theemptyone (imported) wrote: Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:06 am When I originally made my appointment, I requested 12 noon on the day of the appointment, but he said that the appointments were always for 7am.
I read a message board called "Susan's Place" in which a poster named "dj1990" said this: "I stayed at a hotel that's a 10 minute walk away form him. It's called Spring Hills. He recommended it when I called him a few weeks ago. The hotel is nice can't complain. It was three hundred something dollars for three nights."
It appears to be the Springhill Suites by Marriott.
http://tinyurl.com/l7jytt4
28555 Northwestern Hwy
Southfield, MI 48034
Phone number (248) 352-6100
I checked google maps, and it does appear to be about a 10 minute walk.
http://tinyurl.com/lh66oqa
Well if that's the Marriott I'm thinking of, it's right next door (they basically share entrance/exits) to the Detroit Marriott Southfield. Now the Springhills is just your basic two level motel that you find all over the country. I wanted something where I didn't have to drive to get a meal or a drink and the Marriott Southfield has a bar, a restaurant and room service (I needed that the first night after the procedure) none of which is available at the Springhills unit next door. The Southfield is about 5 stories high, a bit older hotel and tough to miss, but the prices were pretty much inline with those of the Springhills next door.
I'm not sure how the gentleman got from those hotels to Dr. Arnkoff's office by walking in 10 minutes, it takes about that long to drive there from the hotel. There were no courtesy bus services from the Detroit Metro airport to Southfield. Taxi rides from the airport to the hotel were about $75.00 each IIRC when I was there about three years ago. So I rented a car to get to Southfield and from the hotel to and from Dr. Arnkoff's office. That was less money than the two taxi rides would have been.
There's a little eatery just East of the Doctor's office where I went for a bite of breakfast while waiting for the nearby Walgreens to open up so I could fill the prescriptions. I was happy as a clam until the anesthetic started to wear off, but that's a story I've already told here.
My procedure was $2000.00 at that time and with airfare, car rental, meals, drinks and the hotel, it added about another $1000.00 to the total price tag and at least half of that was the plane tickets.