http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T16:24:40Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Deal%20Drop http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/7/175640/8997 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/sirfrancisdrake1.jpg" class="top"> <P>Yo, this is a story all about how your life could get flipped, turned upside down, and we'd like to take a minute, just sit right there &#151; we'll tell you the bad news about getting an awesome deal on Hotwire. Oops, that didn't rhyme. <p>Still: <a href="http://twitter.com/drewmeyers/status/2501433240">Twitter-er DrewMeyers</a> scored a kickass deal on Hotwire. Which is awesome. Remember, Hotwire is an opaque booking site &#151; which means you can get serious deals on your hotel stays but you don't know the name of the hotel until your credit card has been charged for the non-changeable, non-cancellable, non-refundable reservation (you can specify your star class and the general area that you prefer, though). <p>In this case, the Jenna 2009-07-07T18:04:00-05:00 37.7889793 -122.40854 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/6/11621/19632 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/laquinta_entrance.jpg" class="top"><p> There's a very good chance that in the future, we may not be making our next hotel reservation online. Why's that? Because recently we were quoted a rate by a <i>human</i> reservations agent that was more than 50 percent off the hotel's online rate and a rate found on a third-party booking site. And there was no begging, pleading or threatening involved at all. <p> Let us walk you through a recent booking experience at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/La+Quinta+Resort+%26+Club+-+The+Waldorf-Astoria+Collection/ian/129979"><b>La Quinta Resort & Spa</b></a> in Palm Desert, Calif. We decided we wanted to get out of LA for a while and spend our Fourth of July weekend at the desert resort. We also didn't want to just shack up juliana 2009-07-06T16:38:25-05:00 33.6726010 -116.30797 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/29/154215/275 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/DealDrop.jpg" class="top"><p> <i><b>We're bringing back the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/15/143640/151/hotels/Have_You_Scored_an_Amazing_Hotel_Deal_Lately_We_Wanna_Know_Where_#commentsection">Deal Drop</b></a>!</i><p> Since last fall when the economy crapped out, we've been bombarded with travel and hotel deals. Reading about shockingly low prices (hello, Vegas!) and affordable packages has been great, especially since we get to share them with you dear readers. <p>But we're tired of hearing about deals from the hotels. We wanna know about the deals that <b>YOU</b> have booked yourselves. Whether you booked the deal through the hotel, Expedia, Hotwire, Priceline or even your travel agent, let us know where you got such a great deal. After all, if we were able to find half-price Christian Louboutins (or for dudes: half-price courtside tickets), we'd share our secret with you. juliana 2009-06-29T16:05:17-05:00 36.1177380 -115.17320 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/15/143640/151 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/DealDrop.jpg" class="top"> <p>We do our best to bring you all the latest and greatest <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel%20deals"><b>Hotel Deals and Discounts</b></a> from hotels around the world, but since we're also doing our best to bring you gossip, news and our humble opinions every day, we can't catch <i>all</i> the awesome kickbacks out there. And during these rough times, the discounts are steeper than ever, the packages have gotten more creative and the perks are pretty attractive. We want to make sure you know about 'em. <p>We love the tip emails and the heads-up comments about deals you've scored, so <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">keep 'em comin'</a> &#151; but consider this your designated spot to share killer discounts or packages that you've found. Share Jenna 2009-01-15T16:45:49-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/