http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T20:18:05Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Maine%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/7/61217/9774 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/newagen.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>We don&#146;t mean to be picky about <a href=&#148;http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Blog%20Watch&#148;><b>hotel blogs</b></a> but, well, we are. And considering how picky we are, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Newagen+Seaside+Inn/ian/237186"><b>Newagen Seaside Inn</b></a> should be pleased that we find their blog actually pretty OK.<p>But--because there&#146;s always a but--we definitely picked the wrong day to drop by their blog. Right now the first post you see is about a <a href=&#148;http://www.boothbayharborblog.com/newagen_seaside_inn/2008/10/karyn-and-joe---a-coastal-maine-wedding.html&#148;>dream wedding</a> which they describe as being perfect, but the newly-weds are beaming at us from under an umbrella on a dreary-looking day. Not exactly our idea of a dream wedding. Then again, some consider rain on your wedding day good luck.<p>That said, the Newagen Seaside Inn&#146;s blog is still pretty readable. There&#146;s a mix of amandak 2008-11-07T14:50:26-05:00 43.7872234 -69.659580 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/22/205334/330 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/whitebarnoct07.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Fall-Foliage-Hotels"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fallfoliagemap2.jpg" align="right"></a><i>The White Barn Inn, Maine</i><p>Yesterday was the first official day of fall...still plenty of time to book a leaf-peeper getaway. <a href="http://www.ushotelsgroup.com/">The US Hotels Group</a> just announced two getaways at their upscale New England resorts, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+White+Barn+Inn/local/680"><b>The White Barn Inn</b></a> in Kennebunkport, Maine (where the Bush parents call home), and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Windham+Hill+Inn/local/1344"><b>The Windham Hill Inn</b></a> in West Townshend, Vermont.<p> <p>Between September 22nd and October 18, and starting at rates of $1100 per person, you get two nights accommodations, dinner for two each night, breakfast and afternoon tea, and er, <i>driving maps</i> of the area. <p> Rooms at the <a href="http://www.windhamhill.com/"><b>The Windham Hill</b></a> come with fireplaces, jacuzzis, and decks -- while <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+White+Barn+Inn/local/680"><b>The White Barn Inn</b></a>, annie0007 2008-09-23T14:20:04-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/3/162014/3591 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hiddenpondroom.png" class="imgborder"><p>The newest edition to the Orchid Hotels and Resorts family is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hidden+Pond/local/1239"><b>Hidden Pond</b></a> in Kennebunkport, Maine. Normally, we don't go further north than Manhattan when we travel the Eastern Seaboard but we are actually contemplating a stay here at Hidden Pond when it opens in July.<p>The hotel is actually made up of 14 cottages complete with full kitchens, king beds, flat-screen TVs, large screen porch, gas fireplaces and even an outdoor shower. (There's an indoor bath too.)<p>Some more on the cottages:<blockquote><p>Natural fabrics, an inviting screened-in porch, a gas fireplace set in river stone, clever little kitchens and floor to ceiling windows that allow nature inside ... enjoy all of this by day and then retreat to the juliana 2008-06-03T16:30:18-05:00 43.410287 -70.435902 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/10/225456/156 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Inn_entrance.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>"Nature hates calculators," Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, likely around tax time. If slaving away at 2007's taxes have shown you that you need to create more opportunities for deductions this year, might we suggest planning a weekend getaway to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Waldo+Emerson+Inn/local/1106"><b>Waldo Emerson Inn</b></a>, a bed and breakfast believed to be one of the oldest houses in Kennebunk, Maine?<p> Book a stay in May, when the inn--and other members of the Maine Innkeepers Association--cut room rates in half to support "Hospitality for Habitat," a program that raises funds for Habitat for Humanity projects in Maine. In exchange for the discount, guests who stay between May 1-23 will be asked to write a $35 check to Habitat for jennm 2008-02-12T12:05:01-05:00 43.381850 -70.519585 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/