HotelChatter - Tag: Hotwire

Monterey: Inside the Portola Hotel & Spa in Monterey

Jennifer Kester — 2011-07-13T11:36:55-05:00

<![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?isVid=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=1051811709001&playerID=4862856001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAE7CVnI~,RUihgoZlRJi9tuTl58qaAut8tr6OMl2M&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><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?isVid=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="@videoPlayer=1051811709001&playerID=4862856001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAE7CVnI~,RUihgoZlRJi9tuTl58qaAut8tr6OMl2M&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" 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> Yesterday, we showed you what has to be the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/7/12/8159/78459">cutest key card</a>, and today we'll show you what it opens. We recently stayed the night in Monterey and shacked up at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Portola+Plaza+Hotel+Monterey/ian/111950">Portola Hotel & Spa</a>. We took a chance and booked the hotel through <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotwire">Hotwire</a> and scored a night for $151 ($177.58 with taxes and fees). Rooms typically start at $229 a night. Was the hotel as cute as its sea otter keycard

Don't Feel Too Bad About That Cheap Hotwire Rate You Just Scored

juliana — 2011-04-18T09:01:49-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotwire_roosevelt.JPG" class="top">A room at the Hollywood Roosevelt which we got for $110 off the hotel's rack rate. In a world nearly overrun with private sample sites, mobile booking sites, last minute booking deals, and "secret" hotel options, it shouldn't come as a surprise to us that there are over 1.8 million hotel rooms that go unsold in a given night in North America, alone. But it does. That's a lot of lonely hotel rooms (and to hotel owners, a lot of loss of revenue.)<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotwire">Hotwire</a>, the original secret hotel, blind/opaque booking site put forth this number in their April 2011 rate report, probably as a way to prevent us from feeling bad about those low rates we score. C'mon,

San Diego: For Hotwire Customers, The Manchester Grand Hyatt Is Not Very Grand

juliab — 2011-04-14T09:01:58-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/hyattluggagerack500.jpg" class="top"> Ok, so we know that if we get excited about a hotel before we stay there, its going to have a job to live up to expectations. And we know that the very first time we visited San Diego, we saw the <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/2718'>Manchester Grand Hyatt</a> plonked right on the water and said next time, were staying there. Actually, it took our fifth visit to San Diego to stay there, so the expectation was even higher. So the fact that we were disappointed by our stay once we finally got there is to be expected. But then, when youre faced with hideosities like this patterned luggage rack that even grandma would think was too twee, or the

Hotwire's New UK Site Is Pretty Bare But The Savings Are There

juliab — 2011-03-01T10:31:34-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/hotwirelondon.jpg" class="top">Some of your options for tonight As you may have gathered from out previous coverage, we love <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotwire">Hotwire</a> so we were delighted by the news that its just launched a site for UK and Ireland bookings. Not that this is completely new it did include UK listings on its global site before, but they were few and far between (in fact, in the past weve done better with Name Your Own Price on Priceline - last year we scored the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/7/212629/6837/hotels/Inside_J_W_Marriott_Grosvenor_House_in_London_This_Is_Luxury_">JW Marriott Grosvenor House for $160</a>, rather than the full price $350). Now, though, with a site concentrating purely on the two countries, we thought things would be on the up for Hotwire. Sadly, we

Dallas: Blind-Booking Rooms for Super Bowl XLV: Can It Be Done?

pbb — 2011-02-03T16:09:00-05:00

Know of a hotel room open for Super Bowl? Tell us where right here.

Commenter David Ferner had a fair question after reading one of our recent Super Bowl XLV hotel round-ups: Is it possible to Hotwire (or Quikbook or Priceline) up a room in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for February 6? We decided to find out!