http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:53:09Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/5/35348/65743 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/downtownerroom.jpg" class="top"> <p><i>This, a motel, really? Yes, really.</i> <p>Do you ever get those nightmares and neuroses before setting off on a road trip? Like: what if we stay in a motel that turns out to be like the one in <i>Vacancy</i>, and we end up starring in our own snuff movie? Or, what if we run out of food in the middle of the desert with only &#147;best jerky in the world&#148; shops ever 50 miles to refresh us? Or what if, while driving through the tiniest of tiny towns in 9ft snow drifts in the middle of the night, our car decides to give up the ghost? <p>Well, as of last week, we can answer the last one juliab 2010-03-05T09:35:00-05:00 35.2517490 -112.18639 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/7/13307/67706 <![CDATA[<p><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=32679358001&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>After our trip to Vegas this week, we decided to go see the <b>Grand Canyon</b>, and stopped off at <b>Williams</b> on <b>Route 66</b>. Lucky for Williams that it is &#150; as its two streets would definitely not be crawling with tourists if it wasn&#146;t. Not that it&#146;s not cute &#150; we like Route 66 t-shirts and peanut brittle as much as the next person - but boy it was small. Still, it&#146;s the nearest town to the South Rim of the Canyon, and it&#146;s cuter than Flagstaff, so it&#146;s a good place to spend the night, <p>We shacked up for the night at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Canyon+Hotel/ian/246760"><b>Grand Canyon Hotel</b></a>, which londontown 2009-08-07T15:49:31-05:00 35.2507206 -112.18775 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/18/131638/356 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/lodge_66.jpg"><p>What's more American than taking a trip to the Grand Canyon? We suppose eating hot dogs the whole way down in your camper RV and stopping for a few baseball games might also do the trick.<p>Even though going to the Grand Canyon seems like a necessary landmark to hit at some point in every American's life, it also means staying in the Williams, Ariz. area which is chock-full of roadside inn and motels. Not quite appealing lodging accommodations. <p>Yet we've found you one that you just might be able to handle.<p> With a name like, <a href="http://thelodgeonroute66.com/index.htm"><b>The Lodge on Route 66</b></a>, we'd be terrified if it were on any other highway. But since Route 66 is an iconic highway Courtney 2006-07-19T09:20:02-05:00 35.251288 -112.18616 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/