http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T08:13:43Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/28/14736/6225 <![CDATA[<p><i>This week our roaming correspondent, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Monica%20Guy"><b>Monica Guy</b></a>, is giving us the low-down on the Chilean Hotel Scene. Today, she tells you how to enjoy Easter Island on a budget. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotelotai.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>You're all fired up to go to Easter Island and you're desperate to stay in the new luxury <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/28/14017/0499/hotels/The_most_isolated_luxury_hotel_in_the_world_Explora_Posada_de_Mike_Rapu_Easter_Island"><b>Explora Posada de Mike Rapu</b></a>.<p> <p>Unfortunately, your bank manager isn't quite so enthusiastic.<p> The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+O%27Tai/local/1088"><b>Hotel O'tai</b></a> is the only place worth staying if you can't afford the rates at the Explora. It's even got a couple of benefits. Unlike the Explora, it's based right in the center of the only town on the island, Hanga Roa. The town's not exactly a heaving metropolis and the nightlife wouldn't win femmefatale 2008-01-29T13:05:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/28/14017/0499 <![CDATA[<p><i>This week our roaming correspondent, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Monica%20Guy"><b>Monica Guy</b></a>, is giving us the low-down on the Chilean Hotel Scene. Today, she has exclusive review of the much-vaunted, just-opened luxury Explora hotel of Posada de Mike Rapu on Easter Island. Enjoy.</i> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/easterisland_mg.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>Easter Island</i><p>Take one of the <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/Easter%20Island">loneliest islands on earth</a>, cover it in miles of unkempt grassland, teams of wild horses and hundreds of mysterious stone statues. Then drive a kilometer down a bumpy track off the island's single main road and you'll come across the most isolated, luxury, dreamland hotels you've ever read about.<p> We're talking about Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui by the natives, or as Isla de Pascua by the Chileans. It's 3,600 km from femmefatale 2008-01-28T12:49:49-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/