My fiance and I are going to Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate his six-month, “all clear” from cancer. I booked a four-star hotel on Priceline.com for our first two nights and when they revealed the hotel, it was actually a three-star on the hotel’s own Web site.
I’m not sure how a fully inflated beach ball got in my hotel room.
Debbie Burk books a four-star hotel in Chicago, hoping to avoid a particular property, which is rated a half star lower. But when she ends up with a room at that hotel anyway, she ends up in an argument with her online travel agent over its star ratings system. Is she stuck with that room?
Next time you book a hotel room online, consider what happens to the taxes you’ve paid.
It’s good news for them, bad news for us. Sorta.
When Erin Hott checks into her hotel, she’s shown to a room with an unmade bed. When she asks for clean sheets, an employee tells her they can’t change her linen until the next day. And if she doesn’t like it, she can find another hotel, but she’ll still have to pay for her room. Whatever happened to customer service?
Recession? What recession? Amangroupies take note: The newest in the ultra chic and haute, haute, haute chain of boutique resorts has opened just north of Page, Ariz., and Lake Powell, amidst 600 private, gated acres of rock canyons and plateaus. Like its siblings in the Amanresorts chain, the Amangiri, Sanskrit for peaceful mountain, is tricked [...]
If your thing is big city glitz, The Tides Inn in Irvington, Va. isn’t for you. If you like the water, watching boats, biking, playing a few rounds of golf on a par 72 Golden Eagle Golf Club, designed by George Cobband and taking it easy, you’ll love the Tides Inn. Travel and Leisure has [...]
Priceline this morning launched a new application called Price Maps, a hotel mapping service that lets you scroll over city maps that automatically locate and display hotels and prices. If you’re looking for a bargain on your next hotel, this might be an interesting new resource.
Meet Dave Howell. Not to be confused with … Dave Howell.