Vintage Motor Inn-Turned "Hippest Hotel in Dallas" $109 a night
Look, we were all about Dallas hotels this summer. And we understand why maybe some of you weren't really into being in the red-hot Texas heat in the dead of July. So now that it's less scorching-hot down South, we'd definitely recommend a visit to Dallas during this time of year when the air is crisp and cool -- but not too cool.
The Belmont Dallas was a motor inn in 1946 -- and after some sprucin' up, the hotel has turned into a killer contemporary hotel with a funky retro vibe. Bonus: its bar was named the "Most Cinematic Hotel Bar" in the DFW area -- but we're pretty sure you're may want to lay off the booze long enough to take in the gorgeous views of the Dallas skyline. Right now, Tablet Hotels is offering room rates that start as low as $109, valid through December 31st.
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Crazy/Sexy/Cool Art Hotel in Louisville $129 a night
The21C Museum Hotel is one of the funkiest hotels we know of in the U.S. It's both a modern boutique hotel and a contemporary art museum with somewhat scary things on display. But it also has clean bathrooms. Tablet Hotels is offering $129 room rates at the hotel plus a complimentary sweet at check-in from now until August 31st.
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She alerts her faithful readers (like us) to a contest currently being run by Tablet Hotels awarding two free nights in a mystery hotel, should you be able to identify said mystery hotel using the following clue:
One Tablet Hotel has been overrun with showbiz types since its opening in 1927--in fact, its "Blossom Room" was home to the first-ever Academy Awards ceremony in 1929.
Shhh, if you know the answer don't tell us--that is unless you want more competition in the random drawing. Instead, e-mail your answer to info@tablethotels.com.
We just found this hotel through the Tablet Hotels application on Facebook (oh yeah, we're into that!) and we wanna go like right now.
It's called Hotel Indigo and it thankfully has nothing to do with the cookie-cutter "lifestyle" brand from IHG Hotels.
Hotel Indigo is located in the Chilean part of Patagonia in Puerto Natales. It's a bit difficult to get to but probably worth it.
The 29-room hotel offers super killer views of the Last Hope Fjord and is close to the Torres del Paine park. But what's really great about this hotel is that it's practically architectural eye candy and stylish inside to boot. Not something you would usually expect from a hotel in Patagonia.
The hotel has wireless internet, a spa, a restaurant and lounge bar and a hammock in the lobby. We love hammocks here. But the bestest part is the price. Room rates start at $160--totally reasonable for such a cool hotel.
Over at The New York Times "T" Magazine's The Moment blog (whew), Tablet Hotels' CEO and co-founder Laurent Vernhes has been guest blogging for a couple of days now.
Yesterday, he wrote a wonderful piece about guidebooks - specifically, about a particularly unfortunate series of events in Rio that caused him to let go of his Lonely Planets and travel without lugging around all those heavy, inconvenient tourist bibles.
Today's post was an excellent followup about life after guidebooks, opening up a discussion about the Internet's potential to replace the whole guidebook industry.
Pop on over there to check 'em out - his posts are definitely worth the read. His guest blogging stint lasts all week so be sure to keep up!
Everything worked out for our girl Amy at yesterday as we and she knew it would. Tablet Hotels was able to get her into a family suite at the Alchymist Grand Hotel, after her initial hotel missed its opening date.
Here's what is inside a family suite :
These two level Rooms are the ideal combination of two deluxe rooms, especially for families. The Family Rooms feature a two separated bedrooms with one queen size bed and two twin beds on the upper level.
Each bedroom has air-conditioning, LCD TV with premium channels, DVD and CD player, safe, mini-bar and high speed internet access. Family Rooms have two separate bathrooms, one with shower corner only and one with a shower, bath-tub and bidet. The size is 60 square meters or 650
square feet."
Awwww, that's the kind of happy ending we like to see!
Our good friend Amy over at NewYorkology wrote to us this morning to share some nerve-wracking, last-minute, unplanned changes to her travel plans to Prague.
It turns out the Alchymist Residence Nosticova has not completed its reconstruction, despite taking reservations on its website as recently as a week ago.
Since Amy booked through Tablet Hotels, the boutique hotel booking site is doing their best to relocate her. However, such a change the day before she's due to take off has not made for easy pre-trip organization.
Funny thing about the Hope Springs Resort: Reviewers can't stop fawning over how this 10-room boutique property in Desert Hot Springs, CA, lacks pretension--but not many can make that proclamation without coming off as pretentious themselves.
To wit:
"This is not Palm Springs, thank heavens, and though there are plenty of restaurants nearby ... there isn't much to do at night unless you want to drive into town, as it were, or go to bed early. The Hope Springs guest understands this; the clientele seems self-selecting that way, quieter than the party animals you will find in PS."
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