HotelChatter - Tag: easyHotels

London: Newest easyHotel Taking Bookings for Heathrow

amandak — 2008-11-18T16:05:15-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/EasyHotel_Room.jpg" class="top"> Last we heard about the easyHotel Heathrow, it should have been open already--<a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/30/1427/41433/hotels/easyHotel_Finds_Expansion_Easy>October, in fact</a>--but now its just started taking bookings for a January 1, 2009 opening.In the tradition of <a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/EasyHotels>easyHotels</a> this one is cheap and, well, tight. If you want to watch TV, need an extra towel or want to use the internet, youll have to pay extra for everything. But the room itself: just £25 ($37) per night, or at least thats their opening special price. Being at Heathrow is obviously handy if youve got an early morning flight or are transiting to somewhere else in Europe.The biggest catch that we see with easyHotels is not that you have to pay something for

Budapest: With Rooms For One Euro, Who Cares About Conversion Rates?

jennm — 2008-09-08T09:00:24-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/eh.jpg" class="imgborder">You'll pay close to $900 just to fly to Budapest (coach, natch), but it will only cost you less than two dollars to spend the night there. That is, of course--there's always a catch, isn't there?--you act quickly. In honor of the first birthday of its Budapest property on October 1, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/EasyHotels">easyHotel</a> is offering rooms that night for just one euro. (One euro!) But with just 59 rooms, expect it all to go very, very quickly. The hotel is located on the Pest side of the Danube River and is a short walk to Hero's Square. This being easyHotel, you'll pay extra for things like watching television, housekeeping services and Internet access, but at just

easyHotel Finds Expansion Easy

jennm — 2008-07-30T14:30:02-05:00

The folks over at extreme budget chain easyHotel have an ambitious goal of introducing 200 hotels in 10 years (it took them three years since the chain's 2005 debut to implement five hotels) and thanks to a new development deal with the UK-based Eclipse Hotel Group, easyHotel will put up 10 more properties across the UK over the next four years.

Apparently, "the easyHotel brand and super-budget model have significant growth potential in the UK," Eclipse Hotel Group's Managing Director, Sameer Damji, said in a press statement. Perhaps that's because everything in the UK is so bloody expensive? Drop those pounds already!

easyHotel Upgrades Web Site Without Losing Its Cool

jennm — 2008-07-02T12:59:40-05:00

With a plan to introduce 200 hotels in 10 years, the folks at easyHotel thought, "Hey, maybe we should upgrade our web site?" And so they did, adding new navigations and a three-step booking process.

All in all, pretty standard stuff, plus a few bells and whistles like more images and Google maps.

Although we are happy to see that easyHotel maintained its smart marketing lingo. How cute is that "Don't hang about..." do not disturb sign? Now that we know how aggressive maids are starting to be, we may have to print that one out and tape it on our hotel door.

London: Kensington Hotel Guide: easyHotel South Kensington

juliana — 2008-05-19T16:16:45-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/easyhotelKensington.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Kensington-Hotel-Guide"><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kensingtonmap.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/easyHotel+South+Kensington/local/1222">The easyHotel South Kensington</a> (damn you, annoying lower-cased brand names) is not close to the shops we adore at Kensington and Hight Street.In fact, it's a ways off (about 15 minutes) and we say only attempt the walk when the weather's nice in London. We actually had a chance to go by this hotel and while rooms are cheap at 25 GBP a night, this is still a budget hotel and rooms are notoriously small. However, the easyHotel gets pretty solid reviews on <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g186338-d550121-r16057856-EasyHotel_London_South_Kensington-London_England-m10559.html">TripAdvisor</a>. It seems most guests know what they are in for before they arrive.A few tips: Guests said that rooms with windows are smaller than the ones without. Internet is