HotelChatter - Tag: Family Friendly Hotels

San Diego: Rancho Bernardo Inn Celebrates Halloween with a Haunted House and S'Mores

Jennifer Kester — 2009-10-27T09:42:49-05:00

If you're looking for some last-minute Halloween plans, San Diego's Rancho Bernardo Inn is throwing a spooky holiday bash—but not too spooky that it'll scare the kids away—complete with a haunted house, trick-or-treating and, of course, lots and lots of sugar.

The hotel's hosting its first Halloween at the Inn event on Oct. 30 and 31 with a Not-Too-Scary Haunted House ($9), which targets little ones who love the chills of Halloween but are easily rattled. Kids can dress up to enter a costume contest and to trick-or-treat on the hotel's property. They'll also have the chance to get their faces painted and do some pumpkin decorating.

San Diego: Hyatt Regency Mission Bay is Throwing Kids a Poolside Halloween Party

Jennifer Kester — 2009-10-15T09:08:37-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/HyattRegencyMissionBay.jpg" class="top"> Instead of trick-or-treating in the cold, where your kid's forced to put a bulky coat over his adorable Transformers costume, you can spend Halloween with the fam poolside at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Regency+Mission+Bay+Spa+And+Marina/ian/106054">Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina</a>, so you can get some sun in San Diego while you partake in spooky events. This is the first time the hotel is getting into the holiday spirit with Halloween happenings. The hotel's three water slides will get a scary twist with haunted music accompaniment and creepy lights. While you're in the water, you can watch The Nightmare Before Christmas, which will be screened near the pool. There'll also be a "Monster Mash" hula-hoop contest and fireside stories as

Miami Beach: The Loews Miami Beach Serves TV Dinners to Guests. The Little Ones.

MsRebecca — 2009-09-29T09:28:50-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/LoewsM_chicken.jpg" class="top"> Remember TV dinners? Oh, the excitement they signaled. A big TV show about to start (like Knight Rider!), getting to sit on the couch with a cute little tray in front of you, and, um, the food. Right. Well, two out of three ain't bad. And if the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Loews+Miami+Beach+Hotel/ian/150417">Loews Miami Beach Hotel</a> gets its way, TV dinners will now be known as delicious. The property, one of the few on the South Beach strip that dares to promote itself as "family friendly" is introducing new kids' menus at its poolside Nautilus Bar and Grill, and at the hotel's signature restaurant, Preston's Brasserie, where "Floribbean" cuisine is the order of the day. And, yup, the new kiddie

The Five Best Hotels for Easter Weekend

Jenna — 2009-03-30T16:01:29-05:00

Don't feel like dressing up as the Easter bunny this April? Not interested in hiding chocolate all over the house while desperately hoping the dog doesn't find it before you children do? Having second thoughts about cleaning up the house to host the in-laws? Our advice: go spend Easter weekend, April 9th through 12th, at a hotel.

Lucky for you, as the flowers begin to burst and bloom, so do some of the sweetest, most family-friendly, keep-the-kids-occupied deals at hotels all over the place. We've rounded up the Five Best Hotels for Easter Weekend; spots to take the whole fam to celebrate the bunnylicious, chocolatey holiday in style.

Marco Island: Marriott Marco Island Follows Fertile Turtles With Baby Butlers

amandak — 2009-03-02T08:56:14-05:00

Since it's been about nine months since the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort in Florida put out their Fertile Turtle package — yes, a hotel package designed to attract couples hoping to conceive a child — it only makes sense that they're now ready to cater for the offspring of these packages. Enter the Baby Butler deal.