HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Bicycles

Chicago: Riding a Bike in Public, Er, At Public Chicago

juliana — 2011-09-14T16:19:34-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/publicbike_large.jpg" class="top"> Our heart-on for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/ian schrager">Ian Schrager's</a> newest hotel concept, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.co">Public Chicago</a> continues with a look at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel bicycles">bikes</a> in front for guests to ride.We took one of these bad boys, <a href="http://www.trekbikes.com/worldwide">Trek Bicycles</a>, out for a spin on opening night down to Lake Shore and along the beach's bike path. With the wind in our hair on a beautiful warm Chicago evening, admiring the lake and the city views, everything seemed right with the world. Nevermind that we were wearing tight-legged jeans which made for uncomfortable dismounting and new Chanel flats that got a little scuffed up, because it's life little pleasures like riding a bike that are important, right? Also, this bike

Portland: Portland Really Loves Their Bicycles

juliana — 2011-08-08T17:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/bensonbike.JPG" class="top">Speaking of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/8/135536/1759/hotels/To_Bike_or_To_Scooter_That_is_the_Amsterdam_Hotel_Question_">Hotel Bikes</a>.... Last month, <a href="http://www.jaunted.com">Jaunted</a> let us know that Portland, Ore. was incredibly bike-friendly as evidenced by <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/6/30/6152/31542/travel/Talk+About+an+Airport+That+Knows+Its+Demographic...">this sign</a> in the airport. And this bike love extends to the city's hotels as this is what we found chilling above the entrance of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Benson%2C+a+Coast+Hotel/local/2481">Benson Hotel</a>. So will bicyclists want to stay at the Benson? Maybe bikers of a certain age would be happy here at this older luxury hotel which has modern amenities but a more "traditional" hotel feel. Yet regardless of whether you like older hotels or pretty young things, we encountered two pesky problems during our stay that anyone would hate. While we loved the large, comfy beds, the free

Amsterdam: To Bike or To Scooter? That is the Amsterdam Hotel Question.

JetSetCD — 2011-08-08T16:29:03-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/1JLrentsm_1.jpg" class="top"> It's <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/Amsterdam%20Week">Amsterdam Week</a> over at our sister site Jaunted, so we're going a little Dutch ourselves. In Amsterdam, hotels don't just have one or two bikes available for rent. They have a whole rack ready and waiting out front. Biking is a way of life, it's how you commute, have fun, exercise and socialize. Therefore it's pretty easy to lay down the extra 13 Euros to take out one of the <a href="http://www.vondelhotels.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=39&Itemid=56&lang=en">Hotel JL No. 76</a>'s bright orange Beicks and spend the day getting purposefully lost in Amsterdam's web of canals and bike lanes. The Beicks used are standard Dutch city bikes, with wider tires for navigating cobblestones and tram tracks, but outfitted with a big

London: And Now for a Different Sort of Hotel Bicycle: J.W. Marriott's Cheesecake Trike

JetSetCD — 2011-07-22T16:34:46-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/CheeseBikeJW_1.jpg" class="top"> Oh, London. You may not have a slew of food trucks like LA, Austin or New York City, but you've got bikes and sometimes that's just perfect. Take for example the way the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Grosvenor+House+Hotel/ian/114513">J.W. Marriott Grosvenor House</a> is marketing their steakhouse. It's a tricycle equipped with a freezer, filled with mini cheesecakes for purchase and the exterior splashed with steak-associated adjectives. We're assuming it tools around Hyde Park most of the time, since that's just across the street from the Grosvenor House's enviable Park Lane location. We didn't stay overnight this timewe'd already <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/7/212629/6837/hotels/Inside_J_W_Marriott_Grosvenor_House_in_London_This_Is_Luxury_">done that</a>but we did stop into the hotel's coffee shop for an espresso macchiato earlier today and the surprise of finding this

Santa Monica: The Kate Spade Bike Goes Round and Round at Shutters on The Beach

juliana — 2011-07-22T16:00:01-05:00

In Santa Monica, Calif. the June Gloom has finally lifted (on most days at least) to make way for perfect beach cruising weather. And now at the beachfront luxury spot, Shutters on the Beach you can do your cruising in high style, thanks to their new Kate Spade bikes.

The eye-popping green bikes are actually handmade Italian bicycles from Adeline Adeline but they've been styled by Kate Spade and the green is the brand's signature color.