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Chilling Out at the Crowne Plaza Key West La Concha

Where: 430 Duval Street [map], Key West, FL, United States, 33040

| April 30, 2009 at 2:55 PM | 0 Comments

Jaunted editor Victor Ozols is just back from a trip down to Key West where he celebrated Spring Break. Wanna know where he shacked up during his stay? Watch his in-depth guided video tour here. Or if you're at work and your boss is hovering, read the entire review below and pretend it's work-related.

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'Real World' Season 22 Will Surely Bring Good PR to ME Cancun

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Boulevard Kukulkan, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico

| April 14, 2009 at 2:56 PM | 1 Comment

ME Cancún, a Sol Mélia resort, is a hotel that is sort of ... well, meh (or shall we say, "MEh"). As we discovered last year, there are plenty of good things about the resort — as we said, pretty people, pretty views, and pretty nice furniture — but there isn't really anything distinguishing it from the properties around it in Cancun.

However. Unbeknownst to us until recently, the 22nd season of MTV's The Real World is already wrapping up filming in sweet, sweet Mexico (thanks, Jaunted!) and guess where the 7-ish strangers picked to live in a house will be living? The ME Cancun. Oh yes.

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Three Las Vegas Hotel Deals We Can't Resist

| March 25, 2009 at 10:46 AM | 0 Comments

We keep telling you that Las Vegas is cheap these days and it really is. Ok, well maybe not right this second as March Madness is going on and hotels in Sin City are happily finding themselves almost full again.

But if you are looking for a fun getaway in the near future, the MGM Grand is offering a Spring Fling package with room rates starting at $75 a night and perks like a $35 activity credit to be used for fine dining or entertainment, two line passes to either Studio 54 or Tabú Ultra Lounge, 25 percent off spa services from Grand Spa or Cristophe Salon, two poolside cocktails and $10 slot FREE PLAY®.

This offer must be booked by April 30, but it's good for travel through September 10.

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Kids Get Slimed at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 5350 E Marriott Dr [map], Phoenix, AZ, United States, 85054

| March 13, 2009 at 11:13 AM | 0 Comments

Sometimes we forget that Spring Break means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. It’s true, some Spring Breaks don’t involve girls with low self-esteem or the slimy guys who prey on them.

At the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort, for instance, spring break is all about a different, infinitely more wholesome, slime. As in Nickelodeon’s “Slime Time” and “Slimo Bingo.” That’s right — through April 28, kids aged 4 to 12 can live out their spring break fantasies at the resort’s Nickelodeon Activity Zone with full and half-day sessions, which include an appearance by none other than SpongeBob SquarePants. Plus: arts and crafts (pottery painting, jewelry-making), stargazing, a Sonoran desert walk, and a “Nick After Dark” program with games, a Nickelodeon movie, and dinner (5 to 9 p.m.).

The older-than-12 crowd can live out their own fantasies (sans kiddies). The resort offers golf at the Wildfire Golf Club (with two championship courses by Nick Faldo and Arnold Palmer), the two-story Revive Spa, eight tennis courts, a Lazy River (pictured), and the Wii-equipped Vista Lounge.

The Nickelodeon NAZ Club Extravaganza Package starts at $189 per night and includes a deluxe room, daily breakfast with SpongeBob SquarePants, free meals for kids under 12 at Blue Sage Restaurant, and more Nickelodeon goodness.

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The Five Best Spring Break Hotels for Adults

| March 11, 2009 at 1:01 PM | 1 Comment

It's March and the long, hard winter is almost done,
And you're ready to take a vacay for a little bit of fun.
You'd love some sun, a margarita, and maybe a shot of Maker's,
But you don't want to share your hotel with college Spring breakers.

You need to let loose from your full-time jobs as Dad and Mom —
And you don't want to end up stepping in some frat boy's vom.
So we've put together a handy guide for you to consult:
Here are the Five Best Spring Break Hotels for Adults.

