http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T16:05:05Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Days%20Inn%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/9/16315/1918 <![CDATA[<p><p> <b>Ed. Note: Usually we do these feature on Thursdays but we couldn't get to it yesterday.</b><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 juliana 2009-10-09T16:34:00-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/18/144140/772 <![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><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/daysinntorontokv2.jpg" class="top"> <p>Usually when you check yourself into a budget hotel, you're not Jenna 2009-06-18T14:50:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/24/11245/508 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/daysinnchina.jpg" class="top"> <p>You know how other countries always seem to get the cooler McDonalds', with chandeliers in the dining rooms and exotic, non-McD's-ish food items on the menus? Well, according to yesterday's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/realestate/commercial/23sqft.html?_r=1&ref=business">New York Times</a>, we apparently not only get to be jealous of the fast food offerings of faraway lands, but now we can envy their economy hotels, too. Well, in China at least: they have super swanky <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Days%20Inn%20Hotels">Days Inns</a></b> over there! Who knew?<p>Since the cost of labor isn't too bad in China (construction workers can be paid as little as $100 a month, according to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/realestate/commercial/23sqft.html?_r=1&ref=business">article</a>), developers can afford to spiff up Days Inn-branded hotels with stuff like marble floors and fancy chandeliers Jenna 2008-11-24T11:35:18-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/11/132721/677 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fuglydaysinn.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>It's time for the big reveal in our latest edition of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/9/13280/06916/hotels/Guess_The_Hotel_Is_This_The_Fugliest_Hotel_in_All_of_Los_Angeles_"><b>Guess the Hotel</b></a> and a giant gold star sticker is in the mail to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/comments/2008/7/9/13280/06916/3#3">PatrickSW</a> who correctly guessed that this fugly hotel is indeed the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Days+Inn+Santa+Monica+Blvd/ian/133952"><b>Days Inn</b></a> in Santa Monica. Here it is in its full glory and here is how the hotel describes its unique look:<blockquote><p>Come and experience an architecturally unique encounter at the whimsically designed Inn that is destined to lift your spirits and caress your heart. </blockquote></p><p>Funny. Everytime we drive by this hotel we either gag a little or cry. Guests have <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33052-d82052-Reviews-Days_Inn_Santa_Monica-Santa_Monica_California-m10559.html">mixed reviews</a> on the place with the true bright spot here being not the pink paint but the juliana 2008-07-11T13:36:27-05:00 34.036799 -118.47058 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/19/0837/37373 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/daysinnluvguv.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/10/17628/7144/hotels/Eliot_Spitzer_is_a_Call_Girl_s_Client_9_at_the_Mayflower_Hotel">Eliot Spitzer</a> has officially resigned and stepped down from his post as Governor of New York due to a nasty scandal involving a long-time use of prostitutes but his replacement, David Paterson, has now come forth and admitted several extra-marital affairs on his part. So has his wife.<p>And get this: most of the stuff went down in hotels. <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/03/david_paterson_had_affairs_too.html">NY Mag</a> probably sums it up the best:<blockquote><p>But you know the best part? Both Paterson's affair and his later reconciliation with his wife took place at a <b>Days Inn</b> in Manhattan. And we thought nothing could top the Mayflower Hotel and T.G.I. Friday's! This is amazing. We're turning into France.</blockquote></p><p>We feel now Days Inn could have an advantage juliana 2008-03-19T08:45:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/