From the outside, the Puerto Rican inn that Pablo Solomon checked into looked like it belonged on the cover of a slick vacation brochure. The landscaping seemed immaculate, the lawn was freshly trimmed, and the pool an inviting shade of blue.
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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.
The travel industry wants you back.
But before you say “yes,” listen to Laura Salisbury, a teacher from San Jose, Calif. She mistakenly typed the wrong return date when she booked a vacation for her and her mother through Expedia.
“All I wanted to do was give my mom a trip of a lifetime to celebrate the [...]
September is one of the slowest months of the year in Vero Beach, and indeed, in Florida. Several businesses along Ocean Drive are closed for renovations, or vacation. As someone who dislikes crowds, that makes it one of my favorite times to be a tourist in my own state.
Can you tell that half of this hotel is under renovation? Neither can I. You have to walk to the other side to see the scaffolding.
It’s too close to call. A review of several “worst of” lists suggests there’s a high concentration of awful hotels in the New York area, with one or two standouts outside of Gotham. The bad properties are also likely to be owned by one chain.
Gabriel Medina can’t reach his hotel in New Orleans because there’s a police barricade in front of it. A manager promises to “help” him cancel the reservation, but three days later, his credit card is charged $113. Now his credit card has sided with the hotel. Is there anything else he can do?
The travel industry, hammered by the worst economic downturn in more than a generation, is taking a hard line in an effort to contain costs and preserve profits. A post-9/11 airline policy referred to as “no waivers, no favors” seems to have been adopted by almost everyone shortened to “no.”
Look closely. This is a breakdown of available rooms by hotel size, courtesy of the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s latest industry profile. It clearly shows that most of the room inventory in America can be found at the small- and medium-size properties.
Haven’t smokers suffered enough already? You can’t help but wonder when you talk with someone like Efrin Knight, a French professor from Miami who enjoys an occasional cigar.
If airlines can redefine the meaning of a day, then why can’t hotels? At least one of them is, according to reader Catena Fugazotto. She recently booked two rooms at a Super 8 in Norwich, NY, for her daughter’s graduation. She was told she could cancel either one if she called within 24 hours of her stay. Trouble is, they couldn’t agree on when her stay actually begins.
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