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Cut Loose in Beantown at Copley Square for Spring Break

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 47 Huntington Avenue [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02116

| March 4, 2009 at 10:58 AM | 0 Comments

With Maury down in Miami, the frat-tastic bros likely taking over the desired Mexico spots, and New York City being kinda meh during March, why don't you try something new and kick it in Boston this Spring Break? It doesn't exactly conjure up the same sorts of images of sandy bottoms, bikinis and Coronas that most of us think of for March-April trips, but hey: it's cheap, Boston's got plenty of good beer, and there are more than enough college kids to show you a good time around Beantown.

Last year, the historic Copley Square Hotel underwent a 17 million dollar renovation and when it (finally) re-opened, it had reinvented itself to be a boutique-y chic property marketed to the hip young things. Inside, you've got nightlife options like Saint (a dress-code-enforced kinda joint), the more laid-back Minibar and the Lobby Lounge — and the neighborhood's got no shortage of nighttime party options (or daytime shopping options, really) either.

This season, the hotel is offering a Spring Break package that includes a King Deluxe room, breakfast for 2 at Xhale, 2 cocktails and an appetizer at Minibar, VIP access to Saint, and 2 passes to FitCorp "to work off your hangover." The package rates start at $259 for the first night (that's 130 per person if you split it with your BFF), and then each additional night will be 20% off the best available rate; the package is available from March 1 to April 16, 2009.

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Maury Povich Will Keep it Classy at the Westin Diplomat

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 3555 South Ocean Drive [map], Hollywood, FL, United States, 33019

| March 4, 2009 at 9:16 AM | 0 Comments

Ah, Maury Povich. You make the long weekdays go by so much more quickly with your endless paternity-test disasters, the verbal assaults that take place on your stage, your insane makeovers and crazy-kid-rehab bootcamps; it's only sensible that you pack up and take it all to Miami during Spring Break to place your Maury-ness squarely in the epicenter of young American debauchery; the capital of poor decisions.

And yet: why did you choose the Westin Diplomat hotel as the backdrop to film segments of your Spring Break-edition shows? According to Page Six, you've opted to tape some "sexy segments" there — but why not, like, some segments on Ocean Drive at 3:15 a.m.? Surely the Delano and Fontainebleau are a wee bit too classy for the likes of Povichery, but a Westin just seems sort of like, well, a conservative choice.

Then again, we wouldn't want a set that is so not conservative that it upstages your guests. Not like that's any easy feat.

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Jamaica's Solís The Palmyra Will Open in March

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Montego Bay , Jamaica

| October 29, 2008 at 9:31 AM | 0 Comments

For Spring Breakers and exhausted 9 to 5-ers looking for a chill beach vacay this coming winter, 16 acres of Caribbean waterfront will sound pretty darn good. And the humungous Solis The Palmyra in Jamaica, poised to open in March, looks like it might be able to deliver.

Perched on the shores of Montego Bay, the hotel has three towers, courtyards, and ocean views out of every room; a ballroom, event lawn, and gazebo for weddings; two pools, beachside cabanas, and tons of adventure gear for the using. There's also a 30,000 square foot spa, designed by award-winning spa designer Susan Harmsworth.

Guests will get preferential treatment at the nearby award-winning golf courses. And be sure to wear your bathing suit under your clothes on your flight into Montego Bay: the hotel is only 15 minutes from the airport.

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Spring Breakers + Mexico + Hotel = Fire

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Av Costera Miguel Aleman No 123, Acapulco, Mexico, 39670

| March 18, 2008 at 9:05 AM | 1 Comment

We're pretty sure the Best Western Playa Suites in Acapulco, Mexico won't be keen on hosting Spring Breakers again.

Several Spring Breakers from the University of New Hampshire and Penn State were staying at the hotel when it caught fire early Monday morning.

The students had booked the trip through StudentCity.com and several had just arrived only a few hours before the fire broke out.

One senior from Bedford said she and her friends ran down 12 flights of stairs after their suite began to fill with smoke.

