Last week we attended the ribbon-cutting and grand opening festivities at The Water Club, a Signature Hotel by Borgata and, if you thought the Borgata was nice, you haven’t seen anything yet.
The Water Club is an 800-room non-casino hotel & spa, meaning you need to walk about 300 feet from the lobby through a retail corridor until you finally can see or hear a slot machine.
The Water Club is away from the hustle and bustle of Atlantic City, yet close enough that if you're feeling lucky like JLo's mom, the penny slots, blackjack tables and roulette tables are never too far off.
We tripped down to the Ontario-area over the weekend to spend the night at the first ever Aloft in the U.S. We couldn't wait to finally see the inside of a real Aloft (not a Second Life one).
As we turned off the 10 freeway and started making our way to Fourth Street, we saw the Aloft building in the distance. It looked just like the renderings we have been posting for the past couple of years which was a strangely eerie feeling.
We snapped out of our haze and pulled into the parking lot, parked our car next to the Aloft van, grabbed our bag and headed in.
If you've been keeping up over at Jaunted,
you know that we recently went to Vegas for one night flying Virgin America's "Superfly" flight and taking the opportunity to stay at The Venetian. If OTT is your thing, then The Venetian is a stand out in a city that values excess above all else.
Walking into the multi-hued marble lobby, we walked into the main rotunda thinking this is what Venice could have looked like during the renaissance, pumped up on acid and ego. Our check-in was smooth and easy and we boarded the elevator taking us to our room on the 24th floor.
How does an airport hotel win the title of "Number One Hotel in Texas" from the 2008 Expedia Insider's Select List? We headed to the Grand Hyatt DFW, in the new Terminal D at DFW airport, to investigate.
Now, don't get us wrong, we never judge a hotel based on its proximity to an airport, but we were a little bit skeptical here. The last airport hotel we stayed in was so noisy that it made us feel like we were asleep inside a tornado. And frankly, after we'd checked out, we sort of wished a tornado would come by and level the building so nobody else would have to endure such an experience.
So why anyone would rank an airport hotel -- no matter how nice -- above the rest of the hotels in the Lone Star State was a mystery to us.
If the She Said/He Said reviews on the Waterfront Tower at Harrah's in Atlantic City, left you wanting more on what it's like to stay inside the hotel, then look no further than our video tour of room 41076.
And here was our initial reaction to the room:
The colors were very modern, red and tan, with a HUGE LCD HDTV, but it was obvious there was not an HDTV Signal--the image quality was clearly lacking. Our room was on the 41st floor and well, of course that afforded us great views.
The bathroom was clearly modeled after The Borgata--separate room for the toilet, glass enclosed shower with bench, marble floor, PLENTY of towels, PLENTY of room.
Our only issue with the room was what appeared to be a lack of insulation. We could hear everyone in the rooms around us. Not fun.
While it's definitely the off-season for Palm Springs right now, it's also the best time to take advantage of cheap room rates at some of the desert's best hotels. We'll be rounding up some of the Palm Springs area's (including Palm Desert) most notable hotels this month. Got any suggestions or questions? Let us know.
We decided to take a spontaneous trip to Palm Springs with a few girlfriends this weekend. Forgoing the thought of sleeping on a friend's couch--or worse, the floor--we decided to hit up Hotwire to see what we could find.
And what we found and booked was a spectacular deal of $94 a night at the La Quinta Resort & Club, a sprawling Waldorf-Astoria Collection hotel made up of little casitas and villas in Palm Desert.
For realz. $94 a night. So we jumped in our friend's car and made the two-hour drive from Los Angeles into the dead heat of the desert.
While hotel prices in New York City and Europe are making U.S. visitors gasp in astonishment, in Central America the dollar still rules.
Take Honduras, where the best hotel in town by the famous Maya ruins of Copán will cost you $80 for a double, at Hotel Marina Copán. So step up big spender and get an executive suite, such as number 331 in this video tour.
Since our expectations were on the low side, the hotel definitely over-delivered on our visit. You see, we were expecting a cramped room and a non-existent view. In actuality, our particular room was semi-spacious by New York standards (read: still small, but not a closet), the service was excellent, and the WiFi hummed along for free, as it does at Sunset Tower.
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