HotelChatter - Tag: Memphis Hotels

Memphis: The Free Port At The River Inn Will Get You Rolling On The (Mississippi) River

juliab — 2011-08-05T10:29:32-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/riverroomport600.jpg" class="top"> All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliab">Julia Buckley</a> will be taking us down the Blues trail in the Mississippi Delta and giving us the lowdown on the hotel scene. So kick off your blue suede shoes and get comfy. Chocolate, schmocolate. Turndown service usually leaves us slightly cold or rather, it did until our stay at the <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/4510'>River Inn of Harbor Town</a> in Memphis two weeks ago. Because there, turndown not only means a gussied up bed. It not only means posh, round, Ferrero Rocher-like truffles rather than a tasteless slab of sugar on the pillow. No, at the River Inn, turndown also means a little carafe of port. Why mention Memphis in HotelChatter's official Mississippi

Memphis: Downtown Memphis Hotels Remain Safe From Floods

Jennifer Kester — 2011-05-09T09:32:14-05:00

While most people headed out to have pancakes with mom yesterday, Memphis battled flooding from the Mississippi River that's expected to reach 48 feet on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. However, downtown Memphis hotels are safe and open for business.

We called the Holiday Inn Select Downtown Memphis to see how it was faring, and the front desk said that downtown, which is perched on a bluff, isn't affected at all. "I'm not even wearing a swimsuit or anything," the front desk clerk joked.

Memphis: Three Memphis Hotels to Fit Every Budget

Jennifer Kester — 2009-12-04T09:39:38-05:00

There's a lot that lures travelers to Memphis: the city's rich music scene—it was the birthplace of rock 'n' roll and soul music, after all—the finger-lickin' good barbecue and the jumping nightlife on Beale Street are just a few. If you want to go South for the winter, here are Memphis hotel options for every budget.

See our three hotel picks after the jump.

Memphis: Lowering the Benchmark at The Benchmark Hotel in Memphis

juliab — 2009-04-16T11:06:25-05:00

Last week, we found ourselves on an unplanned Easter road trip and ended up in Memphis on Good Friday. Having paid our Graceland dues, we decided to shack up for the night, and soon realized that the town was pretty full for the weekend.

Our options? The Peabody had a double room for $200, but the Benchmark had one going for $130. The lobby looked a little worn but the staff were nice, we were tired, and we hadn't seen the warnings on TripAdvisor so we gave it a go.

Memphis: Cubicle Dreamin': An Inn That Has Everything But Elvis

jennm — 2008-07-25T13:39:46-05:00

<![CDATA[ Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>. In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/jennm/stories">Jennifer Merritt</a> puts on her blue suede shoes and heads to Graceland. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/myroomoverlookingthe.jpg" class="imgborder">I'm not much of an Elvis fan, but for