HotelChatter - Tag: Road Trip Hotels

Pismo Beach: A Taste of Retro California At The Pismo Beach Hotel

juliab — 2011-04-21T16:02:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/pismobeachhotelextfd.jpg" class="top"> See what we mean about retro? When it comes to road trips, old school is always best. Which is why, when we tok a ride up Highway 1 last weekend, we decided to make an overnight pitstop at Pismo Beach near San Luis Obispo, having been told by the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/travel/09pismobeach.html?_r=1">New York Times</a> that it's a throwback to endless summers gone by. And we plumped for <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/4857'>The Pismo Beach Hotel</a> seeing as it was, at the time of booking, <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32894-d279701-Reviews-Pismo_Beach_Hotel-Pismo_Beach_California.html">top of the TripAdvisor list</a> and sounded pretty retro with its 1937 building bang in the middle of town. The photos on the <a href="http://www.thepismobeachhotel.com/">website</a> didn't look too appealing, but hey, we thought, it's only for

Barstow: Somewhere Around Barstow On The Edge Of The Desert... Lies Free Popcorn

juliab — 2011-04-11T11:06:22-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/barstowpopcorn.jpg" class="top"> Hows this for a check in amenity: along with two bottles of free water, a big bag of popcorn ready to be brewed in your in room microwave? Also at this hotel, where we stayed last week, we had free WiFi, free breakfast and 24 hour access to tea, coffee, cookies and fruit. Amazing. Sadly, it was nothing sexier than a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/holiday%20inns">Holiday Inn</a>. Even more sadly, it wasnt located anywhere well likely be paying a return visit <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Holiday+Inn+Express+Hotel+%26+Suites+Barstow/ian/208422">Barstow, California</a> (yes, we broke down driving to Vegas on a Sunday night and had to wait till the next day to get a new tire). There are two Holiday Inn Express(es) in the town but Hotwire

A Balloon Ride Or a Waterproof Book: That's What You Get For Road Trippin' With JdV

juliab — 2010-04-28T08:55:29-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/gaigehouse.jpg" class="top"> Gaige House in Sonoma. Hot air balloon not shown Were always California dreamin, so as URLs go, www.roadtrippincalifornia.com is up there with the most attractive ones. The website is a new thing for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/joie%20de%20vivre%20hotels">Joie de Vivre</a> hotels, who are offering special road trip-minded packages at all its hotels. Its a nice idea, but theres some serious sifting through to work out whether its a deal or not and it all depends on the package, which is different for all the hotels. So, for example, stay at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gaige+House/local/624">Gaige House</a> in Sonoma and the Up and Away package ($619, whereas rooms start at $259) includes a hot air balloon ride, a post-flight, um, flight of a

The Best And Worst of Our American Road Trip

londontown — 2009-09-04T12:45:03-05:00

Do not attempt these stairs after a few drinks: the Hotel Monaco Baltimore

Greetings from soggy London! After six weeks, 20 states and 7000 miles, our US road trip has finally come to an end and we are back in the city of grey. Hopefully we’ll be back to test your speed limits soon; until then, we’ll be wowing London with our awesome t-shirt collection (one for every state) and shouting “USA, USA” at every opportunity. How glad to have us back they must be.

Atlanta: How Hotwire Got Us a $259 Room at the W Atlanta for Just $95

londontown — 2009-08-27T10:59:19-05:00

Have we mentioned before how much we like Hotwire? Well today we’re saying again because we got a smoking deal with them the night before last.

We were passing through Georgia and instead of staying in another B&B with too-thin walls or a motel where strange men phoned our room in the middle of the night, we thought we’d get some sleep in a proper hotel in Atlanta. And seeing as W has no less than four hotels in town, we thought we’d try one out.