HotelChatter - Stories about The Parker Palm Springs

Palm Springs: Yes, It's Time to Book Your Hotel Room for Coachella

juliana — 2012-01-11T12:35:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/coachella2012_hotelrooms.jpg" class="top"> Are these people so happy they have a hotel room to return to once the concert ends?While the festival passes for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/coachella hotels">2012 Coachella Music Festival</a> don't go on sale until Friday, there is no doubt that if you want to attend, then you better start making your travel plans now. <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2012/1/9/93521/61861/travel/Booking+Flights+for+Coachella+2012%3A+Yikes.">Jaunted</a> reports that flights to Palm Springs are still open and still, for the most part, doable averaging about high $300s for cross-country flights (the Virgin America flight from JFK to PSP at $709.20 excluded.) But after you've got your flight down, you need to start looking for a place to sleep. Unless you're cool with <a href="http://www.coachella.com/travel-lodging/on-site-camping">camping it</a> or AirBnB-ing it. Which

Palm Springs: What is The Parker Palm Springs' 'Waz-Za?'

JetSetCD — 2011-12-20T15:52:59-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/1PSbrekkie_2.jpg" class="top"> It's called the "Waz-Za?" and we're assuming that's because of the jealousy of other diners when this $20 Belgian waffle is deliver to you. Like a "what's that?" The menu description says only "fruit inside, fruit outsidecrackly brulee top," but the magic isn't in listing off ingredients; it's in seeing the blueberries and bananas right there, glistening under the hot desert sun. The Waz-Za is something we recently tried at the emphatic suggestion of a good friend and Palm Springs veteran. Our waitress nodded approvingly at our choice, so we knew we'd done well. Normally we wouldn't shell out $20 for a glorified fruit waffle, but this is Norma's at <a href="">The Parker Palm Springs</a>, where regular

Palm Springs: The Parker Palm Springs Wants Your Truthful Feedback, As Long As It's Good

juliab — 2011-03-04T09:11:36-05:00

The Parker Palm Springs, it would seem, is as Marmitey as the W London: you either love it or you hate it. Except, in the case of the Parker, it’s not the guests making those snap judgments: it’s demanded by the hotel.

A few days after we had our largely wonderful, but marred by things like paper-thin walls and snobby staff, stay at the Parker, we had a particularly perky tell-us-how-your-stay-was email. It read:

Palm Springs: The Good, The Bad And The Snobby: Inside The Parker Palm Springs

juliab — 2011-03-02T16:33:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<object id="flashObj" width="486" height="412" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=810250992001&playerID=4862856001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAE7CVnI~,RUihgoZlRJi9tuTl58qaAut8tr6OMl2M&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="@videoPlayer=810250992001&playerID=4862856001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAE7CVnI~,RUihgoZlRJi9tuTl58qaAut8tr6OMl2M&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> You know where wed rather be on this chilly, depressing Wednesday? In Palm Springs, thats where. Specifically, at <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/717'>The Parker Palm Springs</a>. Yes, its been a while since we tantalized you by telling you our stay at the Parker beat <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/2/14420/83016/hotels/Beyond_the_Bathrobes_Inside_the_Colony_Palms">our night at the Colony Palms</a>, so in a bid to liven up your hump day, were giving you the lowdown on the Parker. We scored an awesome deal (well, actually, our mom scored it,

Palm Springs: Beyond the Bathrobes: Inside the Colony Palms

juliab — 2011-02-02T09:36:18-05:00

<![CDATA[<object id="flashObj" width="486" height="412" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=773867616001&playerID=4862856001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAE7CVnI~,RUihgoZlRJi9tuTl58qaAut8tr6OMl2M&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="@videoPlayer=773867616001&playerID=4862856001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAE7CVnI~,RUihgoZlRJi9tuTl58qaAut8tr6OMl2M&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> Apologies for the shaky video. Our camera was obviously as excited by the color palette as we were Yesterday we waxed lyrical over the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/1/31/214722/437/hotels/The_Bathrobes_at_the_Colony_Palms_Will_Put_You_In_the_Mood_For_Morocco">bathrobes</a> at <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/513'>The Colony Palms</a>, but toweling doth not make a hotel stay alone, so its time to delve into the rest of the set up. As we said yesterday, we scored a major deal on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotwire">Hotwire</a> - $66 for a room that normally would cost $199. As we were