HotelChatter - Tag: Flickr

Baltimore: Worst Anti-View: Up Against A Wall In Baltimore

HotelChatter — 2011-12-29T15:25:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/hotelmonacobmore_aview.jpg" class="top">It's what you've been waiting all year for--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotelchatter 2011 awards">The 2011 HotelChatter Awards</a>! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/29/85716/641/hotels/Worst_Anti_View_Up_Against_A_Wall_In_Baltimore#postform">Air your thoughts in the comments below</a>. We're not sure about you, but the first thing we always do when checking into a new hotel room is head for the window, throw open the curtains and take in the view. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/15/10284/4077/hotels/Day+or+Night%2C+The+View+from+Public+is+Killer">City views</a>. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/21/8416/2208/hotels/The_Water_Club_s_Rooftop_Jacuzzi_Got_Us_Up_At_6am_On_A_Sunday">Sunrise views</a>. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/6/5182/18344/hotels/When+a+View+is+This+Good%2C+Who+Cares+About+a+Crappy+Room%3F">Views of the country</a>. It really doesn't matter as long as we're high enough up that cars below turn into little dots on the ground. And then sometimes, you get stuck with

Qingdao: This Peekaboo Bathroom in China is 'Sort of like a TSA Screening'

juliana — 2010-12-27T09:14:26-05:00

It's bad enough that the TSA can see your junk with their new full-body scans at airports across the U.S. but it turns out you may not get that much privacy relief when you make it to your final destination, thanks to peekaboo bathrooms in hotels.

And it's not just the show-off boutique or arty hotels in New York City that are forcing you to shower and pee in front of the whole room. Even hotels in China now have peekaboo baths!

We found this snapshot from the Huanghai Hotel, Qingdaoin the HotelChatter Flickr Pool from member Chica-Tica. She writes:

Seattle: The Moore Hotel's Anti-Views Strike Again

Jenna — 2009-06-25T10:00:40-05:00

<![CDATA[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. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/mooreantiviewrepeat.jpg" class="top"> Oh, gross. This sort of looks like a shipwreck, doesn't it?

Toronto: A Budget Hotel in Toronto With an Appropriately-Budget View

Jenna — 2009-06-18T14:50:57-05:00

<![CDATA[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. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/daysinntorontokv2.jpg" class="top"> Usually when you check yourself into a budget hotel, you're not

Aguascalientes: The Saddest Non-Jail View in All of Mexico

Jenna — 2009-06-11T14:07:58-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/antiviewqualinnmex.jpg" align="right"> 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. Do you ever wonder what kind of shenanigans you would