http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T09:13:34Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/5/153327/4156 <![CDATA[<p><p><i>Every so often we feature a hotel review from one of our readers that we feel should be shared with the rest of you dear hotel guests. These reviews are highlighted because they are timely, about cool hotels in cool places and are relatively level-headed. Think you can submit one just like this? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it in</a>. Yesterday, we featured a review from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/4/13135/57608/hotels/Reader_Review_Our_Mother_Stays_at_the_Liaison_Capitol_Hill_in_DC">our mother</a> -- and today's review actually comes from <b>our father</b> who has finally started to understand what our day job is. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/SH_Jax_readerreview.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Opened on July 10 and located in Southeast Jacksonville near the "tony &amp; trendy" St John's Town Centre, the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sheraton+Jacksonville+Hotel/ian/271061">Sheraton Jacksonville</a></b> offers accommodation for Jax visitors and folks who have come Jenna 2008-08-05T15:43:22-05:00 30.2476927 -81.539024 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/2/7/14472/22212 <![CDATA[<p>By now we all know about the Jacksonville Super Bowl hotel room gaffe...1500 hotel rooms for hundreds of thousands of weekend visitors just isn't good math (take notes Detroit), however, we also know <a href="http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/020705/met_cruiseships.shtml">five cruise ships sailed in to save the day.</a></p> <p>The real question is did these cruise ships plan for low tide? We didn't see this with our own eyes, but here is what one informative Super Bowl watcher in Jacksonville told us:</p> <blockquote> <p>You might not have heard is that these cruise ships didn't really plan for low tide--so when the tide started going out, the cruise ships had to retreat to higher seas. &nbsp;Imagine this scenario: &nbsp;"Hey, I left my camera back in the room, markj 2005-02-07T17:00:32-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/1/31/91313/2127 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/adams_mark.jpg"></p> <p>Forbes complies <a href="http://forbes.com/lifestyle/2005/01/27/cx_cd_0127feat_ls.html">a nice list of places to stay</a> during Super Bowl weekend in J'ville...only one problem...we highly doubt you will actually be able to stay at any of the places Forbes mentions.</p> <p>Sure, it is a nice list, and we really like the idea of staying at the Adam's Mark, which is a stone's throw from Alltel Stadium, but we just called the hotel and it ain't happening. &nbsp;The Adam's Mark is the official hotel of the NFL, select media, and their families during the Super Bowl festivities, so unless your name is Tagliabue or Buck, you can cross that one off your list.</p> <p>If you still need a hotel room, and you are being markj 2005-01-31T09:13:40-05:00 30.336811 -81.697403 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/1/27/84212/5993 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/super_bowl_hotels.jpg"></p> <p>Boy, ya think Jacksonville might be second guessing the benefits of this whole "Super Bowl" thing? &nbsp;The city has been loudly criticized for not having enough infrastructure (read: hotel rooms) to support a Super Bowl, and now Washington Post columnist, and Northern elitist, Tony Kornheiser chimes in with <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36524-2005Jan25.html">"What's That Smell? &nbsp;Jacksonville."</a> </p> Here is a bit of interaction from the article: <p>(<i>Note: Reali is the guy Kornheiser sent to Jacksonville on some sort of scouting mission.</i>)</p> <p>"I am from Staten Island, and I have lived in New Jersey," Reali explained. "I know bad smells. This was right below Secaucus."</p> <p>Not as bad as Staten Island?</p> <p>"Nothing approaches Staten Island," Reali said with conviction. </p> <p>However, markj 2005-01-27T09:02:13-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/1/17/105649/468 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/super_bowl_hotels.jpg" align="right"> <p><b>Only 20 days until Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fl</b>. &nbsp;If you are thinking of heading to Jacksonville for the big game you need to start thinking about Super Bowl hotel rooms, if you haven't secured one already. &nbsp;Here is your first reality check, unless you know someone, have an enormous wallet, or get incredibly lucky, you can forget about scoring a hotel room near the stadium. &nbsp;Instead, start setting your sights on rooms in southern Georgia (we just found available rooms in Jekyl Island), Gainesville, and even Orlando. &nbsp;Yeah, that's right, you need to focus your search about sixty miles outside of Jacksonville.</p> <p>The Jacksonville Super Bowl Hosting Committee has put together a nice <a href="http://www.pgi-events.com/superbowl/subscribe/banner_home.php">site</a> markj 2005-01-17T10:58:15-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/