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I had to post this Dallas Cheap Hotels tip after reading an absolutely ridiculous piece of advice on another review site which I won’t mention.

The article said to “ride Dart and feel like a local”. First up, locals don’t ride Dart! That is an absolute truth with the following exceptions:

1. People who can’t afford a car ride Dart. I mean people who reeaaallly can’t afford a car ride Dart. These are people who are selling plasma to buy food.

2. People who commute downtown ride Dart to work. Parking downtown is annoying beause of all the one way streets. Riding the train cuts out a lot of traffic sign silliness. Oh, they usually drive to the train station in the same amount of time it would have taken to just drive downtown,

3. People ride Dart to special events where, again, parking gets insane. I took Dart to the State Fair of Texas last year. It not only cut through the parking, but we also skipped the horribly clogged and completely unplanned feeder roads to the State Fair. Well worth it. I would also consider Dart for going to see the Cowboys, Mavericks, Stars, or Rangers.

Outside of that, there’s very little reason to ride Dart. I, in the fits of a “save the planet, save time, sleep during my commute” moment, tried to ride the Dart train to work once. It took me AN HOUR AND A HALF. My normal commute was 25 minutes. I did that…once.

Transportation advice from Dallas Cheap Hotels: rent a car or bring your own.

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If you’re heading to Dallas and you want to be awake past 9pm, you’ll probably want to hit the Uptownarea.   Uptown is just North of Downtown, which makes a lot of sense really.

So, they recently finsihed this fantastic new hotel called the Palomar.  It is awesome.  Looks great, the restaurant is top notch.  It’s right across the street from Mockingbird Station which has lot of cool shops, a movie theatre, and the best Irish pub in Dallas.

Staying at the Palomar will cost you about $200 a night.  If you’re ok with that, go for it.  However, for about $90, you can stay at the Best Western at US-75 and Fitzhugh.  This is a stone’s throw from the Palomar and actually closer to most of Uptown and Downtown. 

My thought? Save the cash on the room and have dinner at Palomar’s Central 214.

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The trouble with most travel websites is that they won’t shoot you straight. The La-ti-da hotel is thelatest exclusive property managed by the High Nose hotel chain. So what.

Here’s what you want to know. Where’s the good stuff to do around town? Where are the good hotels close to that good stuff? How can I avoid a second mortgage to pay my hotel bill?

Now some of you are going to want nice, clean hotels at for a decent price. Some of you will want really cool hotels at a good price. And surely, someone will want to know where they can plop their head for a fifth of scoth and a ham sandwich.

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