http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T11:43:37Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/WorldHotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/22/91021/6175 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hc_reader_deals.jpg">Some great news for Americans looking to get a taste of Europe this summer without the bitter aftertaste of a Euro-to-Dollars conversion.<p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/WorldHotels"><b>WorldHotels</b></a> is offering a "Stay in Europe, Pay in Dollars" promotion--a one-to-one exchange--at all of their 41 hotels in Europe. Yay!<p>There is a slight catch however. The promotion is only good until August 31st and is only valid for Thursday-Monday stays. Still, it's a huge deal. The AP reports:<blockquote><p>While rates vary, [a hotel publicist] said that an average rate is about 150 euros a night, which is the equivalent of about $237, depending on daily exchange rates. If you pay that 150 euro tab with 150 U.S. dollars, however, you save $87.</blockquote></p><p>WorldHotels include the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Le+Plaza/ian/128502"><b>Hotel juliana 2008-07-22T09:30:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/8/29/10183/0628 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/badrate_saigon.jpg"><p><b>[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature where we look at hotel prices in the same city and decide which is better worth your hard-earned benjamins. The screenshot here was taken on August 29, 2006 and rates are subject to change.]</b><p>We get all kinds of mileage promotions in our e-mail boxes and most of them don't make much sense. Take, for example, this <a href="http://212.77.224.113/openworld_en_2006/03-promos/content/01-get_promo.php3?id_promos=963ff38bfd7638a3c1acb3851a2e9bba">"Suite Miles" deal</a> being offered by several airlines and WorldHotels. Book a suite at one of the featured hotels and you will receive 5,000 airline miles per night. That sounds pretty enticing until you pull up the web site and look at the prices for various cities.<br><br> One of the most audacious examples Tim L. 2006-08-29T12:06:52-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/