Hotel & Other Deals for Tesla Owners

[DrTaras]

It might have been 2-3 years ago when there was a buzz about some in the Hyatt family buying Teslas and creating a network of chargers outside their hotels with special deals for Tesla owners. I searched the TMC site and could not find any postings about it, but #750 driving LA to Detroit reminded me of that and hidden in one of the posts in Chicago was a deal offered to those staying at the Hotel Felix (disclosure-I have no connection with them) under the "Specials and Packages" section. Chicago Hotel Packages | Hotel Felix, Chicago, Illinois

"Tesla Test Drive: Package includes accomodation in one of our new contemporary and luxurious guestroom plus a test drive of a Tesla Roadster 2010 with a Tesla representative."

Ok, so it is not for current owners and there are no chargers involved, but I thought I'd start a thread where others could post their finds? If this should be posted elsewhere, let me know & I'd be happy to move it?

Cheers, Ian :smile:

 

[NEWDL]

If anyone in Northeast Ohio needs a charge I am more than willing to help! Home Connector with 70a.

How about that for a deal?

And I live near a Hilton.

 

[TEG]

HOTEL FELIX

...Be Eco, Be Fast: The Tesla Roadster, known for going from 0-60 in 3.6 seconds without a drop of gas, will be available for test drives during Earth Month. The car is faster than a Porsche and greener than a Prius. Want to give it a spin? It’s available for test drive from 12-4 p.m. April 21-24...

 

[vfx]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2011/08/26/check-into-swiss-luxury-drive-out-in-a-tesla-roadster/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign= 2011_09_news

But only the La Réserve Genève has the car many auto enthusiasts are most curious to test drive, the fastest electric car on earth, The Tesla Roadster. Or more precisely, only [URL="http://www.lareserve.ch/en/home/"]La Réserve Genève

has five Tesla Roadsters at the disposal of its guests.

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[DrTaras]

Nice find VFX... I'm considering turning my house into a hotel, charging appropriately, then letting people drive the Tesla for "free." Heck, I've done the latter part of that deal for 100s of people already!

VFX... didn't you have a place in Palm Springs that you were going to post here too?

 

[DrComputer]

Speaking of hotels and chargers... I just came back from attending a three day conference at the new JW Marriott at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. I figured it's a brand new hotel so they must have thought of charging...but to be safe I'd call ahead just to make sure. When I called I said I was going to be bringing my electric car and wanted to make sure they could accommodate me. After being transferred to three different people I finally got the parking manager who said "well, we don't really have any charging facilities but we do have a place in the garage that the golf carts plug into... will that do?" I told her that would be fine so I packed my bags and drove to the hotel. When I got there the valets quickly greeted me with the usual "ohhh ahhh" stares. I told them that I called ahead and that I am supposed to park next to the golf carts. This sent them in a tizzy and I had to have the valet manager come out. He finally agreed to have someone show me the correct place to go. There was only one 110 plug behind a locked maintenance door. Security had to come unlock the door and then I could plug in my car. When I checked in I asked to speak with the hotel manager to make them aware of the difficult time I had just trying to bring my green car to a brand new hotel in the heart of downtown LA. He said I was the first person to ask about electric car charging and that they were "looking into" installing chargers sometime in the future. I told him that the future was already parked in their basement and that they should put in chargers sooner than later and that they should inform their valley/parking people what to do when the next electric car shows up. So much for Marriott being a "green" hotel company.

 

[NigelM]

The Renaissance at Orlando Seaworld (maybe this also goes for other Renaissance hotels?) gave me free valet parking (normally $21 per day) and will organize charging through a NEMA 14-50 (the valet offered to take the car down the road to the ChargePoint station).

 

[DrTaras]

He said I was the first person to ask about electric car charging and that they were "looking into" installing chargers sometime in the future. I told him that the future was already parked in their basement

Way to be proactive! Love that line!

 

[vfx]

.... I told him that the future was already parked in their basement ....

Me too!

 

[vfx]

VFX... didn't you have a place in Palm Springs that you were going to post here too?

The Tesla LA store says the Ace hotel in PS has a 14-50 (or something) Was going to check it out soon.

 

[dsm363]

We were able to get the Austin downtown Hilton to install a J1772 75A charger with the help of one of the Austin owners. Should be installed next month.

 

[TEG]

The Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay (CA) seems able to get a 14-50 out to the lobby check-in area when needed.