HotelChatter - Tag: quikbook

Quikbook Gets Into the Private Sale Game with its 'Secret Sale'

juliana — 2010-03-02T10:58:13-05:00

The Private Sale trend continues to be hot for hotel booking sites! We can now add Quikbook.com to the list of booking sites giving folk a chance to book further discounted rooms by keeping the hotel names secret until the sale day. It's called...Secret Sale.

But Quikbook is changing it up ever so slightly. If you book a hotel today, within 24 hours Quikbook will email you the hotel's name and details. You can see the hotel's location and the type (deluxe, modern, budget, etc.) but not the name. So it's a bit like Hotwire but with a time-delay.

Here's how Quikbook describes it:

Beyonce Sings for The Worst Hotel Guest Ever

juliana — 2010-01-05T17:40:50-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/beyoncekhadafy.jpg" class="top"> Wow, we are only a few days into the new decade and already Bad Boy hotel guest <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/dennis rodman">Dennis Rodman</a> has been usurped by the son of Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy, whose name is Hannibel. Yet this guy should get credit for nothing other than being a terrible human being, let alone a hotel guest from hell. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/beyonce_sings_for_khadafy_CpEA6KZgpM5y5nV5mKZFEL">Page Six</a> had a little ditty today about how Beyonce snagged a cool $1 million for performing at Hannibel's New Year's Eve party at Nikki Beach club on St. Barts. But also in the item (shame on you Beyonce) is a laundry list of Hannibel's horrendous behavior at hotels. They are: 1. Attacking his wife at Claridges: <blockquote>Hannibal,

New York: Book The Strand Hotel For $249 on Quikbook For Stays After November 16th

juliana — 2009-10-20T17:09:23-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Strand_Sept09.jpg" class="top">Last week when we checked in on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/15/91927/846/hotels/The_Strand_Hotel_Either_Opening_Any_Day_Now_or_November_16">The Strand Hotel</a> we learned the place was opening either "any day now" or on November 16. But having just received our latest Quikbook.com newsletter advertising rates of $249 for the new hotel, we assumed it was open now. But we must have pulled out our <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/8e6c/images/2070/">"Jump to Conclusions" mat</a> by accident.Rooms were not available for tomorrow night on Quikbook.com. However, November 16th was open for $249 a night for a standard king with complimentary breakfast. The hotel's website is also not showing rooms open until November 16th. So we think you can guess what we recommend for booking this hotel--wait until November 16th. But book through Quikbook.com. Their

San Francisco: The Soon-To-Open Crescent San Fran Now Has Rooms Starting at $105

Heidi Atwal — 2009-10-05T11:51:15-05:00

The countdown to the opening of San Francisco's Crescent Hotel is on, with its official unveiling set for October 21st. Hotelier Gregory Peck staked a claim on prime Union Square real estate (the former Allison hotel), gutting the property and giving it a 'classic San Francisco with a modern twist' look.

If you left your heart in San Francisco, then you'll be happy to hear about site-specific touches that we previously reported on, including iPod playlists crafted by local DJs, a locally-focused wine program to enjoy in room, and library with "West Coast-centric" reading material.

New York: Quikbook's Newest Sale Offers The Cooper Square Hotel for $172 a night

juliana — 2009-06-16T12:48:13-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/CooperSquare172.jpg" class="top"> We always love <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/quikbook">Quikbook's</a> last-minute sales as they consistently deliver good rates for hotels that we actually like and not just hotels near the airports. Their latest NYC hotels sale features nearly all of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/thompson%20hotels">Thompson Hotels</a> with Smyth Tribeca going for as low as $145 a night and Thompson LES at $120 a night. However, we were tickled to see <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cooper+Square+Hotel/local/247">The Cooper Square Hotel</a> from $172 a night. Even better, we actually found that rate available for next Friday, June 26. The room is a lower-floor king bed room and we must warn you that you will probably be close to the hotel's outdoor patio bar, which can get <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/12/12457/2222/hotels/The_Cooper_Square_s_Neighbors_Hear_Your_Every_Drunken_Inanity_">kinda loud.</a> A