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. ]]> londontown 2009-09-04T12:45:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/12/132536/953 We shoved Hotel WiFi Week 2008 in your face everyday last week and it's not quite over yet. We still have a major Hotel WiFi map to unveil, it's just taking some time to get it perfect.

But until that's done we want to give a shout-out to Motel 6 Hotels for offering up WiFi. Andrew Calvo lauded the budget chain for its always reliable WiFi and yesterday we received an email from a serious road warrior who gave big-ups to Motel 6.

Keep reading for the full letter.]]> juliana 2008-05-12T14:30:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/13/10810/7718 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/motel6newdesign2.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>People don't normally mention Motel 6 and "sleek design" in the same sentence. After all, the chain is known as the prototypical bare-bones roadside motel, with every material and piece of furniture in one seemingly the cheapest available in order to keep the nightly room rate below the competition's. <p>French parent company Accor is trying to change all that though, with "a modern, European boutique-style flair" according to the <a href="http://www.motel6.com/about/press_room/release.aspx?Document=375">official press release</a>.<p> Spin or no spin, the new room design, dubbed the Phoenix design, does sound like a major improvement:<p> <blockquote><p>The room includes ambient lighting, wood-effect flooring rather than carpet, and a 32-inch flat-screen TV. The flat screen TV is displayed on the entertainment unit which conceals Tim L. 2008-03-13T12:02:05-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2004/5/19/133610/157 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/VPJ2.jpg" align="right"></p> <p>So I guess <a href="http://www.wftv.com/news/3314503/detail.html">Roger Chamberlin</a> is a bit off, or just a real big fan of Burt Reynold's character in <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/078062582X/bridgebooks/104-2959987-7993564">Striptease</a>, or a little of both. &nbsp;</p> <p>In what is sure to be a featured story on The Tonight Show this week, Mr. Chamberlin was <a href=" http://www.wftv.com/news/3314503/detail.html"> arrested</a> May 17th, after police found 14 empty Vaseline jars and a motel room covered in Vaseline from stem to stern.</p> <p>To make matters more bizarre when Chamberlin was taken into custody at a nearby hotel where he was found "smeared from head to foot with Vaseline".</p> <p>Chamberlin was charged with criminal mischief, the Motel 6 manager says the slippery room still can't be used, and markj 2004-05-19T14:27:11-05:00 42.142633 -75.903563 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/