http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T18:36:02Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Getting%20Walked http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/26/14637/7078 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/60t_walk.jpg" class="top"><p> We typically wait until the last minute to book our hotel rooms. Call it poor planning, a genetic pre-disposition, procrastination or absent-mindedness, but that's just what we do. So last Tuesday, we were surfing around <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotwire">Hotwire</a> to find a hotel room in New York for the following night. <p>We took a chance on the site's blind booking process--otherwise known as hotel roulette--and after doing extensive research on BetterBidding.com, we were confident that our four-star hotel in downtown was <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gild+Hall/local/869"><b>Gild Hall.</b></a> And we were right. Even though we could have booked online at the Thompson Hotels website for about $10 more, it was more fun to do the Hotwire thing. <p>Except when we arrived at juliana 2009-05-26T14:25:04-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/12/151442/387 <![CDATA[<object id="flashObj" width="486" height="412" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=22883205001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="@videoPlayer=22883205001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> <p> We want to make something clear upfront: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Caesars+Palace/local/107"><b>Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel</b></a> has a great nightclub, some tasty restaurants, and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/8/18/102624/204/hotels/Top_Five_Las_Vegas_Hotel_Sports_Books">the best sports book on the strip</a>.<p> Yet while we know check-in mix ups can happen at any hotel, when they happen late at night--after a long flight--you tend to not be quite as forgiving. <p> Luckily, you get to learn from our experience so the next time a Vegas hotel tells you your markj 2009-05-12T17:16:53-05:00 36.1155412 -115.17294 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/