http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-05-28T09:16:15Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/26/223932/817 <![CDATA[<p><b>[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature where we usually look at hotel prices in the same city and decide which is better worth your hard-earned benjamins. This week we're switching gears to compare the hotel values in two Spring Break destinations. Rates quoted here were valid on February, 27 2007 and are subject to change. Enjoy.]</b><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/hilton_daytona.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>If you're going to get naked, booze it up, and have a week you can barely remember, spending most of your budget on the hotel room can be a real buzzkill. So our Good Rate designation for Spring Break goes to good ole reliable Daytona Beach, Florida. <p>CheapTickets.com lauched a <a href="http://pressroom.cheaptickets.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=231160">Spring Break Cheapometer</a> to show where demand was highest Tim L. 2007-02-27T09:20:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/1/105548/3125 <![CDATA[<p><b>[Ed. Note: A tipster lets us know that the <a href="http://oceanshoreresort.com/"><b>Ocean Shore Resort</b></a> should probably be avoided unless you want your car towed. As always this Hotel Hell is one person's story. Enjoy.]</b><p><p> <i>I checked into the <a href="http://oceanshoreresort.com/"><b>Ocean Shore Resort</b></a> &nbsp;in Daytona Beach, Florida on May 27, 2006 and as part of the registration process I was asked to provide my car license plate number. <p> I was given a small slip of paper to place on the dash (parking permit). This permit fell from my dashboard as I was exiting my car late that night and the next morning I discovered my car had been towed by Star Towing. The towing company claimed they had been told by juliana 2006-06-01T11:00:19-05:00 29.243017 -81.014947 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/4/19/135132/660 <![CDATA[<p><b>[Ed. Note: Who says Daytona Beach is just about spring breakers, tanning and puking? There's actually free WiFi there. A tipster sends us a detailed report of her WiFi heaven in the spring break capital. Enjoy.]</b><p> <i>I had a great experience at the <a href="www.comfortinndaytona.com/"><b>Comfort Inn &amp; Suites,</b></a> in Daytona Beach, FL. It had free wifi - 2 different routers to choose from and a strong signal in the rooms. It did have an agreement page, but I only had to agree once during my stay. If I remember correctly, the routers were configured with the default SSID - in this case, Netgear.<p>I've had good experience with other Choice Hotels all over the east coast, as well. And <a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hd/CGEMD"><b>Holiday juliana 2006-04-19T16:40:01-05:00 29.238498 -81.013047 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/3/29/16383/4674 <![CDATA[<p><b>[Ed. Note: HotelMaven <a href="<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/jcsenator61">jcsenator61</a> writes in about an unfortunate Spring Break experience at the <a href="http://www.americanobeachresort.com/">Americano Beach Resort</a> in Daytona Beach where they got the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/3/21/17150/8724">boot for partying.</a> Enjoy and reminisce about what it was like to be wild and free in Daytona.]</b> <p><i>Let's start at the beginning. We stayed at the Americano Beach Resort for Spring Break '06. We booked our room through a travel agency. They informed us that we could check in at any time during the day, so we could go ahead and leave. After the 14-hour drive, we arrive at the hotel at 10AM, when they then informed us that we could not check in until 3PM. They told us we could jcsenator61 2006-03-30T11:55:01-05:00 29.247752 -81.017737 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/3/21/17150/8724 <![CDATA[<p>As we watch the ridiculous Spring Break coverage on <a href="http://www.mtv.com">MTV,</a> we can't help but reminisce about the "old days" of Spring Break. <p>Picture it: Daytona Beach. 1987. Big Ray Bans. Big Permed Hair. Acid-washed cutoff jeans. Vuarnet T-shirts. High-cut neon green bikinis. Ahh...we can practically smell the Coppertone lotion now. Ok technically we were too young to go on Spring Break back then but we were dreaming about the day our Spring Break would come.<p>Sadly, those days are long gone so we decided to check-in with Spring Breakers in Daytona these days. What we find is an <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g34172-d256862-r4694412-Americas_Best_Value_Inn_Daytona_Beachfront-Daytona_Beach_Florida-m10559.html">alarming incident</a> where the staff at <a href="http://travel.yahoo.com/p-hotel-358257-double_stay_inn_oceanfront-i"><b>America's Best Value Inn</b></a> has implemented some rules: <blockquote><p> The hotel took a $150 juliana 2006-03-21T17:22:57-05:00 29.214493 -81.001693 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/