Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn at Universal Studios Hollywood is the ideal hotel from which to explore all that Los Angeles has to offer! Enjoy the excitement of Hollywood's Walk of Fame, Universal Studios Hollywood, City Walk, Dodger Stadium, Disney Studios, Warner Brothers Studios, Beverly Hills, and many more attractions just minutes from the hotel.
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Todd Carlson: (Announcer)
Travel news you can use. This is the Get Away Today.com Travel Show. Get Away Today is a top provider of affordable, fun family vacations to Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Hawaii, San Diego, Beaches, and Sandals in the Caribbean. The travel show is heard exclusively on Get Away Today.com. And now, here's the host of the travel show.
Patrick Wiscombe: (Get Away Today - Internet Marketing Manager)
It’s Friday, welcome to the Get Away Today Travel Show Podcast. My name is Patrick Wiscombe; thank you for tuning us in and taking us along wherever you’re listening today. Coming up in the next few minutes, I’m putting the Get Away Today hotel spotlight on the Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn at Universal Studios Hollywood. Yeah, that's a mouthful. We’ll also going to give you an additional $10 off your vacation if you book it on our website, Get Away Today.com. Use promotion code ‘podcast’ as you’re checking out to get the discount. Stella Pack, Sales Director for Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn is in the Get Away Today studio with me right now. Why is the name Beverly Garland so familiar?
Stella Pack: (Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn – Sales Director)
Most people will remember her as the mother in the television show “My Three Sons.” She owns the hotel and purchased the land from Gene Autry. The hotel sits on seven acres in the North Hollywood area and has 255 rooms.
Patrick Wiscombe: You’re near Universal Studios Hollywood. If you love movies or television, you’ll definitely enjoy Universal Studios Hollywood. How did you get involved with the hotel?
Stella Pack: I have been with the Holiday Inn brand for a long time, almost ten years. Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn is one of the properties I wanted to work at because it’s different than other Holiday Inn hotels. So, when I got the opportunity, I took it.
Patrick Wiscombe: How close is the hotel to Universal Studios Hollywood?
Stella Pack: Were about a half mile away.
Patrick Wiscombe: Oh, so your pretty close.
Stella Pack: If you could roll down the hill from Universal Studios Hollywood, were right there.
Patrick Wiscombe: Tell us about your hotel.
Stella Pack: Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn is spread out. It covers 7 acres of land. We have a comfortable small lobby. As you enter the hotel, you’ll see the front desk and a mural of the Hollywood area that was created by Miss Beverly Garland. You’ll see posters of her movies throughout the entire property. We offer two queen size beds or one king size bed in the suites. We renovated all the suites, it’s awesome. The new room smell is great because it’s like the new car smell.
Patrick Wiscombe: That’s a good smell.
Stella Pack: Yes it is. It’s the most expensive smell you can buy. [Laughter] We have changed all of the mattresses in the rooms because our beloved Miss Beverly Garland stayed at a Hilton hotel and slept on one of the their pillow top mattresses and thought we needed to have them at our hotel. So, we just got new pillow top mattresses in all of our rooms and we’ve converted our full size beds to queen size beds.
Patrick Wiscombe: So, you only have queen and king size beds?
Stella Pack: Yes. We also offer 5 kid suites and 2 deluxe kid suites at Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn. Each room can sleep up to six people. When families go on vacation, family members need room so we have a little area where the families can play games. We’ve also put microwaves and refrigerators in our guest rooms.
Patrick Wiscombe: Well, it sounds like you’ve got it covered.
Stella Pack: Yeah, we try hard.
Patrick Wiscombe: Let’s talk about some of the standard Holiday Inn amenities. Let’s go down the list so people know what to expect when they arrive at Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn.
Stella Pack: Well, each room has little mini size bottles of shampoo, conditioners, lotion, and plenty of towels. If you forgot your toothbrush or toothpaste, we will them available at the front desk or we can deliver them to your room.
Patrick Wiscombe: Just before we started recording this podcast, you were talking about a pillow menu. I’ve never heard of a pillow menu.
Stella Pack: We have about four types of pillows. Our standard pillow is in the room and has a medium firmness. That’s the standard for all the Holiday Inn hotels, but not every human being is standard [laughter] so we have different types of pillows. We have a feathered pillow to a very firm pillow. Housekeeping and bell service employees will gladly deliver the type of pillow you need to your room.
Patrick Wiscombe: What else do you offer?
Stella Pack: We have a tennis court. Rackets are available in the gift shop. All you need to do is give us your room key. The new fitness center is next to the pool. More and more people want to exercise while they’re on vacation so we wanted to make sure we met those needs. Our exercise room is 1,200 square feet. The pool is 80 degrees at all times and is near the sauna. We serve a breakfast buffet every morning from 7 am to 11 am. We’ve also renovated our splash bar and installed really nice leather seats, another good smell. [Laughter]
Patrick Wiscombe: I was reading that kids 12 and under eat free with a paying adult, is that right?
Stella Pack: Definitely, that’s another standard benefit at all Holiday Inn hotels. The Holiday Inn brand is very family friendly.
Patrick Wiscombe: Since you’re so close to Universal Studios Hollywood, let’s talk about transportation. I’m assuming you offer some kind of transportation to and from Universal Studios Hollywood.
Stella Pack: Of course. We offer shuttle service to and from Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Metro Link which is the Los Angeles subway system. A shuttle service schedule is available at the front desk. We also stop at the Metro Link which is like a subway in the Los Angeles and is one stop away from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It’s very convenient so our guests don’t need to pay for parking or deal with any traffic.
Patrick Wiscombe: Stella thanks for coming in. That’s Stella Pack, Sales Director for Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn. Just a quick reminder as we start to wrap up, when you book your vacation on our website, Get Away Today.com, remember to use the promotion code ‘podcast’ as your checking out and we'll give you an additional $10 off your vacation.
Todd Carlson: (Announcer)
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