Some members were upset that I omitted certain hotels, but I encouraged them to write in the hotels that they thought were omitted, and I promised to add the 3 highest write in vote getters to this year’s poll, and drop the 3 lowest vote getters in the main poll. That’s how I arrived at the 10 hotels in this year’s poll.
The Hotel de la Montagne won the 2006 main poll, while the St. Sulpice emerged victorious in the 2006 write in category. The Sheraton, Holiday Inn Express, and Sofitel were the last 3 vote getters in the 2006 main poll, and hence have been dismissed from this year’s poll.
So here are the rules:
1. Vote on your favorite hotel in the poll, and if your favorite hotel is not included among the 10 choices, simply post and say “I write in_________________ [insert favorite hotel]”. This gives last year’s losers, the Sheraton, the Holiday Inn Express and the Sofitel, a chance to redeem themselves and get back into the main poll next year. It also gives a chance to other hotels I may have overlooked.
2. Feel free to post comments about why you like certain hotels, why you dislike certain hotels, or why you voted on one hotel over another or why you wrote in a particular hotel.
3. Comments on bidding and bidding strategies should go in the “Hotel Bidding” thread.
Thank you all for your participation. Please make your voice heard in this poll - all opinions are encouraged and welcomed about the hotels you like, and why you like them!
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