http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T08:06:01Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/wifi%20hell http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/24/154219/081 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/haymarkethotel_wifi.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/london"><b>London</b></a> hotels have made some great improvements on the WiFi scene in recent years with more and more hotels offering it for free (see that list <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/2/7248/23349/hotels/Where_to_Find_Free_Hotel_WiFi_in_London_">here.</a>) Which is why there's really no need to stay at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/HAYMARKET+HOTEL/local/4376"><b>The Haymarket Hotel</b></a>.<p><a href="http://www.londonhotelnews.org/2011/05/24/haymarket-hotel-guests-complain-about-wifi-charges/">London Hotel News</a> pointed out to us that the hotel charges at least £350 a night and doesn't even disclose on their website that they will charge for WiFi which <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g186338-d651511-r108916792-Haymarket_Hotel-London_England.html">TripAdvisor reviewers</a> say starts at <b>30p a minute!</b><p>As much as we hate W Hotels for charging for WiFi, at least all of their hotels tell you exactly how much you will be paying for internet on their websites. <p>Sorry, Haymarket--you're pretty to look juliana 2011-05-26T14:29:10-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/17/9373/0631 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/alfonso.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Relaxing weekends never pan out the way you planned them do they? And our trip to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/seville%20hotels"><b>Seville</b></a> this weekend was no exception. Leaving aside the whiplash from the crashy landing on Sunday night (thanks Ryanair) and the fact that we didn&#146;t partake in enough <i>cerveza</i> sessions, we spent much of the two days seething about the dire internet situation at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Alfonso+Xiii,+The+Luxury+Collection/ian/141165"><b>Hotel Alfonso XII</b></a>, where we were shacked up. <p>Switching on the laptop as is our wont on arrival at a hotel, we were sad to see no WiFi networks showing. Yes there was an ethernet cable, but our 'pooter lacks the requisite hole. <p>We called reception, who told us not to worry, that there juliab 2009-11-17T10:06:09-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/3/121418/1262 <![CDATA[<p><p> <i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/palazzoviewupclose.jpg" class="top"><p> It's not that often that we get rooms with a killer view in Las Vegas. Like everything else in Sin City--if you juliana 2009-09-03T12:16:23-05:00 36.1223434 -115.17123 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/26/18318/3942 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/westinnowifi.jpg" class="top"><p><i>Heavenly beds at the Westin Bonaventure in LA.</i><p> Most of us agree that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Westin%20hotels"><b>Westin Hotels</b></a> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Westin%20Heavenly%20Bed">Heavenly Bed</a> feels quite nice and those of us who have tried the hotel brand's new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/8/135535/3338/hotels/Testing_Out_Westin_s_Heavenly_Bath_Toiletries">Heavenly Bath</a> toiletries would agree that the shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, et.al, go above and beyond what we would expect from hotel toiletries. But when it comes down to Westin WiFi, the experience is more hellacious than heavenly.<p>Westin is part of Starwood Hotels and while the WiFi is free in the lobbies, in-room guests have to pay. Usually the fee starts at $9.95 and goes up from there, depending on the hotel. <p>Paying for WiFi is akin to those ridiculous <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/checked baggage juliana 2009-08-26T18:46:20-05:00 42.3476790 -71.044985 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/1/134912/3679 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/gildhallwifi.jpg" class="top"> <p>Yikes. We stumbled upon this shot on Flickr and were not pleased to lay our eyes upon it &#151; though we were grateful that our own WiFi connections were, um, at least fast enough to load Flickr in a timely fashion. <p>This is a screenshot from guest <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/evoque/3531843881/">evoque</a>, who apparently stayed at <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gild+Hall/local/869">Gild Hall</a></b> and had to fork over a 10-er in order to connect to the WiFi network. At a speed of 512k. Slow. Lame. Boo. The caption on the shot reads: <blockquote><p>$10/day for a blazing 512k/512k WiFi connection &#151; it's more Internet side road than Internet superhighway.</p></blockquote> <p>And we all know that people who are down with clever wordplay deserve faster WiFi, right? Jenna 2009-07-01T14:02:14-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/