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A View That Has You Asking How Much Longer Until Spring
You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.
Winter is so close to being over isn't it? But at the Wild Pheasant Hotel in Llangollen, North Wales we were a little disheartened by this morning view of a snow covered hill. When will spring get here already?
On the bright side, the country hotel has free WiFi in its courtyard area, a spa and fitness center and half-price rooms Sunday through Thursday. So go ahead and have another toddy. Maybe when you wake up, it will be spring. Or at least the snow will have melted.
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In Charleston, A View That's Old as Time?
You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.
Truthfully, this view from the Renaissance Charleston Historic District Hotel in South Carolina is not horrendous, but we were disappointed to see that a hotel in the historic district of a picturesque city like Charleston can't avoid the dreaded rooftop view.
That's what Flickr member Mr. T. in DC saw during his stay at the Renaissance last year. But aside from a typo on a note from housekeeping, Mr. T. in DC said his stay was "quite pleasant." Room rates at the Renaissance start at $209 a night.
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We Ask: Are There Any Good Views From The Hard Rock Las Vegas?
You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.
During our stay last week inside the Hard Rock Las Vegas' new HRH Tower, we were astounded by our room view...and not in a good way.
We liked our room fine enough but we were under the impression that the term "tower" meant you would be high above things--not eye-to-eye with a parking garage.
Since this is the third time that the Hard Rock's made our anti-view list in less than a year, we ask of you kind readers--Do any of you have any killer views from the Hard Rock? If so, please send them to us.
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London's New Soho House Property Might Be Hot, But the Views are Not
You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.
It might be one of the hottest new hotels right now in London, and its adjoining restaurant might have celebs stopping in for dinner left and right, but the Dean Street Townhouse, of the Soho House group, doesn't boast the best views from the rooms.
We should know! We slept here on Saturday!
But what kind of hotel room is located behind us, and this horrible anti-view that's like, half-underground and half-tucked behind some other townhouse (which has an elevator)? We guess you'll just have to wait until Monday to see, while we work through a huge gallery of photos and video from our stay under the stairs at the Dean Street Townhouse.
[Photo: HotelChatter]
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You Win Some, You Lose Some at Airport Hotels
You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.
The thing is, Airport Hotels could have really good views for its hotel guests, especially if they are Plane-Spotting enthusiasts but more often than not, airport hotels have yielded some of the ugliest anti-views yet.
This one from the Marriott BWI Airport has a triple whammy against it. Not only does it not have views of planes taxing on the runway, it has a view of a rooftop AND a view of the neighboring Hilton. As HotelChatter Flickr pool member Tom Barnes says:
The view of the new Hilton from Room 411 is surely an anti-view if there ever was one.
Room rates are also not that cheap here, starting at $199 a night for an Advance purchase rate that is non-refundable. Also, the hotel's Moniker's restaurant is undergoing renovations and will not be open until later in March.
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Free This View from The Dirty Window
You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.
We've once said before that being locked out of a killer view is an anti-view so the same will have to be said for a dirty window. HotelChatter Flickr Pool member Ajbelongia writes of Room 416 at the Sheraton Independence Hotel in Ohio:
Is it a view or an anti-view if you can't see out of the dirty window ??
Do we even need to share our answer? By the way, the hotel is actually no longer a Sheraton and is now owned by Skyline. Hope they gave it a thorough washing when they took it over. Rooms start at $91 a night.
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Donny and Marie Invade Our Hotel Room Views in Vegas
View from Vdara.
We’re not above cheesy entertainment in Vegas. We would have happily gone to see foreign pop idols Matt Goss or Human Nature—and we did enjoy Cirque’s Viva Elvis on The King’s 75th birthday. But we’re not so hot on The Osmonds. Especially when the supposedly wholesome Donny and Marie mess with our hotel-room views of the Strip.
Our first stop was at the Flamingo, where we had upgraded from a regular GO room to a GO room with a view prior to arrival. (We received an email offering the upgrade for just 15 bucks, which the reservation agent assured us was a great deal.) Psyched for the view, we hit that big ol’ button for the blackout shades and sheer curtain … only to be greeted with this gauzy view of Caesar’s across the street.
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Holiday Inn Baltimore's Inner Harbor Has Bad Outer Views
You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.
In theory, this view from the Holiday Inn Baltimore Inner Habor could be a killer view. No, we're not crazy. Look in the right-hand corner. That's the Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Except it's hard to see that because of this run-down rooftop crap in front of you.
Oh well. The slightly refreshed rooms are only $99 a night and the WiFi is free. Plus it's close to the Baltimore Convention Center. You could do worse.
[Photo: Jyoshiki]
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Worst Anti-View: A Parking Garage, Courtesy of The Hard Rock's Paradise Tower
It's what you've been waiting all year for--The 2009 HotelChatter Awards! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year (and the decade) all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? Air your thoughts in comments below.
WORST ANTI-VIEW: THE HARD ROCK'S PARADISE TOWER
Hmmm, that doesn't look like paradise does it? But this is the view from room 30521 at the Hard Rock's Paradise Tower in Las Vegas. Our tipster tells us it was supposed to be a "mountain/ city view" but instead he got a nice birds-eye view of the employee parking garage.
When we stayed there in August, we had a corner room with a so-so view of distant Strip but there was so much construction going on around the Hard Rock that we couldn't really focus on the positive. We guess we should be happy we didn't have a view of someone fornicating in the pool. Then again, that would be more interesting!
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Sorry, But Getting Locked Out of a Killer View is an Anti-View
While Vegas is known for its anti-views, anytime you have a room that looks out onto hotels along the Strip, no matter how many rooftops you can see below, it's pretty much considered a killer view. Or at the very least, the hotels are going to charge you a little bit more for rooms with a view of the neon skyline.
But what if you get a room with a decent view and a balcony but the sliding door is locked? That's what we found at Bally's last weekend. Check out these scary-looking window locks on the sliding doors.
This was taken from a room on the 25th floor--a smoking room. Yeah, the cigarette stench is not leaving this room. Ever. Then again, rooms are a dirt cheap $45 a night.
A shot of the room view is after the jump.
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More Photographic Proof That Bellagio Rooms Will Have a CityCenter Anti-View
A few months ago, a tipster sent in these shots that showed some of The Bellagio's suites would be overlooking the new CityCenter monorail. While those pictures certainly told a certain truth, we still were shocked to see just how close the monorail was to the Bellagio rooms.
This is the view from our room on the 14th floor at Vdara. That white canopy is the monoraiil stop but also a walkway that leads inside The Bellagio and while we were walking under it, we could see The Bellagio room windows right above us. They were dark so we surmised no guests were in there but we sincerely hope that The Bellagio makes a better use of those rooms.
No one deserves to be gawked at by monorail riders. Certainly not while soaking in the tub!
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Leftovers and Lukewarm Water at The Crescent San Francisco
We know you've spent the last 24-hours waiting with bated breath to find out the answer to yesterday's edition of "Guess the Hotel"—at least that's what we'd like to think. Wait no longer, because the moment of revelation has arrived. Our Thanksgiving leftovers mystery hotel is...
...The Crescent San Francisco.
We've been closely watching this newly opened, Gregory Peck-helmed redesign of San Francisco's historic Allison Hotel, located just a hop, skip, and a jump away from Union Square. Normally, rooms in this bustling shopping neighborhood start in the high hundreds, but thanks to the Quikbook deal we reported, we scored one for $105 per night.
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