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Get Your Harry Potter Fix for Halloween at These Hotels

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Cong, Co Mayo, Ireland
October 7, 2009 at 1:00 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

While dressing up in costume and checking into the Hilton San Francisco might win you a free hotel stay, it doesn't include treasure hunts, Harry Potter screenings and an afternoon of witchcraft. Nope, for that you will have to head to the rather luscious-looking Ashford Castle in County Mayo, Ireland.

The castle is having a Harry Potter-inspired Halloween. This might surprise you, given that the place has nothing to do with Harry Potter whatsoever – in fact, the tenuous link they make is that the castle was built in 1228: “a time when magic in Europe was the norm.” Hmm.

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Harry Potter and the $2,000 Hotel Room

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 1 Prince Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH2 2EQ
July 21, 2008 at 10:39 AM | by Jenna | 0 Comments

Oh, Harry Potter fans. We smiled when we passed by the bookstore the night you were all camping out for the midnight release of book 7, costumes and all. And we like to think we were very understanding when you retreated to a quiet spot to read the book for the next 20 hours. And then we tolerated our Google newsfeeds with a good attitude as they were flooded by the news that a certain characters' sexual preference was revealed.

But even we, as supporters of crazy Harry Potter fanpeople worldwide (even though some of us at HotelChatter haven't read a single one of the books), think this is a little much.

See, room 552 at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland is where author J.K. Rowling finished the very last book in the series back in January of last year. The hotel renamed the 180 square-foot room in her honor, and now, according to the Telegraph, Harry fans fly in from all over the world to stay in the legendary room.

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Harry Potter Checks In To Jumeirah Beach Over Summer

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 6 Jumeirah Beach Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
June 1, 2007 at 9:14 AM | by amandak | 0 Comments

Sitting pretty on the Arabian Gulf, the Jumeirah Beach Hotel might look like just another luxurious Dubai hotel. Looks can be deceiving, because this summer it will also become a Harry Potter-style Department of Magic.

We're not quite sure if it's corny or clever, but the special deal of the summer (designed, of course, to attract families) is the Wizards and Witches package. Included with your accommodation is a copy of the seventh Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, a wizard welcome gift, Wizard adventures (whatever they might be) and for the kids, a place in the Jumeirah Beach Hotel Magic School. The press release has been particularly careful about satisfying the concerns and curiosities of prospective guests:

Hotel security has been training all winter ... advising that any dark wizards will be promptly returned to their mortal homes. The local Department of Magic has also been advised of the anticipated influx of promising witches and wizards and has ordered extra broomstick parking outside the hotel.

This offer's valid between 19 July and 18 August, with a minimum three night stay, and starts at AED1,600 per night ($435). We'd go if they'd do magic school for adults, too.

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Harry Potter's Final Chapter Ends at Luxury Hotel

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 1 Princes St, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH2 2EQ
February 2, 2007 at 2:20 PM | by juliana | 1 Comment

Actually, a luxury hotel is where author J.K. Rowling finished writing the final Harry Potter chapter ever. The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh reported that Rowling signed a marble bust in her luxury hotel room after she finished the last Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."

"J.K. Rowling finished writing Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows in this room on 11 Jan 2007," read the message.

Reports have it that Rowling used a black marker on the antique-style bust. Which is fine because antique-style surely means it was acquired from some large mass producing hotel furniture supply store and not worth anything. Hmmm...you're paying how much for rooms at this hotel?

At least she didn't leave any cryptic messages behind like "mondo douchebag" author Dan Brown. Or on a female masseuse like Kevin Costner did.

Related Stories:
· J.K. Rowling signed statue in hotel room where she completed final Harry Potter book [IHT]
· Dan Brown Still Riding 'Da Vinci Code' Fever Train [HotelChatter]
· Balmoral Hotel reviews [TripAdvisor]