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The Oregon Hotel Trail: Inn of the Beachcomber
October 15, 2007 at 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
HotelChatter Maven Annie0007 recently wrapped up a two-week jaunt through Oregon, taking her from the mountains and high desert to the lakes and coast. Along with the terrain variety, she stayed in a wide array of accommodations, from a 50s-style campground setting along a starlit lake, to a luxury cottage surrounded by deer and wildflowers, and a 1930s mountain lodge made famous in a classic horror movie. This week we'll be running her exclusive hotel reviews. If you have any questions, hit us on the tipline.
From the fishing lodge-turned-inn, first made famous by Clark Gable, we shoved off for the Oregon coast. As we made our way south, inching toward Northern California, the forest trees began to get thicker and taller, finally blotting out the sky. Then, a sign: Redwood National Park. We saw a bunch of cars and RVs pulled off on the roadside, next to a trailhead, and walked, literally agog, among the giants, unchanged for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
The backdrops changed quickly, from forest to highway, then long sloping fields finally giving us a sweet first gulp of ocean air. We had finally made it to US Highway 101, on our way north to Gold Beach's Inn of the Beachcomber.
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Good Rate :: Top Tu Tu' Tun for Under $250
July 17, 2007 at 11:36 AM | 0 Comments
[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature where we look at hotel prices in the same region and decide which one most deserves your hard-earned benjamins. Rates quotes here were valid July 17, 2007 and are subject to change. Enjoy.]
The new Travel & Leisure reader's poll is out and one list we couldn't resist was the Top-15 Hotels for $250 or less. These are the ones that scored highly as some of the best in the world, but are not priced for billionaires only.
The top of that list? The Peninsula in Bangkok. As we've reported before, Bangkok is the place to go for a dependable good rate in a top hotel.
But what really caught our eye--and ear--was the Tu Tu' Tun Lodge in Gold Beach, Oregon. The Web site teases us with just snatches of information, but apparently the name comes from a native American tribe in this region, where the Rogue River meets the Pacific Ocean.
The riverside lodge has 16 rooms, two suites and two houses. This intimate hotel beat out everything else in the U.S. in this poll to take the number one spot overall, including places that cost three or four times as much per night.
You might sound like you have a stuttering problem when you tell neighbors where you're heading on vacation, but we'll take it on faith that this is certainly a Good Rate.
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Bad Rate :: You Get What You Pay for at Gold Beach Inn
July 17, 2007 at 11:36 AM | 0 Comments
[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature where we look at hotel prices in the same region and decide which one most deserves your hard-earned benjamins. Rates quoted here were captured on July 17, 2007 and are subject to change. Enjoy.]
Which is the better deal? You can stay at the wonderful Tu Tu' Tun Lodge in Oregon for under $250 (this week's Good Rate) or stay in an old rundown motel by the sea for half that. We'd go for the small premium, because what you get for half the price is far less than half the value.
Hotel Hell
"Almost Ruined My Honeymoon"
September 22, 2005 at 12:01 PM | 2 Comments
[Editor's Note: Hotel Maven honeymoon hell (yeah, fairly direct name, huh?) explains to us why "Ireland's Rustic Lodges" and the Oregon coast don't always lead to a romantic getaway. Enjoy]
My new wife and I decided to take a leisurely drive up Hwy 101 on the West Coast. The drive was gorgeous, and we decided as neither of us had driven it before, we didn't want any advance lodging reservations in case we wanted to dawdle in a particularly interesting spot for longer than expected. Upon reaching Gold Beach, Oregon our honeymoon took a nasty turn and one hotel experience nearly spoiled the entire trip for us.
