[blparent] snack and hotel rooms

[Kate McEachern]

Wow, thats a lot of info about hotell rooms with kids.  I like the cooler 
idea, will have to keep it in mind.
Kate
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] snack and hotel rooms


> At the Dallas convention hotel, there are no microwaves in the rooms. And 
> if
> when you make your reservation you want a refrigerator, you will need to
> make a request for it. The last few years, even though we have checked in 
> on
> the Friday night before convention, and though we requested, we still had
> trouble getting one. So my suggestion, if you have children, is to go to a
> grocery store, buy the cheap Styrofoam ice chests, get a few bags of ice 
> to
> begin. You can keep milk, OJ and sodas or juice cool for the week. Your
> going to have to refill the chest every day with ice from the hotel ice
> machines, but it is well worth it. Without a microwaves, there are always
> sandwiches, meat ones, PB&J. If you have milk, you can have cereal. When
> your at the grocery store, buy plates, spoons, and knives, and cups, and
> paper towels. In the morning you can always eat the granola bars, oatmeal 
> by
> using the coffee pot hot water. I have known people to go and buy a cheap
> microwave for just convention and use it and then leave it. I have also
> known people to buy a cheap toaster oven, hot plate, and other small
> appliances for just the week. There are those roman noodles, that need hot
> water. So do some of the other soups and noodle thingys. The first year I
> went to the dallas convention, I had my 3 kids along, the second year, I
> took just one child, and then this year I am only taking one child. It 
> cuts
> down on costs too. You can also take butter knives and spoons, for like
> cutting up apples and bananas. We also usually get bananas, apples, and
> perhaps oranges, for the healthy part of a meal. There are also 
> applesauces,
> that do not need to be refrigeratored. Yogurts can go in the ice cooler.
> Grocery stores also sell the small mustards and mayo for the sandwiches. 
> The
> restaurants are expensive in the dallas hotel. I mean there is nothing 
> wrong
> with eating in them if you can afford it, but guess I would rather go the
> cheap route.
>
> Can you tell I have done this a few years in a row. LOL
>
> Marsha
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Veronica Smith
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 9:35 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: [blparent] snack and hotel rooms
>
> Hello, I'm sure we have discussed this before and if I looked really hard 
> in
> the archives, I could find it, but could you all chime in and tell me what
> kind of snacks you find beneficial in a hotel room.
> I know there is a microwave, but that is all.
> V
>
>
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