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What It's Like Riding Around in The W Hotel's Free Car Service
When you stay at one of the W Hotels, take advantage of its Acura Experience, a complimentary car service. Of course, there are limitations; the car will only bring you within a five-mile radius of the hotel. That may not seem like a lot, but if you are directionally challenged, it's helpful to have someone drive you to a destination. And if you're arranging for a rehearsal dinner, you can save money on renting a trolley and instead transport your wedding party in the free seven-seat vehicles instead.
We tried out the car service for ourselves at the W Chicago - City Center at an opportune time, when it was raining. Our ride was silver with a black interior and it wasn't too flashy with its Acura-W signage, which was nice, since you don't necessarily want to announce to the city that you're a tourist. The car had some techie details like a built-in GPS with on-demand Zagat reviews. As far as amenities, our driver offered us free water and towels. Although the car can hold seven, it would be a tight squeeze. But if you're traveling less than five miles, the ride should be bearable.
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Ride Around The Ojai Valley Inn and Spa in a Bentley Golf Cart
While we were getting a preview of the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa’s upcoming Celebrity Chef Golf Classic last week, we poked around the resort’s Casa Elar, and spotted this Bentley golf cart just sitting there in the villa’s garage.
Apparently normal golf carts just aren’t good enough for the VIP’s that rent out five-bedroom villa. Of course, if we were spending $15,000 a night for a three-night minimum, we’d want a Bentley golf cart to ferry us around the property too…if not an actual Bentley.
Can’t pony up the cash for the Casa Elar? Don’t worry. The rest of us plebes (paying a measly $350 per night!) might just be able to sweet talk our way into an afternoon of pimpin’ in the Escalade golf cart we spotted elsewhere on the property.
Now if only there were a Batmobile golf cart…
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Park Inn Heathrow Has Some Pretty Fly Wheels
Ha. This car is funny.
This bad boy belongs to Park Inn Heathrow, and it was snapped by recent guest Michael Coleman who says, "Hotel seemed to have a small fleet of minis - don't know why. Seem a bit impractical if people have luggage?"
Hmm, yeah. Kinda. We're not so sure what they use these little buggers for, though — the hotel's website specifically mentions guests should take the "Hoppa bus to and from the airport" (oh, and "with reasonable charges") — and when we called the hotel rezzie line, we were told that guests can't rent these out. So we're not sure whether they're just an eye-catching advertisement for the property — but, either way, they certainly did catch our eye. How stylin'. Sorta reminds us of some pants we saw one of the dudes from Milli Vanilli wearing once.
[Photo: Michael Coleman]
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Double the Tesla Car Fun at The Plaza
Weren't kidding about the Tesla electric car taking up brief residence at The Plaza Hotel, and today it arrived to a gaggle of delighted tourists and confused hotel guests.
Granted that it's a day late in showing up, which leads us to think that this might be a one-day only deal because of the weather. Light rain now falls on both the Tesla Model S (the white one) and the Tesla Roadster (the hot little red number), and yet the curious continue to approach for cell phone snaps and quick chats with the Tesla representatives. Luckily we snapped our pictures before the Tesla reps surrounded the cars with stanchions.
Says a Tesla rep of their decision to park in front of The Plaza, of all places: "Well, this Model S is just our push car, so the interior is filled with foam. The working model took publicity pictures yesterday in front of MoMA, and we've been all around New York. Here is great exposure." You heard it here first, folks: The Plaza Hotel is now doing double-duty as an eco-auto showroom. Get there today, just in case they split before the weekend!
Check out all of our pictures from the Tesla's visit to The Plaza at the Flickr Set.
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Tesla Electric Car Will Park at The Plaza This Week
It may be auto show time in the more car-centric cities of the United States, but New York City, as usual, has other plans. Instead of packing a convention center with the newest gas-guzzlers, the city will have one of the Tesla Model S electric cars on display for two days in the lobby of The Plaza Hotel. Although we definitely don't equate eco-friendly innovation with The Plaza, the fact that they're allowing Tesla to squat in their opulent digs raises our opinion of the place a tad.
Just a tad, though, as the car will only be on display on April 30 and May 1, reports Treehugger, who also notes that Tesla representatives will be on hand to answer questions and even take orders for the Model S. If you're not in New York, you can catch the Tesla car on the David Letterman show the night before its Plaza debut, April 29.
Expect us to totally be checking this out, and we think that the lobby will be packed with other curious urbanites, green advocates and car fans during its brief Plaza stint. If one can no longer drop $60 on a single tea service in The Palm Court, then at least the hotel has given people something else at which to gawk and snap pictures.
[Photo: PSFK]
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Check Out Barcelona Via GoCar, Courtesy of Hotel Miramar
We were excited to learn last week that Eurostars hotels in Barcelona are giving guests MP3 players to guide them 'round the city. But now we've heard of something even better: how about a GPS-based tour (so you don't have to engage your brain to work out what you're looking at) that takes place in a car to save your tootsies?
