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Hotel Rooms With Mirrors for Love, Sex, Magic
Straight from the HotelChatter mailbag, a lovely girlfriend wants to take her boyfriend to NYC for a mini-holiday. But no ordinary hotel room will do. No, she is looking for a room kitted out with mirrors or as she puts it "a decent size room that has mirrors above or around the bed. "
Here is her full request:
I am looking to surprise my boyfriend with a trip to NYC. I am looking for a nice hotel with a decent size room that has mirrors above or around the bed. Do you have any suggestions?
Yes, we know. Many times we've told you before that you aren't going to NYC to hole up in your hotel room but in this case, this is exactly what we are looking for. Er...what this hotel maven is looking for. As always, we are here to help.
Our suggestions for New York City hotels with mirrors by the bed are after the jump.
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Why Are Hotel Carpets So Ugly?
Fugly carpet found at Paris' Four Seasons George V.
We'll admit it: we rag on ugly hotel carpeting with a fair bit of frequency. But in an honest effort to embrace our softer sides, we will attempt to do what our mothers always taught us to do before mocking something: we'll make an attempt to understand it. And we'll be starting with the fuzziest victim of our sometimes-vicious scrutiny; a hotel design element we tend to walk all over frequently (ha! See what we did there?)
So, we ask because we want to understand: why is hotel carpeting so ugly?
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Zihuatanejo Hotel Help:: March Getaway for $200 or Less a Night
HotelChatter Questions: In which, the intrepid HotelChatter editors and our hotel maven readers answer hotel questions that pop into our inbox. Have a question for us? Send it along. Think you have a better answer than we gave, or better yet, want to give a vote of confidence to our answer? Comment away.
Once again, we have a question from a reader about where to stay in Zihuatanejo. Over the summer, we looked at some hotels for honeymooners. This time reader Gary wants to know about a quiet hotel for a March getaway:
My wife and I are going down there for 3 days in March and want a nice, quiet beach hotel to relax, without breaking the bank. Our budget is up to $200/nt and we would like to be within walking distance to shops and restaurants if possible, since we won't be getting a car.
Based on your review, Brisas del Mar looked promising. Any others that you can recommend?
Mexico hotel expert Tim Leffel actually did the review of Brisas del Mar during a trip to Zihuatanejo over a year ago and he also popped in at the Casa que Canta hotel which has been picked several times as a top romantic getaway. Rates in the Fall of 2007 were high at $400+ a night and when we checked for next month, rates were close to $500 a night. That said, Brisas del Mar might be your best affordable pick.
However, if you can splurge a little the Tides Zihuatanejo has some specials going on including airfare credits and discounts for booking far in advance.
Readers: Any other Zihuatanejo suggestions for Gary? Let him know in comments below.
[Photo: Tim Leffel]
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Live From Vegas: We Answer Your Questions and Then Some
As we said yesterday, we're in Las Vegas for a few days searching for in-room stripper poles and other signs of life on the Strip. What we found instead? Donny and Marie who have a regular gig going on at The Flamingo.
In fact, they have just extended their gig for two more years. And if you weren't following our honest-to-goodness sober Twitter tweets last night, then we'll tell you what you missed. Donny Osmond is a foxy man. We don't care if he's a Mormon or a grandpa. He can wear jeans and a leather blazer like no other dude we've met before. (Sorry, David Hasselhoff.)
As for long-time Marie Osmond fans, we'd like you to know that she is a skinny phase again. She also wears fabulous hair weaves and killer stilettos and yes, she can dance. And they both can sing. We were surprised at just how fun this show was, given that D&M are so not our generation.
But enough of us prattling on about these All-American aging pop stars. We've looked at some of your questions and are answering them after the jump.
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HotelChatter Question :: How Did Raffaello Follieri Manage Not To Pay His Hotel Bill?
This week's HotelChatter Question comes from yours truly and it has to do with hotel bills, everyone's favorite topic.
Now, every single time we have checked into and out of a hotel, the hotel has always had the credit card that we used to book the room on file. Once we've checked out, either that card or a different one that we put down at check-in is charged.
This has never not happened. That credit card, whichever one it may be, is always charged. And more often than we like, it is charged with some additional fees on it that we did not order or use. Like getting charged twice to use the internet when we only used it once. (This happens a lot.)
But we are not here to ask you about your favorite bill-reviewing method. Or even what hotels frequently mischarge you for. (Although, that could be a good question later.)
No. Today we want to know how the #$&@!% Raffaello Follieri, Anne Hathaway's dashing ex-boyfriend/con man, managed to stiff the Ritz Hotel in Paris out of 4,551.70 Euros.
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HotelChatter Questions :: Travelodge or Goldsborough Apartments in Sydney?
HotelChatter Questions: In which, the intrepid HotelChatter editors and our hotel maven readers answer hotel questions that pop into our inbox. Have a question for us? Send it along. Think you have a better answer than we gave, or better yet, want to give a vote of confidence to our answer? Comment away.
We love to be here to help, and HotelChatter reader Jamie has a quandary: where to stay in Sydney? He's trying to choose between the Travelodge Sydney or the Oaks Goldsborough Apartments and says: "We're most concerned about location!"
The Travelodge is on Wentworth Avenue, really close to the true downtown center of Sydney, while the Goldsborough Apartments are on Pyrmont Street on Darling Harbour, a similar distance from the center of Sydney but with a chance of a harbor view.
