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Hotels Helping Guests Avoid Expensive Mistakes

Typically, I don’t sleep the night before an early morning flight. I simply don’t trust myself to wake-up on time. What’s more, the cost of missing my flight would keep me up for months, so I simply remain awake at night and sleep on the plane.  This is true if I’m departing from my home or a hotel, though the latter is debuting some new practices to help heavy sleepers like me avoid the costly mistake of missing a flight or an important business meeting. Properties like The Wolcott Hotel in New York are going the extra mile so guests … Continue reading →

Tips for Disney World Resort Hotel Stays

Today I just learned about a new Disney resort: the Disney Yacht Club resort.  When I say new, I don’t mean that it’s about to be built or to open, but that I had never heard of it before.  The resort’s been around since 1990.  There are just so many hotels at Disney World, it’s hard to remember them all or keep them all straight. It can be a dilemma for those looking to plan a Disney World vacation.  You may have crossed the first hurdle – deciding whether or not you’re going to stay on site – but you … Continue reading →

Scary Places: The Knickerbocker Hotel

Not long ago, I blogged about the Roosevelt Hollywood, a hotel reportedly haunted by the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Cliff among others. But, the Roosevelt Hollywood isn’t the only haunted hotel in town. The Knickerbocker Hotel was built in 1925 as a luxury apartment building. It later became a hotel, with its Renaissance Revival Bar a favorite among the Hollywood crowd. Over the years, the Knickerbocker saw its share of fame, but also its share of scandal. Famed director D.W. Griffith died of a stroke in the hotel in 1948. Once a Hollywood big wig, Griffith had been … Continue reading →

Do You Steal From Hotels?

Do you prefer the towels, magazines or shower caps? What do you really pilfer from hotels? Town and Country magazine, recently asked its rich subscribers what, if anything, they swipe from luxury hotel rooms. The answer: The soap. Affluent hotel guest prefer to lift expensive soap to extra-fluffy towels and bathrobes. And by expensive I mean brands like Acqua di Parma, Bulgari, Hermes and L’Occitane. No paper-thin bars of discount soap that don’t lather up or smell like a fresh morning dew. Rather, high-end guests are filling their Louis Vuitton bags with luxury lathers. According to the magazine, most guests … Continue reading →

Are You a Hotel Slob?

What does your hotel room look like when you check-out? Is the bedding crumpled on the floor? Are wet towels thrown on chairs or do you dump them in the tub? Do you leave the place looking like a pigsty and figure you’re just helping the housekeeping staff earn their pay for the day? According to a recent poll, more than 60 percent of American hotel guests pile their used towels on the bathroom floor, leave puddles near sinks and bathtubs and throw bedding and pillows around the room. Bottom line: Most guests don’t treat hotel rooms the same way … Continue reading →

Win a Luxury Vacation For Two From Sandals Resorts

Wouldn’t it be nice to take a relaxing vacation at a resort hotel? All couples, no matter how many years they have been together, can benefit with some time spent exclusively with each other. Often, the problem is not that you don’t want to take a vacation with your spouse, but that you cannot afford to do so. Sandals resort may have a solution to that problem. They have a sweepstakes where the winner gets a luxury vacation for two at one of Sandals resorts. It is traditional for a newly married couple to take a honeymoon vacation. Everyone expects … Continue reading →

Dealing With Noisy Hotel Guests

How do you deal with unruly guests at a hotel? A. Contact the front desk staff and have them handle it B. Pound on the wall separating your room from the offender’s C. Knock on the loud guest’s door and politely ask them to keep it down D. Hail a “sleep warden” and have them kick out the belligerent guest If you are vacationing at select hotels in the United Kingdom, answer “D” is an actual option. “Sleep wardens” are all the rage at Travelodge properties in Europe. The specially trained staff members patrol the hotels’ halls making sure that … Continue reading →

Hotel Room Rates: How Low Can They Go?

Would you believe one cent? It may sound like a joke, but actually, it’s a gimmick. Still the deal is real. No kidding. Red Roof Inns is offering a stupendous deal to its RediCard loyalty members: Rooms for a single penny at select properties. The one-cent deal is part of the chain’s new weekly promotion, which gives members of its RediCard loyalty program (sign-up is free) outstanding ways to save on hotel rooms. The red-cent offer is good only at locations listed on the company’s website. Last week the deal included Red Roof’s Orlando Convention Center location. No surprise, it … Continue reading →

More Ways to Save Money on Luxury Summer Vacations

If you have been putting off taking a family vacation this summer because you simply couldn’t afford to take one, then I have some welcome news. Several luxury hotels are slashing prices on rooms in order to generate business. High-end properties that most of us would ordinarily only read about in magazines are offering attractive summer rates and special package deals to fill rooms. Take a look at some of the swanky lodgings that are trying to make up for a reduction in business travel this summer by offering red hot deals to vacationing families: NANTUCKET If you are looking … Continue reading →

Saving Money on Luxury Summer Vacations

It seems unusual that luxury hotels would be offering bargains this time of year (or at all) given that the folks who frequent ultra-luxe properties probably aren’t pinching pennies the same way most families are. Still, owners of swanky lodgings say to retain business during tough economic times they are not above lowering prices and adding incentives to attract more customers. That’s good news to any traveler looking to score a bargain at a luxurious hotel. If you have always wanted to live like the rich and famous, but couldn’t afford to do so, now’s your chance to go big. … Continue reading →