http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T16:10:50Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/8/9/111028/6102 <![CDATA[<p><b>[Ed. Note: A few weeks ago we received an email from a woman complete with pictures of her <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/17/113619/641/hotels/Hot_Springs_Are_Just_Right_for_Bed_Bugs">alleged bed bug bites</a> she received while staying at the <a href="http://www.parkhotelofhotsprings.com"><b>Park Hotel of Hot Springs</b></a> in Arkansas. Now, we have the other side of the story from the hotel management. We'll let you sort it out from here.]</b><p><blockquote><p><p> We at the Park Hotel of Hot Springs, are astounded that you would just pick up this information about Bed Bugs in our Hotel without checking with us first. We are dealing with Trip Advisor at this time. <p> This person Ms. Castro has tried to shake us down and we have all the proof we need. Trip Advisor has finally responded juliana 2006-08-09T11:25:00-05:00 34.519644 -93.047910 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/17/113619/641 <![CDATA[<p><b>UPDATE: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/8/9/111028/6102/hotels/Park_Hotel_Responds_to_Bed_Bugs_Complaint">Click here for management response</b></a><p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif"><p>A tipster lets us know that during her stay at the <a href="http://www.parkhotelofhotsprings.com"><b>Park Hotel of Hot Springs</b></a> in Hot Springs, Ark., during June 16 to 18, she was allegedly bitten multiple times but didn't think the bites were from bed bugs until a doctor told her so.<p><p> <i>I left the hotel Sunday with red swollen bumps all over my legs and back. I assumed these were mosquito bites but they worsened by the end of the week. I researched pictures of bites online; mine looked to be caused by bed bugs. On Friday June 23rd, I called the hotel and was told they could be flea bites since they do allow pets.<p> juliana 2006-07-17T11:37:29-05:00 34.5196519 -93.047928 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/5/29/224746/313 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/homestead_virginia.jpg"><p><b>[Ed. Note: Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/peoplepaula">People Paula</a> continues to fill us in on her travels, this time observing preppies in their natural habitat of Virginia.]</b><p>Got a large, rich, white, Southern family and nothing to do with them? Try the Homestead!<p> Nestled deep in the Allegheny Mountains of Southwestern Virginia, along tortuous Sam Snead Highway, <a href=" http://www.thehomestead.com/about-resort.asp"><b>The Homestead</b></a> is a centuries-old golf and tennis resort, a sort of Confederate Catskills. With a genuinely polite (if a bit over-accomodating) staff, the place can feel like more of a hassle and less of a retreat at times. And nothing could add to this feeling more than the dozens of Polo-clad children trotting down the halls of the hotel. <p> As for People Paula 2006-05-30T09:34:01-05:00 37.997063 -79.830162 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/