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10 Places for Guests to Stay During the Holidays
Here's a list of places to send friends and relatives if your home is becoming crowded this holiday season.
If you have guests coming for the holidays and not enough bedrooms or inflatable mattresses, there's no need to worry. Hauppauge and the surrounding areas host a number of hotels with plenty of amenities and easy access to our main roadways.
* Theis located right across from Hauppauge High School on Veterans Memorial Highway. It's an extended stay hotel making it ideal for long holiday vacations. Guests will find flat screen televisions, refrigerators, coffee makers and internet connections in their rooms. The hotel also has a gym, swimming pool, bar/restaurant and room service.
* Right off of the Long Island Expressway at Exit 56 is the It has easy access to Route 111, and there's a swimming pool and gym to burn off those holiday treats. The Holiday Inn Express also offers a hot breakfast every morning in the lobby.
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* is for the guest who likes more of a resort feel. While the weather may be a little chilly to try out their golf course, there's an indoor pool, gym and bar/restaurant to enjoy all year round. Room and laundry services are also available. Discounts are available Triple A members ands senior citizens.
* The has conveniences such as refrigerators, coffee makers and internet connection in guests' rooms. Laundry and room services are offered, and visitors will find a swimming pool and gym on the premises. Also, if you are traveling with a dog, Sheraton allows dogs up to 80 pounds.
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* The in Commack is located by the LIE's Exit 52 on Commack Road. The Hampton Inn offers affordable rooms, and it's a short distance the Tanger Outlet Center in Deer Park.
* The holidays have enough expenses -- staying at a hotel shouldn't break the bank. The American's Best Value Inn of Smithtown: offers cheap rooms to make visiting relatives more economically feasible.
* The at 5000 Express Drive S. in Ronkonkoma is great for visitors flying in and out of the local airport. Besides laundry service and restaurants, the hotel offers coffee and tea in rooms and the lobby. There are also shuttles to MacArthur and the Long Island Railroad.
* The is also near MacArthur airport in Ronkonkoma. It offers a complimentary shuttle to the airport, and has a pool, spa, fitness center, restaurant and bar.
* For those that want more of a vacation feel, there is Port Jefferson's at 25 E. Broadway. With a relaxing waterfront setting, it offers an upscale restaurant and is right in the heart of the village's shopping area. About a 20 minute ride from Hauppauge, Danford's can be reached by the scenic Route 25A or Route 347.
* The overlooking Stony Brook Harbor, the inn is a romantic escape for couples. It's also minutes away from the Staller Center, Port Jefferson, MacArthur Airport as well as Hauppauge. There's a restaurant, spa and business center on the property.
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