http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-10-12T14:30:43Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Budget%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/9/94555/9104 <![CDATA[<p><i>You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.</i><p><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/antiviewbarcelona.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> In theory, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Citypark+Pelayo/ian/206008"><b>Hotel Pelayo</b></a> in Barcelona is rather lovely: Jenna 2008-10-09T11:00:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/17/192925/344 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/1631027_6_b.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Recently we were skimming an article from Ed Perkins from Smarter Travel on <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/10/DDM912QMQS.DTL">cheap European hotel rooms</a> and we though to ourselves, "Really? Is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/EasyHotels"><b>easyHotel</b></a> the best you can do?" <p> But then Perkins one-upped us. <p> Specifically, by bringing our attention to two budget-hotel chains throughout parts of Europe: <a href="http://www.hotelformule1.com/formule1/index.html"><b>Formule 1</b></a> and <a href="http://www.premiereclasse.com/en/default.aspx"><b>Premiere Classe</b></a>. Formule 1 isn't entirely worth mentioning unless you're the kind of traveler who doesn't mind squeezing into a 100-square-foot room and sharing your shower, since for just seven dollars more, you could upgrade to a Premiere Classe hotel and get an in-room bath, according to Perkins. <p> Rates at Premiere Classe hotels--located mostly throughout France, with a few in jennm 2008-09-18T09:15:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/5/85453/52472 <![CDATA[<p><embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1786789703&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="399" height="299" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> <p> It is with little reserve that we approached our stay at <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Jane+Hotel/local/923">The Jane Hotel</a></b> on Wednesday night; we were going to go whole-hog with our precious time there, bugs and cranky SRO dwellers be damned. Well we didn't find either and the few actual residents we encountered were set on minding their own business.<p> Of course this is The Jane's soft opening period, super Downey-soft as only a few rooms are ready for guests and none of the impressive public spaces are done. Even the lobby will eventually trade its porter booth for a fireplace when renovations are complete. So we packed our sense of humor JetSetCD 2008-09-10T11:39:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/7/182729/0377 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/eh.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>You'll pay close to $900 just to fly to Budapest (coach, <i>natch</i>), but it will only cost you less than two dollars to spend the night there. <p> That is, of course--there's always a catch, isn't there?--you act quickly. <p>In honor of the first birthday of its <b>Budapest</b> property on October 1, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/EasyHotels"><b>easyHotel</b></a> is offering rooms that night for just one euro. (<i>One euro!</i>) But with just 59 rooms, expect it all to go very, very quickly. <p> The hotel is located on the Pest side of the Danube River and is a short walk to Hero's Square. This being easyHotel, you'll pay extra for things like watching television, housekeeping services and Internet access, but at just jennm 2008-09-08T09:00:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/29/10298/9277 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/yotelschiphol.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Yotels"><b>Yotel</b></a> is going to be opening up at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport soon but probably not soon enough according to the hip capsule hotel chain.<p>From the latest Yotel newsletter called<a href="http://www.yotelcompetitions.com/emails/palm-offer-0708/"> YoteleGraph</a>: <blockquote><p>Yotel at Schiphol...Is nearly there we promise -- the latest news is that <b>we expect to open in September</b>, things have been slightly against us I'm afraid -- too rough across the channel, too windy for the cranes, too much like hard work for the builders -- the list is endless. But judging by the amount of enquiries we've had already the new YOTEL is very much good news for travellers through Amsterdam.</blockquote></p><p>Amsterdam's Schiphol airport is going to be THE place to stay pretty soon, juliana 2008-07-29T10:39:56-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/