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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are going to stay at a hotel in the college city, then I would ship things to that hotel and take what fits in the Pilot. Just call the hotel first to check about storage. I disagree with shipping to the school, the mailrooms are usually overwh9with items and he will not have the packages up til a week after in most cases.[/quote]

OP -- 11:24 PP from above and I agree that shipping to the college can be an issue because there can be a big backlog at college mailrooms at the very start of the year, when lots of people have things shipped to the college. Many colleges do not deliver packages directly to any dorm or residence, but packages instead go to central mailrooms and must be picked up at those mailrooms. So the student has to haul packages back to the dorm (a bit of an issue if the boxes are bulky or heavy items). I'd go with ordering for pickup at a store like BB&B etc.

I wouldn't necessarily recommend having things shipped to any hotel, though; there's no way to know how good the hotel's security for packages really will be, and things could easily go astray at a hotel. Also, OP, some items are still taking long times to arrive places, I find. If you get something shipped to a hotel but the package gets held up, it might arrive after you leave. DS would have to go fetch it (without a car that could be an issue), etc. At least if something doesn't turn up at the local store of a chain from which you ordered it, you have some recourse with the chain. But if a shipment goes to a hotel, the hotel is merely doing you a favor to receive it for you, and --unlike the store/chain --the hotel doesn't have any vested interest in what happens if the stuff doesn't arrive, or arrives after you're gone. [/quote]

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