{"id":10029,"date":"2014-03-26T04:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=10029"},"modified":"2014-03-25T23:19:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T06:19:47","slug":"shouldnt-rely-google-maps-hotel-directions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/03\/26\/shouldnt-rely-google-maps-hotel-directions\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Shouldn\u2019t Rely on Google Maps for Hotel Directions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love using Google Maps and I do so religiously on a daily basis whenever I need to look up a location. Last year on my <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/09\/08\/trip-report-my-summer-vacation-to-bogota-colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\">summer vacation to Bogota, Colombia<\/a>, I made a huge mistake when I was hotel hopping from the <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/09\/19\/hilton-bogota-hotel-review-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hilton Bogota<\/a> to the <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/09\/21\/sheraton-bogota-hotel-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sheraton Bogota<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I looked up the <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/09\/21\/sheraton-bogota-hotel-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sheraton Bogota<\/a> on Google Maps and it pointed me to the location below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/googlemaps1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10025\" alt=\"googlemaps1\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/googlemaps1.jpg\" width=\"815\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps1.jpg 815w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps1-300x236.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps1-400x315.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps1-200x157.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps1-150x118.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I picked up a street taxi outside the <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/09\/19\/hilton-bogota-hotel-review-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hilton Bogota hotel<\/a> and gave directions to the driver to the location of the Sheraton. I was using the GPS on Google maps and the taxi pulled up to the location I requested, but I could not find the hotel. It was purely a residential area and I just asked the driver to drop me off at that spot since the meter was running.<\/p>\n<p>I pulled up the address on the SPG app and it gave me a different location which was in <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/10\/27\/sights-sounds-el-salitre-bogota\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barrio El Salitre<\/a>. The hotel was 4.5km away (2.8 miles away) as shown on Google Maps which was an 11 minute ride from my current location with no traffic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/googlemaps2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10026\" alt=\"googlemaps2\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/googlemaps2.jpg\" width=\"710\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps2.jpg 710w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps2-285x300.jpg 285w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps2-400x420.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps2-200x210.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps2-150x157.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From then on, I learned to double check the address on the hotel\u2019s own website. In addition, many hotel websites list the location with a visual map where you can double check on Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to today where I booked a room at the Intercontinental Real San Pedro Sula for <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/02\/28\/booked-flight-dangerous-country-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">my upcoming stay in San Pedro Sula, Honduras<\/a>. I checked on Google Maps for the location and it displayed that it was located in the heart of downtown near Parque Central.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/googlemaps3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10027\" alt=\"googlemaps3\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/googlemaps3.jpg\" width=\"886\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps3.jpg 886w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps3-300x119.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps3-400x159.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps3-200x79.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps3-150x59.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I double checked the location on the hotel\u2019s website and found that it was located next to the Multiplaza Mall and a 5 minute drive from the incorrect location.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/googlemaps4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10028\" alt=\"googlemaps4\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/googlemaps4.jpg\" width=\"527\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps4.jpg 527w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps4-300x249.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps4-400x333.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps4-200x166.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/googlemaps4-150x124.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lesson here is that you need to be vigilant and proactive in double checking the address of your hotel on the hotel\u2019s main website, especially when you\u2019re in a foreign country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Has this ever happened to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love using Google Maps and I do so religiously on a daily basis whenever I need to look up a location. 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