http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T08:42:03Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/10/14357/9529 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/somerset_croquet.png" class="imgborder"/><p>A Turks &amp; Caicos resort is about to bring the heat with the extreme sport that will knock you out while at the same time giving you the most intense rush you have ever experienced...eXtreme Croquet. Yes, you read us right, croquet.<p><a href="http://www.thesomerset.com/"><b>The Somerset on Grace Bay,</b></a> a luxury beachfront resort, is bringing their eXtreme croquet to guests in March. What's involved?<blockquote><p> "Somerset eXtreme Croquet" is played on a six-wicket beach course, a terrain that poses much more difficulty in navigating than croquet's traditionally tightly manicured lawns. &nbsp;The course is laid out in a figure-eight pattern with all wickets being turn wickets, making the passage space for a ball much smaller than a regular wicket. &nbsp;The basic rules juliana 2007-01-10T16:20:11-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/11/103911/712 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/girls_mellow.jpg">Turns out, even when you are far too old for spring break, there are age appropriate transformed options out there.<p>For all you older women out there, long gone are the days you planned trips to Cancun with a few bikinis, sun dresses, and tanning oil, but say hello to the spa, cooking classes, and luxury suites. Today's replacement spring break type vacation can still involve you and your girlfriends yet this time with a lot more class. Or as the press release we received called it, "Girls Gone Mellow."<p> Running from July 10th through December 15th rates are $241 per person per night with a three night minimum at the <a href="http://alexandra.nex-creative.com/alexandra.asp"><b>Alexandra Resort</b></a> on Grace Bay (hardly the Courtney 2006-07-11T12:25:07-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/5/16/185228/330 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/sands_grace_bay.jpg" align="right"> <p> <a href="http://www.turksandcaicostourism.com/"> Turks &amp; Caicos </a> always sounds like some ancient battle between warring clans but is in fact, a totally fun bunch of islands! <p> This is a hotspot for singles and desperate alike and with summer coming on, the hotels are feeling a little neglected since everyone is spending the weekends at the Jersey Shore. <p> That's why the <a href="http://www.thesandstc.com"><b>Sands at Grace Bay</b></a> is offering "sixth and seventh nights free" this summer from June 1 to Oct. 31. <p> (In May, only the seventh night is free.)<p> Rooms range from $165 for a double to $725 for a oceanfront three-bedroom suite that sleeps up to eight (but costs $25 for the seventh and juliana 2005-05-17T09:03:55-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/