Drury Hotels Togetherness Contest
It's
Not ALL About Togetherness!
 We recently asked our guests to share their stories about why family holidays are not all about togetherness. We had such a fun time reading your entries and found some great holiday horror stories! Five lucky winners have been selected for a 2-night stay at any Drury Inn & Suites and from the sounds of it, this free stay might be perfect to use over the next holiday season! Read the winning stories below to see why it really doesn't have to be all about 'togetherness' every holiday! In case any family members read Drury Deals, we've chosen to let our winning authors remain anonymous!
My top 10 reasons for wanting to stay at a Drury Hotel next year, based on 47 years of experience:
10. I fell asleep and my face got stuck on the plastic covering the sofa at Grandma’s house.
9. I’m allergic to fruitcake and those who love them.
8. My brother snores so loud he set off my rental car alarm.
7. The in-room movies at Drury Hotels don’t include any 8mm movies of my childhood.
6. The hotel breakfast doesn’t include an appearance by my wife’s grandfather in his underwear.
5. If I stay in a hotel in Atlanta, the property owner won’t insist that the air conditioning is only used when the temperature outside is above 95 degrees.
4. I don’t have to answer the phone: the front desk will always take a message.
3. No one will insist that we eat dinner at 3 o’clock to “beat the rush”.
2. A remote to call my own.
1. At Drury Hotels, my choice of evening beverages won’t be limited to prune juice, orange juice, or goat’s milk.
PLEASE HELP!
I'll never again view a sleeper-sofa the same way again. Once, while staying with my mother, my (then three-year-old) son and I shared the sofa-bed. The next morning, I awoke first and decided to let him sleep in a bit. I went into the kitchen to read the paper and have some breakfast. I heard a noise that sounded like the sofa-bed was being folded up shortly followed by muffled screaming. I seems my son had turned himself sideways at the head of the sofa-bed and it had folded itself upon him! I raced from the kitchen and unfolded it and freed him. He was a bit shaken but otherwise unhurt. We quietly nicknamed the sofa "Audrey II" (from Little Shop of Horrors).
Twas the night before Christmas and what should we do?
Our house is so full-no room for family too!
The kids are complaining, not wanting to share
Their room, their bed, or their favorite chair.
We tried to make the best of this bad situation.
While serving our family on their Christmas vacation.
So we went to work getting everything just right.
Our company trashed our home the very first night.
Now we are NOT neat freaks or perfectionists at all.
But they had more stuff than our local mall.
Their mountain of "things" were always in our way
We wanted to tell them but didn't know what to say.
So we bit our tongues and counted the hours
When we would once again be able to take hot showers.
We knew it would take months to get things back in shape
So we were off to the hardware store to get the duct tape.
But our family heard us exclaim as they drove out of sight,
'NEXT YEAR WE'RE ALL GOING TO DRURY AND DO THIS THING RIGHT!!!"
This Happy Holiday season, my guests drove away from our house with nice gifts, full tummies....and ALL of our Christmas light display from our yard. Yes, a Suburban SUV with one of those hefty tail pipes wrapped around the mother string of lights and as our dear family drove out of sight we watched as each strand of lights dashed away like Santa's sleigh. All we were left with was a stretched, frayed extension cord and downed trees and shrubs. The Suburban drove about a mile until a passing motorist noticed its tail and stopped them. But it was too late for the light display. We stood on our porch, mouths gaping, the sound of 5000 little twinkling lights fluttering through the lawn still fresh in our ears, when my son summed it up: "Cool."
It was like a scene from Chevy Chase's "Christmas Vacation". Next holiday, you can have them at Drury.....but guard your light display!
Why I plan to stay at a Drury Hotel the next holiday:
When I visit my family,
They unfold the couch,
It's lumpy and thin,
Turns me into a grouch.
I share this bed
With two cats and the dog,
Plus my gassy old cousin,
Who's a real blanket hog.
There's only one bathroom,
And the door doesn't lock,
They all just barge in,
Can't anyone knock?
They don't have cable,
The a/c's inop,
And wheezy Uncle Eddie,
Smokes a cigar non-stop.
I love the whole clan,
Don't get me wrong,
But at the end of they day,
I must say, "So Long",
And head off to Drury's,
For comfort and rest,
I'll sleep like a baby,
Be refreshed, at my best,
Ready to rejoin the group,
For more laughter and fun,
Drury to the rescue!
Thanks for a great job well done.
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