For example, we recently made a weekend trip to the Chicago area, and I needed a place to stay. I found a couple hotels at reasonable prices, and couldn't make up my mind. As you know, hotel picture galleries only show the best side of the hotel, and I wanted to be sure of the area we would be staying in, as well as what dining options were nearby. So I turned to my old friend, Google maps! After typing in the address of 2 of the hotels, I was discouraged, but glad that I had checked the Google maps street view! They weren't in the best part of town, and looked pretty lonely-no restaurants nearby. However, the 3rd hotel was exactly what I was looking for! A nice area, with loads of dining options right around it! I chose this hotel based on Google maps, and we had a wonderful stay, and some good eating while we were there!
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Street view-that's our hotel in the back |
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Searching for food-there's a Cracker Barrel right there! |
This is a sponsored post for OrangeSoda, however, all the points and views are my own.
That's a good example of how to use Google maps. Also, since I hate driving, I use Google maps to let me decide on places to go that have easy access to freeways, don't have convoluted directions, etc.
ReplyDeleteI think Google Maps is great. My son like to look up addresses in our area and he has a good time using it. He taught me how to use it and shows me interesting sites. It is definitely useful.
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We are planning a trip to Yellowstone this year and we are going to take your advice and use Google Maps.
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