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Many More Hotel Deals Involving The Number '1'
Though we had these five hotels originally on our radar for 11/11/11, we thought it would be helpful to throw in some more options. Most hotels seem to be having fun with the lucky date—and if they're having fun, you may as well have fun too.
Like the sale going on at Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino and Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino for $111-per-night rooms. The deal only lasts from today through Sunday, and requires a two-night minimum, though you've got until December 29 to stay there. Which leaves us plenty of time for dancing around skulls in LA. Rate code: 1111
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In Brooklyn, A Hotel Room Is Cheap When You're A Jehovah's Witness
It's a scenario most New Yorkers would only dream of: stumbling upon a historic hotel built in 1909 that's still in good condition, and then learning you can stay there for free. For three nights! The New York Times picked up a story this weekend about the Bossert Hotel, which is allowing certain guests that exact privilege.
Unfortunately, the hotel, located near the Brooklyn Bridge, is only targeting Jehovah's Witnesses who have done international missionary work and need a place to stay. D'oh! You didn't think it would be that easy, did you?
According to the article, prospective freeloaders guests must submit an application, and, if accepted, be willing to integrate into the Brooklyn Jehovah's Witnesses' community—the group's world headquarters lies only a few blocks from the hotel.
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How To Not Get Lost Inside The Bowery House
It isn't easy, but there are ways to navigate the twisting, poorly-lit labyrinth that is the Bowery House Hotel. Just walk very carefully and slowly, remaining aware that any of these doors could fly open at any moment, knocking you off your weary feet and into another person's cabin. Also, shine your smartphone for additional light. It helps.
To call the cabins at the hotel 'compact' would be an understatement. But for all of its 'personal space' issues, this place also has a ton of charm. Dorm-style "bunk rooms" are available for people traveling in groups (same-sex only), but the real winners are the "original cabins." Once you've imprinted the floor layout into your mind, all that's left to enjoy is the tiny, dollhouse-like room, which barely fits a bed, dresser, and some (minimal) luggage. See below for photos from inside!
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For A Little While Longer, You Can Name Your Price At The Hotel Grand Pacific
It isn't often that a hotel lets you have a say in the price of your stay. But that's exactly what Victoria BC's Hotel Grand Pacific is offering for the next two weeks. Running through next Friday November 11, prospective guests can visit the PayWhatYouWantVictoria site, answer some survey questions, and enter a price that they feel best reflects the "worth" of a one-night stay at the waterfront hotel.
When we first heard about this, we immediately thought of when Radiohead released In Rainbows in 2007, becoming the first band to ever release a digital album without an actual price—customers chose how much they wanted to pay, and that was that. By doing so, the band was challenging the conventional record distribution process, and the aging music industry in general. But in this case, the motives are a little more complex.
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The Fitzpatrick Tries Out A New Kind Of Lobby
We recommended the FItzpatrick Grand Central back in 2008 for its warm, Irish flavor (it comes with a built-in Irish pub!), Wi-Fi, and general bang-for-your-buck service. Now, two long years, plus $3.5 million in renovation costs later, the hotel is finally ready to show off its new digs.
Owners have worked on freshening up the old lady with warmer lighting, new artwork, and a re-arranged lobby that completely does away with the Reception counter (who needs it?). Instead, upon arrival, guests are greeted at the door, invited to plop down in front of a "large desk" (pictured), and converse with a hotel staff member in a more personal setting. You know, true Irish style—a glass of Jameson, a bowl of Lucky Charms, and a shower of four-leaf clovers.
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How Much Would You Pay To Sleep In This Drain Pipe?
Look familiar? Yep. The concrete tube hotel phenomenon strikes yet again, this time in Germany and Austria.
Though there are lots of small details that are making us fall deeply in love with this "hotel" and its amenities, we feel this tagline on the website sums things up pretty well:
"dasparkhotel would like to offer a temporary comfortable uncomplicated home for a certain time."
Gee, thanks, dasparkhotel. Read on below to see inside one of the pimped-out drain pipes!
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Not Quite A Floating Brothel, The Boggsville Boatel Is A Hit
Only yesterday were we telling you about a new flophouse-turned-boutique-hotel set to open on the Bowery in Manhattan. Today, we direct your attention to an even cheaper alternative located in Far Rockaway, Queens. Somewhere between an artsy pop-up restaurant and a no-frills budget motel lies the Boggsville Boatel, an interactive art project by Constance Hockaday (above).
Now, we've covered hotel art installations here before, but clearly, this one's a little different. In the case of the Boatel, the floating hotel itself becomes the art.