Both places are relatively cheap for downtown hotels (and the quality tends to match--not that there's anything wrong with either of them, but they're clearly not luxury hotels).
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Melbourne Hotel Scene :: We Help a Reader With The Rendezvous Hotel
AmandaK has left her perch in Perth, Australia and spent some time in Melbourne. This week she'll be giving us the lowdown on the hotels there. If you have a question or suggestion, send it our way and we'll get right on it.
We just heard from HotelChatter reader Jamie that he's heading to Melbourne in November and has already booked into the Rendezvous Hotel there but was wondering if he made the right decision?
Saw your posting on the hotel scene in Melbourne. I'm heading there in November and staying at the Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne. Any thoughts? Tips? Reviews? Thanks so much!
Thanks for asking, Jamie. Of course we have some thoughts! We answer his concerns after the jump.
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HotelChatter Questions :: What's The Best Room at the Tides Zihuatanejo for Honeymooners?
HotelChatter Questions: In which, the intrepid HotelChatter editors and our hotel maven readers answer hotel questions that pop into our inbox. Have a question for us? Send it along. Think you have a better answer than we gave, or better yet, want to give a vote of confidence to our answer? Comment away.
A curious HotelChatter reader is pondering a stay at the Tides Zihuatanejo for his honeymoon and was interested to know which suite would be the best to book: the Lagoon suite or the Beach suite? Here are his questions:
Looking to do a honeymoon at the tides in Zihuatanejo in August of this year and I have a couple of questions: How does the beach suite compare the lagoon suite? Are there typically small children around? Also, is there some nightlife outside of hotel?
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HotelChatter Questions: Where to Stay in Barcelona?
HotelChatter Questions: In which, the intrepid HotelChatter editors and our hotel maven readers answer hotel questions that pop into our inbox. Have a question for us? Send it along. Think you have a better answer than we gave, or better yet, want to give a vote of confidence to our answer? Comment away.
We love dishing out hotel recommendations, and we just got a question from Maria, who's headed to Barcelona for the first time:
I'm going insane with the hotel reviews its so hard to find a quiet area/room. I was wondering if you had any recommendations for peaceful sleeping!
We certainly agree that nothing will put you in a bad mood faster than a rowdy room ('cept maybe bed bugs), so we dug up a couple picks from Monica Guy's helpful Barcelona hotel guide.
The Casanova Hotel would be our pick, but it does have a bit more of a scene than some other places. If you're looking for something serene and romantic, El Jardí is the ticket. And if price is no object, the Casa Fuster is the way to go.
Whatever you do, Maria, avoid the Rambla the land of no sleep from all-night people-traffic.
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What's Happening with Regent Hotels?
As we reported on Monday, Regent Hotels has dropped out as manager of the now-formerly-named Regent South Beach Hotel, despite having just opened the place eight months ago. Instead, Vinnci Hotels is taking over the place although they have yet to update their website to include this hotel.
A HotelChatter reader brought to our attention that the Regent Hotels has been dropping properties as of late--namely the Beverly Wilshire and a Singapore property--both of which were turned over to the Four Seasons.
Turnover, of course, happens in the hotel world but with the Regent opening in Bal Harbour and supposedly Boston in 2008, along with Costa Rica, Dubrovnik and Bangkok in 2009, you gotta wonder--are they going to ditch these hotels within a year too?
For now you may want to refrain from buying any condos at a Regent property. You don't want to get stuck with a Vincci Hotel or some other big-box hotel name, do you?
Got a comment on Regent Hotels? Put in your two cents here.
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Wherever Are the Best and Worst W Hotels?
Wherever, Whenever, the Wheatgrass grows...
This whole W San Francisco use to be a Radisson take got us thinking, there is a vast difference between a killer W Hotel and a shoddy one. While you might think that all W hotels are created equal, that is hardly the case, as the hotel mavens have proven over the years.
Remember the outright vitriol some of you had for the now defunct and re-flagged W Honolulu?
Conversely, there are W hotels out there that will dazzle you with their imagery, scene, rooms, and even their service.
Well, we know how W hotels love the alliteration, so Whatever W hotel you can't stand, Wherever it is, Whenever you stayed there, let us know What W is Worst. Oh, and let's answer the inverse as well--where are the best W hotels.
There are 15 or so locations to choose from. Our only rule is this--you can't choose your picks and pans based on the lobby and the bar--this has to be based on the overall experience, which should include rooms, service.
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HotelChatter Questions: Bowery Hotel or Lafayette NYC?
HotelChatter Questions: In which, the intrepid HotelChatter editors and our hotel maven readers answer hotel questions that pop into our inbox.
Have a question for us? Send it along. Think you have a better answer than we gave, or better yet, want to give a vote of confidence to our answer? Comment here.
Once again, we are answering your hotel questions. This one is a good one as it pertains to the new Sean MacPherson/Eric Goode hotels on NYC's LES. MQ Smith writes in:
I live farther out than you can imagine but son is graduating from NYU, so...which of these is the better choice?? Bowery or Lafayette?
PLEASE, you are in NY and I am in a weed field! A word to the desperate would be appreciated.
Have no fear desperate weedie. We break down the Pros and Cons of each hotel here.
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