http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T07:27:07Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/837 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/2/113035/0099 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Win_Maritime.jpg" class="top"><p>Still looking for a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/labor day hotels"><b>Labor Day</b></a> getaway? If you&#146;re one of those hotel guests who <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/2/04027/35481/hotels/How_Much_Is_Too_Much_For_A_Hotel_Room_">pay for the experience</a> and are into the whole super-luxe, rural New England scene, you&#146;re in luck: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Winvian+Resort/local/837"><b>Winvian</b></a>, the Relais & Châteaux property made of 18 &#147;cottages&#148; in Connecticut&#146;s Litchfield Hills is offering a Labor Day deal, and as of today there is still availability for the weekend.</p><p>Starting at just $750 a night (bear with us&#151;this <i>is</i> a deal for the preppy-posh Winvian where rooms started at $999 a night two years ago), you too can play house in a themed cottage designed by a fancy architect (15 of them got to play make-believe when designing their respective MsRebecca 2009-09-02T13:34:44-05:00 41.6981350 -73.201010 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/9/19/175156/414 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Winvian.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Winvian+Resort/local/837"><b>Winvian</b></a>, a 113-acre resort in Litchfield Hills, Conn., has an ego as big as its grounds. The website's home page is long on hyperbole and short on specifics: <p> <blockquote><p>A place like this is difficult to describe, for it lacks nothing. Winvian aspires to host you with no airs but graces, no extravagance or opulence, only warmth and treats. The cuisine, the wines, the spa and the team are as unexpected as the experiences that one might wish to enjoy -- carefree with no need for purple prose, this or that, something or other. A flight of fancy, a leap of faith, pie in the sky.</blockquote></p><p><p> Wha?! Sounds like these people spent too much time holed ced138 2007-09-20T09:35:01-05:00 41.697035 -73.201059 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/