http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-08-22T03:31:15Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Family%20Friendly%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/4/9472/27223 <![CDATA[<p><i>HotelChatter contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/Tim%20L."><b>Tim Leffel</b></a> is moving around the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. and Canada, seeing the hotel scene from a family travel perspective. If you have a question about where to stay in the region, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>hit us on the tipline</b></a>, or just comment below, and we will do our best to get you some sort of answer. Enjoy.</i> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/mayflower_park.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>Seattle's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Mayflower+Park+Hotel/ian/148505"><b>Mayflower Park Hotel</b></a> first opened in 1927, built for $750,000 and in a move that was rare at the time, all 240 rooms had their own baths. <p>On the downside, this was during prohibition, so the current bar was then a drugstore. Double rooms ran from $3.50 to $7 and suites topped out Tim L. 2008-07-07T09:30:12-05:00 47.612260 -122.33841 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/7/14348/46649 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/sheratonkids.png" class="imgborder">We are fortunate enough not to have to travel with kids (not yet anyways) so normally, we're not concerned about which hotels are family-friendly and which aren't when we book our hotels for personal stays. However, we do keep track of that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Family%20Friendly%20Hotels">here</a>.<p>Yet when we saw this we got confused. The "kids stay free" part we get. The other part not so much. Straight from the <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/about/service.html#5"><b>Sheraton</b></a> website: <blockquote><p> Your kids are Sheraton's kids. Kids stay free at Sheraton Hotels &amp; Resorts around the world as long as they are staying with an adult and using existing bedding.</blockquote></p><p>So...kids bring their own bedding? Or kids stay for free only if they use the bedding in the juliana 2008-05-07T17:15:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/6/20290/91498 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/halfmoonresortpool.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> As all kids know, there comes a time in every young life when it's unfathomably uncool to be seen with your parents...unless you and the units are down in Jamaica, and you're traveling for free, mon. <p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Half+Moon/ian/216289"><b>The Half Moon Resort</b></a> has a new package, "Hangin' With the Rents," that lets your rugrat stay free, as long as he/she is under 18. There's also 50 percent off meal plans for kids aged 3 to 11.<p> This is a massive resort sitting on more than 400 acres, with endless stuff to do, either as a family or just for kids--from tennis courts and horse-back riding to close encounters of the third kind with dolphins at the Dolphin annie0007 2008-05-07T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/8/18644/78349 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven/Super Mom <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/natalieww/stories">NatalieWW</a> plans a Spring Break the whole family can enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/meadowview_cabin.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Believe it or not but college kids aren't the only ones NatalieWW 2008-02-12T10:40:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/22/16239/9302 <![CDATA[<p><p><i>HotelChatter's contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/user/natalieWW"><b>NatalieWW</b></a> knows a thing or two (or more) about kids and traveling with 'em. Here she <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/15/163749/991/hotels/Where_to_Stay_With_Kids_in_New_York_City_Part_One">returns</a> with some more favorite fam-friendly hotels for New York City.</i><p><object width="399" height="329"> <param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m9N4jbdFjsw" name="movie"> </param> <embed width="399" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m9N4jbdFjsw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="329"> </embed> </object><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/70+Park+Avenue/local/745"><b>70 Park Avenue</b></a> is primarily known as an upscale boutique hotel from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/kimpton%20hotels">Kimpton. </a> And yet, it is surprisingly family-friendly. Case in point: the Murray Hill neighborhood location is primarily residential yet also walking distance to many prime attractions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Empire State Building, Broadway and Times Square. Thirty connecting rooms are available, which lends itself well to larger families or parents of older kids wishing a little NatalieWW 2008-01-23T12:07:57-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/