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Live Out Your Flophouse Fantasies At The Bowery House
With so many hotel delays clogging up the system these days, it's easy to forget the ones that quietly open without any fuss at all. New York Mag takes a look at the Bowery House, a converted 1940s Single Room Occupancy (SRO) building with single-, twin-, and full-size cabins available.
Funny timing, considering the parallel buzz surrounding the Nolitan, which opens today just three blocks away. But then again, we're talking apples and oranges. Whereas a single room at the Nolitan goes for $305 a night, rates at the Bowery House start at a reasonable $59. Very reasonable.
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Five Cheap London Hotels To Avoid a Craigslist Scam
Last week The New York Times’ Frugal Traveler got scammed after booking an apartment on Craigslist and that sucks. So being the nice people that we are we thought we’d give you a list of cheap London hotels so you don’t have to trawl for a cheap flat and end up getting burnt. Also worth noting: people in London use Gumtree over Craigslist, anyways.
Tune Hotel Westminster
The Tune Hotel Westminster is one of our favourite cheap hotels. It has everything you need from a budget hotel – a bed and a bathroom. There’s also a TV, but, like everything else you need to pay to use it. Even with all of the extras, though, it still works out pretty cheap: under £60 when we stayed there.
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How Many Chances Will You Give a Hotel?
The room we ended up with
How many chances do you give a hotel? For us, it kind of depends, but we’re guilty of giving a few inches of rope more to a hotel that we really want to like than one we’re not so jazzed about staying in.
Why the question? Because after we had no fewer than seven annoyances at the Porto Vista hotel in San Diego last week, we got to thinking about it.
We really wanted to like the Porto Vista. It’s in Little Italy, for a start, and we love all things Italian. For another, from the website, it looked lotsa fun – like a classy, retrofied motel with yoga on the roof. For another, we got a great deal: $63 on Hotwire for a Wednesday night.
On arrival, we found that the “complimentary rooftop yoga” offered Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday according to the website, wasn’t taking place last Wednesday – in the winter months, they told us, it only happens once a week. Disappointing. But then we asked for a room with a view and the guy goes “Yes, I can upgrade you” and we were less disappointed.
Until we got to room 501. Rooftop room: nice. View of the sea and the airplanes landing at the airport: nice. Fun picture on wall: nice. Not so nice: odd smell in the room, used soap in the shower, hair on the bathroom floor, about three sheets of paper left on the toilet roll and toothbrush foam on the sink’s splashback. For possibly the third time ever, we asked for a new room.
Although we didn’t get much of an apology, we were given the key to room 405. Except the key didn’t work. So we went down (for a third time) to get a new one. And this time we found that the key did work, but the door didn’t lock when we closed it. The paint had been scraped off some of the door, almost looking like someone had forced it open. One of the check in guys came up and managed to close it, but we didn’t want to stay somewhere with a dodgy door.
So they gave us room number three: 414. It was a bit smaller than the others, and it was tucked away round the back of the hotel, overlooking the freeway. It also only had the one window, rather than two, as the others had. Yes, we’d been downgraded, but it at least didn’t smell weird and was at least clean, so we ran with it.
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The Downtowner Motel in Williams Is Possibly The Least Motelly Motel We've Been In
This, a motel, really? Yes, really.
Do you ever get those nightmares and neuroses before setting off on a road trip? Like: what if we stay in a motel that turns out to be like the one in Vacancy, and we end up starring in our own snuff movie? Or, what if we run out of food in the middle of the desert with only “best jerky in the world” shops ever 50 miles to refresh us? Or what if, while driving through the tiniest of tiny towns in 9ft snow drifts in the middle of the night, our car decides to give up the ghost?
Well, as of last week, we can answer the last one for you. We were on a road trip from Vegas to Sedona, and as we passed the Grand Canyon and drove through Williams for some Route 66 lovin, our crappy lovely old car conked out on us. Happily, it did its conking out on the doorstep of the Downtowner Motel, which we’d just decided, while driving by, would be our top choice of accommodation should we need to split the journey on the way back.
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Who Knew? Imperial Palace is Not a Vegas Dirt Hole
Jacko and Justin dealing. Never thought we'd write that
However many times you’ve sauntered up and down the Las Vegas Strip, we can be fairly sure you’ve never made it into Imperial Palace. Mainly because of its unappetizing façade – dodgy lettering and a carpark, rather than a proper entrance, doesn’t really call to us.
But, having spent yesterday evening in there, we’re amazed to report that it’s actually not bad. At all. In fact, we’d go as far as to say that, for a budget casino, it’s actually rather good. We liked the decor (understated, no fugly carpets and with the Chinese theme kept to the ceiling), it was clean. The atmosphere was bustly but not rowdy. There was even a Sex and the City slot machine and celeb lookalike dealers. Who could want for more?
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