http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:33:45Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1630 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/23/95510/086 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/expediacoal.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/expedia"><b>Expedia</b></a> has just launched a <a href="http://www.expedia.com/daily/promos/hotel/24_hour_sale/default.asp?emlcid=MMN-TR-issu514-testX-segm-sega-date20091223075204-vers01-link1177312-paid113709326-dma-wave58575">24-hour hotel sale</a> today for U.S. Hotels. All you have to do is search like you normally would but look for the hotels with the green "Special Offer" tags.<p>We tried it for NYC on New Year's Eve and as expected, no dice. Then we tried it for Vegas and the half-opened <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sahara+Las+Vegas+Hotel+and+Casino/local/1631">Sahara</a> came up for 35 percent off the listed price. Hmm...no thanks. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Encore+Las+Vegas/local/1397">Encore Las Vegas</a> came up too with a $75 resort credit but rooms are $699 for New Year's Eve. In Los Angeles, only motels came up in the search and Miami was not available.<p>When we tried other dates for New York (we are personally juliana 2009-12-23T10:05:38-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/10/134416/48 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.vegaschatter.com/files/1425/ballyslock.JPG" class="top"><p> While Vegas is known for its anti-views, anytime you have a room that looks out onto hotels along the Strip, no matter how many rooftops you can see below, it's pretty much considered a killer view. Or at the very least, the hotels are going to charge you a little bit more for rooms with a view of the neon skyline.<p>But what if you get a room with a decent view and a balcony but the sliding door is locked? That's what we found at <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/tag/bally's"><b>Bally's</b></a> last weekend. Check out these scary-looking window locks on the sliding doors. <p>This was taken from a room on the 25th floor--a smoking room. Yeah, the cigarette stench is not juliana 2009-12-10T14:24:41-05:00 36.1138290 -115.16914 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/3/13943/02325 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/stpatshotels.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>Knick, knack Paddy whack, find us a hotel room....</i><p><b>St. Patrick's Day</b> falls on a Tuesday this year, meaning most folks are celebrating the Luck of the Irish the weekend before. But the die-hard green beer-drinkers (and of course, college kids) will remain true to the 17th.<p>This holiday is one where a hotel room is completely necessary. You don't want to pull a Mel Gibson on this night and while some of you might have alternative sleeping arrangements (Yes! We're talking to you serial bed-hoppers and couch-surfers) we're thinking that we'd like to end a night of Erin Go Braugh revelry and the unfortunate "Come On Eileen" sing-along on a nice fluffy bed with (hopefully) a toilet very, juliana 2009-03-03T15:38:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/14/193447/367 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/wheeloffortune.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Chicken Little is right, the sky is falling. Well, room rates are falling in Las Vegas, if that's a sign of things to come. <p> For years Vegas has seemed recession-proof, with conventioneers and tourists descending daily upon its neon Strip <i>en masse</i>. But according to the <a href="http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080413/FEAT/804130404/-1/FEAT11/"> Las Vegas Sun</a>, city officials have begun to sense the pain of rising fuel costs and a downturn in economy with a budding concern of how to continue to fill their 130,000 rooms, with another 40,000 on the way. <p> On the upside, family, couple and single travelers luckily are being bombarded with promotional savings, from two-for-one offers and slot credits to cheaper eats and free cocktails. And if mytwocents 2008-04-15T11:35:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/18/15358/3245 <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/viva-las-vegas-hotel-map"><b>Click here to go straight to the Viva Las Vegas Hotel Map</b></a><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ballys_story.jpg"><p> Today, we are adding two additions to the Breaking Even tier of our Viva Las Vegas Hotel Map. First up is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bally%27s+Las+Vegas/ian/107128"><b>Bally's Las Vegas Hotel &amp; Casino</b>.</a> There are lots of good things about Bally's---reasonable prices, a good spa, central location on the strip and a nude revue. And there are lots of bad thing.<p>Sometimes being in Bally's is depressing. The rooms are outdated in both the hotel's North and South Tower, although they did redo some rooms but good luck trying to get them. The casino is spacious but when we went there one March it was practically empty compared to other casinos. There's juliana 2007-01-18T15:30:04-05:00 36.113434 -115.16852 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/