Tornado Alley Lodging

[Chad Cowan]

Here is the beginnings of the Tornado Alley Lodging database, anyone can view the page but you must have a Google (Gmail) account to add to it. Add your favorite motel on the plains or list one to avoid:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pLViHbYLVYoPxQ3n1FXS7bA



This is the URL for adding entries or to edit previous ones; switch between states by the sheet tabs at the bottom:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/[email protected]&t=4692919808437342145&guest

 

[Robert Edmonds]

This should prove helpful. Thanks for making this. I was going to add a few bad hotels, however I can't think of their names because they were so great they're not on the internet *sarcasm*.

 

[Chad Cowan]

If anyone wants to add to the list but doesn't have all the info (address, phone), just put in what you know. (might need the name though, Robert ) Also, the formatting can be screwy, so just add the info and I'll make it look pretty.

I would like this list to be as comprehensive as possible, but I'm going to start by asking for particular cities frequented by chasers. If you have stayed at a motel or hotel in these cities tell us about your stay:

Hays, KS
Goodland, KS
Dodge City, KS
Wichita, KS


- Chad

 

[Chad Cowan]

Thanks to all who have contributed so far. This has the potential to be a very useful tool for those of us who wander the plains at midnight looking for a cheap and clean room, but we need more input.

I have made it easier to submit an entry by creating a form that is accessible to anyone without logging in or messing with Excel. All you have to do is click the link, type in the info and click submit:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pLViHbYLVYoPxQ3n1FXS7bA


Your input will be automatically published to the spreadsheet here (switch state by the tabs at the top):
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pLViHbYLVYoPxQ3n1FXS7bA

 

[Dennis Sherrod]

Thank you Chad. Hopefully this will help us get this going more.
As you said, this will be helpful to everyone and would be a great help if we can get some more input from members.
Please everyone who is interested, please add some info for us.
And if you don't know of a particular motel, please PM or email me with the preferred cities and I will follow up on this in my travels there this year.
THANKS

 

[Chad Cowan]

BUMP. All of those the plains right now on your chasecations- if you get a second, make sure to add the motels you stay at to the Tornado Alley Lodging database. Click on this link to fill out the quick form:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pLViHbYLVYoPxQ3n1FXS7bA


View the Database here when trying to figure out where to stay:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pLViHbYLVYoPxQ3n1FXS7bA

 

[Jerry Prsha]

Chad, Thank you for providing this. But can you add one more column that says "Recommend Yes/No"

That way we can scan through them without pausing on the bad ones?

Thanks!

 

[Marc Remillard]

For those who stays a week or more in the alley, check out "Thunderbird Lodge" in Norman, OK.

$230 for 1 week with a fridge, a small kitchen, a microwave, 2 beds, and some other basic stuff.

www.t-birdlodge.com

This is where I am sitting right now