$18 Boston hotel rooms on July 14th from Copley Square Hotel

$18! Chai! Jews, special alert. Or anyone really. I’m so there.

From the press release:

The Copley Square Hotel, Boston’s newest boutique property located in the heart of Boston’s vibrant Back Bay is turning 118 years old this summer and wants you to be part of the celebration, with rates starting at $18. Visit the Copley Square Hotel’s website at http://www.copleysquarehotel.com/birthday on July 14, 2009 from 1:18 p.m. – 3:16 p.m. (EDT) to grab the low $18 rate. The sale will last 118 minutes or until all the rooms are sold. Room rates for boutique rooms start at $18 and go up to $118 and are available on a first come, first serve basis. Guests can book their stay from July 14 until September 24, 2009 and up to 5 rooms per night will be available at $18, with at least 5 more at $118.

Normal premiums apply for upgrades into other room categories. Bookings must be made through the hotel’s website at http://www.copleysquarehotel.com/birthday. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Limit one special rate boutique room per reservation name.

Sexy hotel beds at Townhouse in Miami

These sexy (save for, imo, the beach ball) hotel beds are from Townhouse in Miami, via Hoosta magazine, which says:

Townhouse is a cool hotel, fun and sexy, located in 50 meters from Miami Beach, just a step away from the fashion boutiques and the restaurants of Lincoln Street and Ocean Drive. Designed by a French artist qualified of the School of « Beaux Arts », India Mahdavi, here is a contemporary hotel in the pared-down design which will enrapture those who want to stay in Florida in a refreshing, young and amusing place.

Want to read about hot hotel sex?

See Do Not Disturb: Hotel Sex Stories!

Hotel bed photos

From The Hotel Bed Blog, at York House in Portugal

Hotel Bar Bathroom Sex

Schecky’s listed their favorite bars for bathroom sex, and guess what? 2 hotels made the list.

The Waldorf-Astoria Cocktail Terrace
301 Park Ave.
(49th & 50th Sts.)
Midtown 212.355.3000
The very best thing about this grand ole dame of a hotel is that anybody and we mean anybody can stroll in off the street and wander around the lobby. If you and whoever you’re with gets the urge, walk in, go to the ladies room off the lobby floor, the bathroom can serve as your setting. Once past the bathroom’s sitting area, each stall has a lockable door and is the size of a studio apartment. The walls are so thick; it’s like being in a soundproof room. That’s right; no one can hear you scream.

Sexy W Hotel Hangers

I totally want to stay at one of the W Hotels in New York. Or Vegas. Or…

Did someone say in-room couple’s massage?

I’m on the lookout for a NYC hotel to have a hot date with my guy. We’ll be booking it soon, but this deal from the W Hotel caught my eye:

W has so many sensations to tempt the two of you, even if you never leave your room! Just ring Whatever/Whenever® for in-room couple’s massages, a romantic dinner brought right to your door, wuv potion cocktails and beyond. Looking for something really risqué? If staying in NY, take advantage of an exclusive W offer for a custom portrait by NY Magazine’s “Best Nude Photographer,” Brian Leighton.

The idea of both of us getting a massage that leaves us totally liquid and melty and unable to move from our bed, then the person leaving us to go at it sounds…perfect!

World’s hottest hotel hot tubs

Travel & Leisure has a fabulous slide show of the hottest hotel hot tubs! These are my three favorites:

Name a Hotel, Win a Trip

I love contests, like, really, really love them, although I’m terrible at coming up with titles (currently brainstorming book titles, coming up with very little).

So I think this is a great idea – check out the contest at Desires Hotels and good luck! Feel free to take me with you if you win.

You can win:

The $1 hotel room (in Philadelphia)

Gadling tells us:

Looking for a cheap night’s sleep in Philadelphia?

You probably can’t do better than the Alexander Inn, a boutique hotel in Center City.

Right now, the hotel is offering a limited number of rooms for $1. The offer is good for one night’s stay, Sunday through Thursday, with no minimum stay required.

The offer is running from now through June 11. Unfortunately, you cannot book the rooms more than 30 days in advance of your stay.

And here’s the Alexander Inn website, where they say:

As our guest, you may enjoy at no additional cost, all of the following:

* our breakfast buffet plus 24-hour fresh fruit and snack table
* a 24-hour fitness center
* e-mail access computers
* color television and DirecTV including 8 movie channels
* individual room phone messaging & wake up
* discounted nearby indoor parking
* historic sightseeing pick up at our door
* nonsmoking comfort
* Wireless Internet access
* in-room safe

Say goodbye to the front desk

Andaz image via

From the Los Angeles Times:

A hotel “host” delivered a bottle of water and knelt at her side, swiftly tapping on a hand-held computer no bigger than a stenographer’s notebook. Quickly, the host used the device to confirm her reservation information, swipe her credit card and activate her guest room keys.

What? No front desk? Has check-in become obsolete? No, hotel experts say, but the ritual is certainly changing.

Faur never stood in line, never waited for a clerk to retype her reservation information and never was ignored so the clerk could answer the phone.

Andaz, a new, hip hotel brand from Hyatt, has no lobby telephones or agents behind imposing counters. A communal table set with jars of candy, bowls of fruit and a selection of wine is as close as you’ll get to the front desk of old.

Andaz is one of the first U.S. hotels to do away with a front desk. Elsewhere, automated kiosks allow some travelers to confirm their reservations at airport terminals or in hotel lobbies. At the new Aloft chain, which has a hotel in Rancho Cucamonga, guests can use a lobby kiosk to check in and obtain keys, or consult with a nearby human to complete the process.