http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T13:08:26Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Bad%20Rate http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/1/145312/0570 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/coopvstandard.jpg" class="top"><p><i>[It's baaaacck! Welcome once again to our <b>Good Rate/Bad Rate</b> feature where we look at hotel prices in the same city and decide which one most deserves your hard-earned benjamins. Torn between two hotels? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em to us</a> and we'll help you pick the right one. Rates quoted here were captured on September 1, 2009 and are subject to change. Enjoy.]</i><p>If you're anything like us (and our mother), you will wait until the very last possible minute to book your flights for your vacation. Hotel rooms come much, much later in the planning process--often the night before. So it's no surprise that you find yourself trying to book some lodgings for an impromptu Labor Day getaway to juliana 2009-09-01T17:14:44-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/28/143710/448 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/tripackfacade.jpg" class="top"> <p>We've had our eye on the Manhattan <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tri-Pack%20Hotel">Tri-Pack hotel</a></b> for a while now, waiting rather impatiently for the budget hotel threesome &#151; a Hampton Inn, a Candlewood Suites and a Holiday Express in a single structure &#151; to open. Yes, we know it's just three budget hotel brands we've been to before &#151; but the building is so cool! And it's another hotel in New York &#151; no, <i>three</i> other hotels in New York. <p>But it's delayed. And an anonymous tipster answered our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/27/155821/365/hotels/The_Great_Tri_Pack_Push_Back_of_2009">call for hot gossip</a> yesterday and sent us this: <blockquote><p>The real story is that [the developer] has a buyer trying to close who is unable to secure the necessary financing. He has Jenna 2009-04-28T14:48:11-05:00 40.7560810 -73.992958 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/30/123559/874 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/tripackfacade.jpg" class="top"> <p>Well, then. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/12/9038/54268/hotels/Will_the_Times_Square_Tri_Pack_Open_as_a_Two_Pack_">Last we checked</a>, things seemed to be coming along nicely for two of the three hotels in Manhattan's 39th Street <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/25/10169/4485/hotels/When_is_the_Times_Square_Tri_Pack_Hotel_Going_to_Open_">Times Square Tri-Pack</a></b> development (the <b>Candlewood Suites</b>, <b>Hampton Inn</b> and <b>Holiday Inn Express</b> going up in a single structure in Manhattan). But maybe we spoke too soon. <p>The Holiday Inn Express &#151; whose progress was far behind the other two hotels in the building when we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/12/9038/54268/hotels/Will_the_Times_Square_Tri_Pack_Open_as_a_Two_Pack_">stalked</a> the place a couple weeks ago &#151; is <a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/nycws?rpb=rate&crUrl=/h/d/ex/1/en/rates/nycws&ias=y">taking bookings</a> online before the other two. Its website says it will be taking reservations starting June 1st, but we were unable to book online &#151; and the direct line to the hotel has been "temporarily Jenna 2009-03-30T12:43:58-05:00 40.7560810 -73.992958 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/5/93252/78039 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hardrock55bad.jpg" class="top"><p> It's no secret that room rates have been dropping in Las Vegas these days. Gone are the $299 room rates of 2006. Almost every hotel is offering rooms near the $100 mark or less and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hard+Rock+Hotel+and+Casino/local/595"><b>Hard Rock Hotel and Casino</b></a> is no exception.<p>The hotel has recently been hyping its $59 Winter Special. The only problem is when you go <a href="http://www.hardrockhotel.com/las-vegas/hotel/promo.cfm?id=290">online</a> to book, there are no rooms available for $59 in January, February or March. The closest you get to that is $63 for tonight and tomorrow. The rest of the weekeday rates hover around the $103.20 mark. Some weekends (which the deal is not valid for) even peak at $299 a night again.<p>And that's juliana 2009-01-05T09:42:53-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/2/63431/7431 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/ap_whitehouse_050120_ssh.jpg" class="top"> <p>Well, it's official: the situation with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Inauguration%20Hotels">hotels in D.C. for inauguration</a> has gotten out of control. Nevermind the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/18/84421/698/hotels/DC_Hotels_Have_Lost_All_Sense_of_Reality">absurd packages</a> and the rush of bookings and concern about availability &#151; according to the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120102950.html">Washington Post</a>, hotels in the D.C. area have almost no room left for the January 20th festivities by now, and the ones that do have some beds available are selling them for a fortune to the tune of $800 - $1,000 per night. Yes, it would be appropriate to abandon all hope now. <p>But it gets worse: apparently, some hotels are screwing over guests who already have reservations in place (and have held those reservations for many, many weeks now), surprising Jenna 2008-12-02T09:45:23-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/