The sexy Hotel Miramar on Montjuic hill overlooking the city has teamed up with GoCar, which has a fleet of little yellow electric cars each stocked with a GPS and an audioguide to the city. This is a good thing, because, having been to Barcelona, we can vouch for the fact that it's pretty sprawling and the sights are fairly spaced out.
Plus, who wouldn't want to toddle around in an eye-catching cutie like this? We tried a tour like this in Washington DC last year, and we felt as adored by the crowds as a bride on her wedding day.
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Let Everyone Know You're Staying at The Opus
Frequent on-the-ground Vancouver hotel spy Chrispitality helpfully demonstrated in his Flickr photo that when you ride in the BMW at The Opus Hotel Vancouver, everyone in town will know where you're staying.
Since this picture was snapped back in 2006, we thought we would just check-in to see what sort of series the hotel is driving these days. Indeed the hotel's car is still a 7 Series BMW that offers complimentary rides to "all downtown locations including all cruise ship terminals, 7 days/week subject to availability."
While we have no qualms about broadcasting our hotel when riding around in town, we imagine Twilight vampire Robert Pattinson, currently in town to shoot the "New Moon" sequel, would probably not do the same.
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A Free Parisian Voiture at Hotel Le Bristol
Our transport emotions have been on a proper rollercoaster today. After we saw this picture on Flickr of the Smart cars available for rent to guests at the Hotel Le Bristol in Paris, we were having fantasies about zipping round ze boulevards and down ze Seine in the modern, greener equivalent of a 2CV.
Until we asked the hotel if they cars were still available, and they said no. We tempered our disappointment with the relief that that parking space looked like a toughie to get out of.
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Mercedes-Benz Owners Get Perks at Luxe Resorts
Where: United States
So, let's just say that two years ago, you got a huge Christmas bonus and decided to reward yourself by spending yo' big check on a new Mercedes-Benz. You spent a couple dozen months cruising around listening to Pink's "Get This Party Started," taking extra care around the line "I be lookin' flashy in my Mercedes-Benz." But then the economy tanked and all you have is a two-year-old Mercedes-Benz and not much else — except the satisfaction of knowing you are part of an elite group of car owners who nod to each other in parking lots and at stoplights with the ol' acknowledgment of being brothers in Benz ownership.
Well, now you've got a little somethin' else to hold onto: Mercedes-Benz USA has launched an exclusive Destinations program that entitles MB owners staying at select properties to exclusive just-for-them perks during their stay. Seriously.
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Halekulani Adds Hot Rides To Their Hot Property
While the economy in Hawaii is slowing down, the cars at the Halekulani Resort in Honolulu are just revving up. The luxury hotel has announced an "exotic automobile amenity program" called Art in Motion.
The exceptional fleet features a custom designed Maserati Gran Turismo and Bentley Continental GTC, the Lotus Elise and the Lotus Exige S. These works of art are included as part of the guest experience with a stay in one of The Premier Suites at Halekulani which includes The Royal Suite, The Vera Wang Suite and the new lifestyle oasis, The Orchid Suite. In addition, the program is exclusively available to all Halekulani house guests as an a la carte experiential amenity.
The Bentley and the Maserati (pictured above) also come with the option of a chauffeur if you would rather not drive yourself. The Lotus cars features GPS island thematic tours such as romance, culture and adventure in case just hitting the road with the wind in your hair is not enough.
And while premier suite guests can ride around in these new whips at no extra charge, they do have to pony up the $7,000 starting suite rates. Regular ole' guests can rent the cars for the day starting at $250. The Bentley is the most expensive car to rent at $995. But hey, it beats whatever the rental car company at the airport probably gives you.
[Photo: Courtesy of Hotels & Resorts of Halekulani. Image by Thaddeus Harden.]
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The Proximity Hotel's Old-Timey Cab
Continuing our obsession with hotel cars, we have this cool shot from SingNShoot of the old-timey Checkers cab at the Proximity Hotel. Another shot of an old London cab the hotel uses is here. We're loving this! How cute. Also, the rainy day is an apropro backdrop for the cabs. But we have to wonder, since the Proximity is a green hotel, are these cars hybrids?
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The Jet Van at The SLS Will Take You To All "The Hills" Hotspots
When we first heard about the Mercedes Jet Van at the SLS Hotel, we seriously got a little giddy.
This is essentially a clubbin' van that will take you to all the SBE hotspots in Los Angeles that are within a two-mile radius. That pretty much includes all the clubs except for Katsuya Hollywood and the S-Bar. It is a drop-off only service because god knows when you will want to be picked up. Also, about getting into the clubs we hear that hotel guests will have some priority depending on the club and it's availability that night.
We're not quite sure that it beats a custom-made Hermes Rolls Royce Phantom at the Four Seasons in Paris but it's still pretty sweet.
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