They stood outside in their pajamas and watched the smoke climb, unable to collect their belongings until many hours later, said the student, Ashley Herrin, 22.

"I was stranded with no money, no shoes, no passport in Mexico, with nowhere to go. It was just miserable," she said.

The hotel had recently passed a fire inspection but several students said they never heard any smoke or fire alarms. Fortunately, no one was injured and some students were able to enter last night to retrieve their belongings. The hotel hasn't updated their website but we are sure they won't be taking any guests anytime soon.

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Spring Breakers Rally at the Raleigh with Victoria's Secret

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 1775 Collins Avenue [map], Miami Beach, FL, United States, 33139

| March 12, 2008 at 11:51 AM | 0 Comments

Speaking of hotel swag....

We are totally perplexed by this recent partnership of The Raleigh Hotel and Victoria's Secret's PINK line--the more casual sleepwear/loungewear collection from the mass-produced lingerie store.

Today the hotel is hosting "Spring Break 08 Rally at the Raleigh" in which people show up from 1 to 5pm in their PINK favorites (sweats with Pink written on the butt and too-tight tank tops we assume) and get freebies. Some C-list celebs will be in attendance like Brody Jenner, Vanessa Minillo, and models Miranda Kerr and Behati Prinsloo.

The day has a packed schedule of events kicking off with Diving for Dogs where guests dive for those mini-PINK dogs in the pool. There's also twister and dodgeball and of course, shopping for PINK clothes all day long.

If you can't make it, you can still buy a limited edition Pink shirt that says "Rally at the Raleigh."

Apparently the hotel and Victoria's Secret have done this partnership before. We're just grateful that it's only for one day. That and that the whole event wasn't called "Puke and Rally at the Raleigh."

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HotelChatter Reader Deals: It's Not Too Late for Spring Break

| February 28, 2008 at 5:40 PM | 0 Comments

In which, HotelChatter readers are treated to exclusive hotel deals dug up by us. All deals have a limited amount of rooms attached to them and may sell out quickly.

We can all relive our college days again by taking advantage of these Spring Break deals, minus the keg stands, wet t-shirt contests and chicken-fighting in the pool of course.

Today's Hotel Deals
CasaMagna Marriott Cancun
$237 a night for "Get Out of the Cold" Package
This deal includes daily breakfast for two and 10% off a spa treatment. Minimum three-day stay required. Call 1-800-223-6388 to book.
The Colony Palms Hotel
$99 for either Thursday or Sunday stays
Fancy yourself a mobster? Spend Spring Break at the new Colony Palms Hotel where if you stay over the weekend any weekend in March, you can get Thursday or Sunday for $99. Use code PS99.
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort
$179 a night in Orlando.
If you can handle the Disney crowd, this resort has rooms under $200 from March 13-19. Ask for rate code SDMAR when booking.
The Clift Hotel
$198 Leap Year Special on Quikbook
Quikbook asks you to book before noon EST on Leap Day (tomorrow) and you will get an extra 10% off. The stays are valid through September but you gotta act fast. Like NOW. The deal is also good for some hotels in Beverly Hills and Chicago.
The Mondrian Scottsdale
$125 pre-pay rate
The hip hotel offers rooms starting from $125 a night if you book 14 days or more in advance. It's about 10% of the rack rate but you have to search for availability. Call the hotel for assistance. Of course, if you have to cancel not even promising your first born will get you your money back.

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Family-Friendly Spring Break Deals from Bookit.com

| February 25, 2008 at 4:23 PM | 0 Comments

According to Bookit.com and the Travel Industry Association, family spring break trips are the new travel trend.

"About 70% of households with children will travel together this year," said Laura Veglia, Vice President of Sales for BookIt.com. "From the grandchildren to the grandparents, families today are seeking hot deals on destinations that offer the right combination of activities, dining options and amenities so that every member enjoys their time together."

For that great family spring break Veglia talks about, Bookit suggests a few of the usual suspects, such as Orlando, but does showcase some genuine good ideas.

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