This Week in HotelChatter Commenting...Sharing Your Hotel WiFi Experiences

5/09/2008 at 4:18 PM
Tags: HotelChatter Comments

This week was all about Hotel WiFi and we wanted you readers to chime in ith your own experiences on getting online in hotels.

· First up: Andrew Calvo had a terrible time at a Crowne Plaza:

When you use the ethernet in the rooms (cause the rooms arent WiFi yet) but when you go into the convention/exhibit/common areas of the hotel (which do have WiFi) - you have to pay again! It doesnt acknowledge that I paid for internet 20 floors up.

· MyTwoCents says:

It's the the 21st century, and the Internet is a way of life at home and on the road.  It is not, repeat not some chi-chi luxury we've got to pay 10+ bucks for each and every day.

· JetSetCD chimes in:

Recently I had to snag a week stay for a friend in Manhattan, and living in the city I never realize the extras added onto an already hefty bill (we're talking $500-800 a night at the hotels I was searching). WiFi is free in some of the freaking parks here!

· MarcKuder tells us that WiFi is actually available for free in the lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria.

· Spatel600 gets all techy on us with this comment:

Hampton is standardizing their internet including the hardware and main line. They are installing Cisco equipment and mandating it brand-wide.

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