http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T06:09:31Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1074 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/7/14258/64144 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/bigsurfires.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>Last Wednesday, the Big Sur area <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/3/121954/4837/hotels/Big_Sur_Fire_Closes_Posh_Retreats_Like_Ventana_Inn_and_The_Post_Ranch">was evacuated</a> due to the huge fire that has been blazing nearby for about two weeks. <p>This weekend, temperatures cooled slightly and winds were a bit slower, enabling firefighters to make some significant progress. As of Sunday night, the fire was 11% contained. <p>Businesses -- posh retreats like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ventana+Inn+And+Spa/ian/193092"><b>Ventana Inn</b></a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Post+Ranch+Inn/local/531"><b>Post Ranch Inn</b></a> among them -- received the evacuation orders as well, and the Post Ranch Inn has posted an update on their website: <blockquote><p> Our reservations department will be opening a remote office beginning next week (July 8th) and we will be in contact with you then. Notwithstanding, please note we will honor cancellations Jenna 2008-07-07T09:14:06-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/3/121954/4837 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/bigsurfires.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>It will not be a happy Fourth of July weekend for the residents and businesses in Big Sur. A huge fire has been growing for nearly two weeks, intensifying on Tuesday and forcing a complete evacuation of Big Sur.<p>Posh retreats like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ventana+Inn+And+Spa/ian/193092"><b>Ventana Inn</b></a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Post+Ranch+Inn/local/531"><b>Post Ranch Inn</b></a> have also been evacuated.<p>So far, the Post Ranch Inn does not have an update on their website. The Ventana Inn however has issued an <a href="http://www.ventanainn.com/">notice on their website</a>:<blockquote><p>Relocation assistance was provided as needed and physical room to room search was performed to ensure all guests had evacuated. &nbsp;The management has began contacting guests scheduled to arrive in the next few days to let them know Ventana juliana 2008-07-03T12:40:45-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/6/83558/64295 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Yurts_at_Treebones.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>We passed on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/20/224815/236/hotels/Peter_Greenberg_s_Tips_Yurts_in_California">Peter Greenberg's tips</a> about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Treebones+Resort/local/1074"><b>Treebones Resort</b></a> in Big Sur a short while ago, and now this collection of yurts has made it onto a list from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Budget%20Travel%20magazine">Budget Travel</a> magazine too: a list of accommodations in Big Sur for under $200 a night.</p><p>The odd thing about Treebones is that the owners never intended to build a hotel or resort of any kind. They bought the land there to retire on, and then discovered that new planning laws prevented them from simply building a house. And gradually the idea of the yurts developed--because they didn't want a "normal hotel"--and Treebones as we now know it, 16 simple wooden yurts and a lodge--came amandak 2008-05-07T09:20:02-05:00 48.431423 -93.789550 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/20/224815/236 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/yurtglow.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>While staying a night or two in a yurt might be more commonplace as you transit through Mongolia on the Trans-Mongolian Express, you don't need to head to such exotic spots to do so. In fact, according to a tip from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Peter%20Greenberg">Peter Greenberg</a>, you can overnight in a yurt--those tent-like affairs typically used by wandering Mongolians--at Big Sur in California.</p><p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Treebones+Resort/local/1074"><b>Treebones Resort</b></a> in Big Sur has 16 yurts and all of them are a lot more luxuriously equipped than their Mongolian counterparts. Some of them have an ocean view and all of them have queen-sized beds, electric lighting, a heater and hot and cold running water. They even have polished wooden floorboards, which is much amandak 2008-01-22T09:15:01-05:00 36.075822 -121.59760 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/