http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T23:06:41Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Guidebook%20Picks http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/7/2/10431/63627 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.jaunted.com/files/1425/luxecityguides.jpg" class="top"><p> We know, we know, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/guidebooks">guidebooks</a> are on their way out and pretty soon, the younger generation coming up will ask us what it was like to travel with guidebooks once. <p>But we've always been a fan of <a href="http://www.luxecityguides.com"><b>LUXE City Guides</b></a> for their slim, very portable design and fun accordion-style fold-out pages. Oh, and also their witty prose which tells you both what's in right now and what's way, way, out. These guides are perfect for the traveler who gets the shakes at the sight of a Visitor Welcome Center. As their tagline reads, "Stylish, Brutally Frank and Sometimes, Frankly, Brutal."<p>Check out their overview of <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/city/london">London</a> for a taste of their wit: <blockquote><p>Hey there Georgie juliana 2010-07-02T15:31:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/22/114855/294 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/dopplrsmithies.png" class="imgborder"><p>If you haven't already joined, <a href="http://www.dopplr"><b>Dopplr</b></a> is like a Facebook of sorts for your far-flung or frequent travels. Here you can upload all your trips and write about where you went, what you did, who you saw, what you ate, etc. <p>Now, Dopplr has partnered up with <a href="http://www.mrandmrssmith.com/"><b>Mr and Mrs Smith</b></a> a premiere guide for design and boutique hotels. In each city on Dopplr, the Smithies have given their recommendations which are titled, "Smith for This City."<p>We checked out their <a href="http://www.dopplr.com/place/us/nv/las-vegas/mrandmrssmith">Las Vegas</a> hotel picks since we're headed this way in a few weeks. They recommend THEhotel and as they should since it's the only non-cheesy hotel on the Strip. Too bad we're already booked in juliana 2008-05-22T11:56:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/14/141429/823 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/luxeguidenyc.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>LUXE city guide: Don't leave your cab ride without it!</i><p>There's a new guidebook on the scene called <a href="http://www.luxeguides.com/"><b>LUXE</b></a> City Guides. Ok technically, it's not brand-spanking new as the LUXE guides (yes, all-capped) were a little-known secret amongst travelers headed to Asia. <p>But now LUXE has gone mainstream and they have just released city guides to London, Los Angeles, Chicago, Barcelona, Berlin and Florence. The plan is to have a total of 28 city guides available online and in stores by the end of the June.<p>LUXE guides are different from your usual travel guidebooks. For starters, we wouldn't call them a book. These guides are sleek and compact with an accordion-style pull-out of information. They were designed to juliana 2008-05-15T15:47:39-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/