I may be totally wrong, but I feel like someone said this the other day...here's my version of that.
DH is slated for some more out of town work starting the week after next. He gets a lump sum (just under a grand) each week for food and lodging. Whatever he doesn't use is still his to keep. He'll be in Nowheresville and there's not a lot of options. His crew chief had suggested a place that runs $50/night. I called a handful of places yesterday with questions regarding everything from wifi to hot plate/fridge policies to longterm availability (although DH pointed out this morning that I forgot to ask about laundry facilities...). One of my questions was about discounts regarding long-term reservations. I was hoping for a 10 or 20% discount, but this particularly place offered me almost 50%!! It's normally actually $65 and she offered it to me at $35/night plus taxes/fees for 7 nights. So DH is officially booked there for one week . It'll be great to be able to bank that money, but I also told him if it's absolutely miserable to let me know and we'd move him elsewhere. There's some more decent options a half hour away, but I'm trying to avoid having him commute after working a 10-12 hr. day.
Since there's no fridge/microwave/hot plate there, we'll have to figure out food. I think we're going to stock up on those tuna packets for lunch, but dinner's a little more difficult. We have some MREs. The hotel is also a restaurant though, and I told DH that even if he ended up eating there every evening, it was okay. While their fancier entrees run $20 and up, they do have a $5 burger and most subs/salads were under $10. If anyone has any suggestions for meals that don't require any refrigeration/cooking and have a stable shelf life, I'd be grateful for suggestions. Other than peanut butter/banana sandwiches, I couldn't really think of anything.
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August 4th, 2017 at 12:27 pm
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August 4th, 2017 at 04:26 pm 1501860419
CCF, I thought about the cooler, but am not sure he'd have easy access to ice and the grocery store is an hr. round trip.
I did some math, and even with a $150 weekly food budget, we should be able to bank $400-500.
If the place is terrible/he decides he doesn't mind driving a half hour to be closer to civilization, then it'll be an $80ish/night hotel cost, but he'd have access to a kitchenette, so he'd have a lot more food options.
August 4th, 2017 at 08:46 pm 1501875974
The hot pot I had, which lasted me over a decade, was something like this: sunbeam.com/kitchen-appliances/hot-water/sunbeam-hot-pot-express-hot-water-heater/BVSBWH1001.html