http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T03:09:03Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/5/121727/669 <![CDATA[<p><i>You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing, it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.</i><p><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/crowneplza_dublin_antiview.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>This rather grim view was what greeted hotel fan <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/uggboy/">uggboy</a> during MsRebecca 2009-11-05T12:59:22-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/23/22519/4723 <![CDATA[<p><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=35059019001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed><p><i>Once again, Jaunted's weekend editor <a href=""><b>Victor Ozols</b></a> is back. This time with an in-depth video tour of the Maldron Cardiff Lane Hotel in Dublin. Remember his last killer video from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/27/03217/8578/hotels/Chilling_Out_at_the_Crowne_Plaza_Key_West_La_Concha">Key West</a>? It's like that but with British robot voices in the elevator and Guinness in the vending machines. </i><p>During our <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/8/22/141353/081/travel/Losing+Time+in+Dublin%2C+Part+1%3A+Beginning+at+the+Pub">recent vacation in Dublin</a>, we stayed in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Maldron+Cardiff+Lane/local/1544"><b>Maldron Cardiff Lane</b></a>, a large, seven-story hotel located on the south bank of the River Liffey, near the city center. We stayed there for five nights and came away feeling that we got our money's worth with a hotel that delivered what it promised. It didn't Victor Ozols 2009-08-24T16:04:08-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/14/41919/2208 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Drunk_Cards.jpg" class="top"><p> On a trip to Dublin recently, we decided to be brave and rent a car. We also decided to shack up one night at a B&B. When we arrived at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Kilronan+House/ian/233560"><b>Kilronan House</b></a> in <b>Dublin</b> and didn't see the valet&#151;free parking was a selling point&#151;we pulled our rental into the adjacent driveway. A man from the business that owned said adjacent driveway came out and started screaming while we patiently explained our sitch. Then our concierge/valet/white knight Cormac came out, politely smiled at the screaming man while ignoring his nastiness and parked our car. Talk about service with a smile. <p>We followed Cormac into the white-pillared Georgian-style bed and breakfast, which blends in nicely with the Jennifer Kester 2009-08-14T13:33:40-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/22/13159/7887 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/dayshoteldublin.jpg" class="top"> <p>This is the stuff of nightmares. Via a story reprinted over at <a href-"http://www.hotelsmag.com/articleXML/LN959557841.html">Hotels Mag</a>, we just caught wind of an incident in Ireland that is really, really terrifying: Recently-released reports have now confirmed that a commercial jet narrowly avoided disaster in 2007 when it flew towards a Dublin airport hotel after the pilot mistook its rooftop lights for a runway. Seriously. <p>From a story printed in <a href="http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/jet-thought-dublin-hotel-was-runway-1715520.html">the Herald</a> today: <blockquote><p>The plane, with 112 passengers and six crew, started its approach to Dublin Airport at around 23.24hrs on August 16, 2007. Weather and visibility were good [...] At around five miles from touchdown, the aircraft began to deviate left of the approach course. <p> The Aviatjet Jenna 2009-04-22T13:26:46-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/17/12852/0085 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/clariondublinwifi.jpg" class="top"> <p>Happy St. Patrick's Day! If you plan on being in Dublin today or tomorrow, we bet that very shortly you will be nursing a severe hangover. Never fear, in case you feel the need to Tweet every minute of your life, you can vomit assured knowing that a hotel in Dublin has got free WiFi in all parts of its hotel.<p>This is a shot from the men's room at the <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Clarion+Hotel+Dublin+Airport/ian/114526">Clarion Dublin Airport Hotel</a></b>. You see that sign? It says "Free WiFi." Yes, the WiFi at the hotel is <i>so</i> free that you're <i>free</i> to log on from the public toilet. How 'bout that? <p>This photo comes to us from Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8lettersuk/1416281403/">8lettersuk</a>, who says, Jenna 2009-03-17T13:11:09-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/