http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T12:14:04Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Surveys http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/7/20/9230/71557 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/ritzcarltonnightstandamenities.JPG" class="top"><p> Yesterday we dished on a new survey that said <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/7/19/123953/286/hotels/You_Like_Hotels_You_Really_Like_Hotels">online reviews are mostly positive</a> but today with the release of the newest <a href="http://businesscenter.jdpower.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2011106">J.D. Power and Associates</a> annual hotel survey, <b>overall guest satisfaction has apparently dropped off.</b> Huh?<p>But wait, it gets even more confusing. The survey also reports that guest satisfaction with room rates and fees have increased as have occupancy rates. This actually strikes us as strange because we've been seeing a lot of silly new fees implemented at hotels lately, coupled with the usual suspects like resort fees, internet charges and parking. But apparently, you all don't mind about that.<p>However, you are displeased with the other parts of your hotel stay from the hotel juliana 2011-07-20T14:35:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/10/18/151219/77 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/motel6pueblo.jpg" class="top"> <p><i>Motel 6 really wanted to know what we thought of this room</i> <p>We always had <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/motel%206"><b>Motel 6</b></a> down as a wham, bam, thank you kinda place to stay. You pays your $35.99 (one person), you gets your (grubby) room key, and the next morning you high tail it outta there, hoping you left the cooties in the bed. <p>That&#146;s what we did recently, anyway, at the Motel 6 in <b>Pueblo, Colorado</b>. Our room smelt odd, the covers were pretty grim, they tried to charge us more than they should have (they allocated us a studio rather than a room, when we&#146;d asked for a room) and it was, all in all, not the nicest motel we&#146;d juliab 2010-10-18T15:40:05-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/7/27/95334/4347 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/affiniachicagobedlowrate.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>We got this room at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/6/17/15813/3248/hotels/Inside_The_Affinia_Chicago">Affinia Chicago</a> for $159 a night. And we liked it!</i><p> A new report released by J.D. Power & Associates says hotel guests are more satisfied this year with their hotel stays and hoteliers have <b>reasonable room rates</b> to thank for that. <p>Because of the recession, hotels have had to drop room rates and as we've known here at HotelChatter for quite some time, when we get good deals on rooms, we're happier guests. Also thanks to the recession, hotels have had lower occupancy levels so more guests have gotten room upgrades at check-in. J.D. Powers' Mark Schwartz told the <a href="http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/jd-power-study-guest-7293/">LA Times</a>: <blockquote><p>&#147;If occupancy is lower, we find satisfaction with juliana 2010-07-27T10:01:56-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/30/142721/82 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/stephanie_inn.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Now that we've had a chance to pour over <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/23/165056/72/hotels/Conde_Nast_Readers_Have_Spoken">Conde Nast's Readers' Choice Awards</a>, we noticed an Oregon hotel that didn't pop up when we wandered through the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Oregon%20Hotel%20Guide">Oregon Hotel Trail</a>. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Stephanie+Inn/local/929"><b>The Stephanie Inn</b></a>, say CNT's readers, is the third best hotel in the country, after the Chicago outposts of the Ritz-Carlton and The Peninsula.<br> <p>So what makes it so special? Good question: CN Traveler doesn't spell out any details. And the survey is just a numerical ranking, leaving us curious as to what makes the Stephanie so praiseworthy. On Tripadvisor, reviewers come to a consensus:<blockquote><p>This Inn is probably great if you can pay $600/night for a view room. It is also great if you pbb 2007-10-30T14:32:21-05:00 45.877181 -123.96155 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/25/11936/736 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/travelodgeUK_sleepwalk.png" class="imgborder"><p> <a href="http://www.travelodge.co.uk/press/article.php?id=268">Travelodge UK</a> has once again put out another wacky hotel survey, this time involving <i>nude</i> sleepwalkers. Yup, <i>nude</i> sleepwalkers and they are mostly men. Even more scary, the number of men sleepwalking is on the rise, increasing by sevenfold since last year's survey.<blockquote><p> An astounding 95% of the hotel chain's sleepwalkers have been naked men. These night time sleeping wanderers were found in Travelodge reception areas across the UK, requesting the following information:<p> - Where is the bathroom - Can I check out as I am late for work - Do you have a copy of todays paper<p> One naked male sleepwalker even managed to get himself locked out of the hotel and later arrested. juliana 2007-10-25T11:34:25-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/