Sleep Week continues!

Yesterday, we looked at some of the things you hotel guests do to send yourself off to dreamland in a strange new hotel bed. And not surprisingly, a lot of you said the most crucial part of your sleep routine was the comfiness of the bed--in that if the bed is good, there shouldn't be any problems with getting shut-eye.

So that leads us to the question--where are the best hotel beds? We polled some of our editors and frequent contributors from our family of travel sites--HotelChatter, Jaunted and VegasChatter--(yup, we're all related!) and asked them to submit their favorite hotel bed experiences.

And they are....]]> juliana 2011-07-06T15:00:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/5/115315/3505 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/flipencore.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.theflip.com/en-us/"><b>Flip Cameras</b></a>, we hardly got to spend enough time with you shooting our hotel stays before Cisco decided to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/technology/13flip.html">shut you down</a>. But if you've never tried a Flip camera before, there's still one place where you can--hotels!<p>At the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/AFFINIA+50/local/2386"><b>Affinia 50 Hotel</b></a> in New York, they are still running a package aimed at folks who want to photobomb the early morning shows like Today and GMA. The "Get Ready for Your Close Up" package includes poster board, glue, markers, glitter and stickers to make an eye-catching sign, an early morning wake-up call, breakfast to go, a backpack filled with goodies and a Flip camera for documenting all the action. Rates start at $269 a juliana 2011-05-05T12:00:34-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/4/20/16110/1541

Never mess with a classic. That was our first thought when we opened up the cute little shower cap box from a recent stay at Encore Las Vegas and were greeted by a white shower cap.

Our second: actually, it’s kind of cute. Makes it look like a baker’s cap rather than a shower cap. That makes it a little less unsexy, no?

Our third: actually, it’s a bummer, because now we can no longer use it for numbers 1, 7, 12, 14 and 20 in our list of 20 other uses for hotel shower caps. And although the others would still work, this would make things a lot less attractive. ]]> juliab 2011-04-21T11:12:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/4/12/234712/920

Crispy polenta—yummm.

We always feel bad for our globe-trotting vegan friends. When they dine at hotels, they are stuck with practically no options on the menu, and the choices they do have are basically limited to lettuce. But a number of hotels are trying to cater to the meat-free, dairy-free crowd and offer a special vegan menu that also tastes good.

Check out four hotels that are cooking it up animal-free.]]> Jennifer Kester 2011-04-13T11:07:08-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/3/7/61328/85050 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/celebrity_apprentice_1.jpg" class="top"> <p>While you sat at home watching Lisa Rinna and Star Jones get catty and Richard Hatch push David Cassidy on the season-opener of <i>Celebrity Apprentice</i> last night, the show's D-list cast was whooped it up a day early, hanging at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Encore+Las+Vegas/local/1397">Encore Las Vegas</a></b> to celebrate the premiere on Saturday night. <p>Gary Busey, Lil Jon, 2010 Playmate of the Year Hope Dworaczyk and <i>Real Housewives of Atlanta</i> diva NeNe Leakes all kicked it at Surrender Nightclub. According to hotel officials, the only appearance Donald Trump was able to offer was in a prerecorded message: "Ladies and gentleman, this is Donald Trump. My man from <i>The Celebrity Apprentice</i> Lil Jon is on the turntable. If you're not Jennifer Kester 2011-03-07T11:31:37-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/