Need ideas, Grande Prairie area
 

Well, I'm being sent down for my apprenticeship in Grande Prairie. I recieved my dorm info today and found out that, not only is it costing me a king's ransom, there are nine days at the start of my term where there is no room for me!

There is only one hotel in Grande Prairie with rooms and it's $214 a night, and I cannot sleep in my truck because the ice road from Yellowknife is out, forcing me to fly. The only other idea I had, looking up Bed and Breakfasts, came up dry.

Any ideas? I'll take anything at this point

What is happening that all the hotels are booked? I lived in GP for a while and that sounds crazy. Are you already waiting to get into a college dorm? It's coming up to the end of semester so they should have space.



Hotels in Grande Prairie

Holiday Inn
(780) 402-6886 or 1-888-307-3529

Quality Hotel
(780) 539-6000 or 1-800-661-7954

AmeriHost Inn & Suites
(780) 513-1148 or 1-877-977-4678

Canadian Motor Inn
(780) 532-1680 or 1-800-291-7893

Grande Prairie Inn
(780) 532-5221 or 1-800-661-6529

Igloo Inn
(780) 539-5314 or 1-800-665-0769

Lodge Motor Inn
(780) 539-4700 or 1-800-661-7874

Parkside Inn
(780) 532-3702 or 1-888-622-1185

Prairie Haven Motel
(780) 539-5500

Sandman Hotels & Inns (780) 513-5555 or 1-877-513-7263

Service Plus Inns & Suites
(780) 538-3900 or 1-888-875-4667

Silver Crest Lodge
(780) 532-1040 or 1-800-422-7791

Stanford Inn
(780) 539-5678 or 1-800-661-8160

Starlite Motel (780) 532-8819

Super 8 Motel (780) 532-8288 or 1-888-888-9488

Travelodge Trumpeter Motor Inn
(780) 539-5561 or 1-800-661-9435

Western Budget Motel
(780)538-3366

Westport Inn
(780) 532-4100 or 1-800-444-3243


Gotta have something somewhere.

Weyerhauser is on meltdown, so every hotel in town is stuffed. Yeah I get a dorm on the 1st, but that still means 9 days I have to find something for.

it might be a long shot - but what about a roommate finder...

google brought up this..
http://www.roommateclick.com/index.a...country=canada

I don't see exact dates, but you could probably get a place for a month...

Does the school have any suggestions for you?

Thats actually a pretty cool page. Signed up and..... Gotta pay to see or contact anyone. meh. May have to do that though, thanks for that one.

The school has no ideas at all. They suggested driving down early, so I can sleep in my truck. But the ice road is officially out, so flying is the only way.

Thanks to that idea I found a free one, http://ca.roommates.com/. Signed up, sent out two emails. Both of them were advertising for full time roomies but hopefully one will accept. Man I feel creepy now, lol, asking strangers for room and board.

Can you skip the first week at all?

Could you find a renting apartment in the local classifieds, and try to come to a short term arrangement with the landlord?

Well I ended up getting really desperate, and then ended up asking some current students for advice. They knew of someone who dropped out last week, and gave the name to the school administration, who then turned around and gave the dorm to me. It was all really fluke, but I'll take a bucketload of fluke on this one.

Thanks for the ideas guys, given another day or two I think I would have gotten something. I appreciate it!!

Hey,

I'v worked for Western Budget Motel before, not in GP but at their Leduc #1 location.

Overall, great place to stay and reasonable weekly rates but make sure you get a kitchenette suite.

So here we are again. Back to school in a week in Grande Prairie and this time the school decided to up the ante. The dorm I was slated to live in, I just found out, won't actually be done construction until November 15thish. All hotels are full. All people renting apartments are either full or will not consider someone in town for 6 weeks tops.

What the hell is up with that town???? I swear the Gods of Grande Prairie hate me.

You're not the only one. My time up that way was a pain. We ended up staying in Beverlodge and driving in everyday. It was still expensive, but cheaper than anything in town. (that was 12 years ago).

Good luck with the apprenticeship.

I could give you the number to my boss' place... she usually takes in people when the hotels are full.