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Hello,
I will be in Dubai next week for the first time (this time not just for stop over at the airport)
Does anyone know if the Chelsea Garden Hotel is green.
I have been reading the forum back to 2008 and the Chelsea Garden hotel is generally listed as Chelsea. Does this include the Garden as well?
For bars ect. I will go thru the other forum`s sections (doesn`t mean I would ignore some good hints)
PM me
Thank in advance
C11
I have been like 10 times this year in this hotel. I got reasonable prices like 1 BR apprtment for round 500AED incl. Tax incl. Breakfast, incl. parking and free Internet. No problems - just ID required - sometimes even not that. I feel it is good location acros the road to Moascow Hotel and easy access to airport and al Maktoum bridge.
Quick update on this fine hotel.
Still super green, absolutely no security checks, just walk through with your sweetie holding hands right to the lifts. Love that place.
Also on the Nelson's pub. There are still some WG in there but I'm somehow unable to score in there. Too hard work for me with a smallish selection and too many blokes, plus there is a mix of WG to non-WG of maybe 30:70 which makes it a bit of a risky game.
Hey just wondering if anyone has any info on the Habtoor Grand.
I am going to be in Dubai from 9-13 Dec. [blue][Deleted by Admin][/blue]
[b][u]EDITOR'S NOTE[/u]: [/b] [blue]This report was edited because it was an inquiry regarding whether a [u]specific hotel property is "Green"[/u]. These types if "inquiries" are not permitted because they are almost universally posted by tree-hugging environmentalists whose only intent is to raise the "green" question on travel websites and elsewhere in the blogsphere for the sole purpose of injecting the "green" question into the public discussion.[/blue]
If you want to know if a specific hotel is "Green", then just go to their website.[/blue]
I would consider this hotel green.
1 out of 3 times, the girl was controlled, but only had to give passport and everything went fine.
From most hotel rooms, you can see the seaside and still leave the window open as nobody can look inside.
The only bad thing is that you can hear almost everything in the hotel. So there's a risk that the neigbors complain if you're too loud. Once you have an arab next to you who calls the police this can be a real problem... . But this is the risk in this country we're all facing!
Pleased to see there is a lot of action in Dubai but I have a problem for when I visit in a few weeks. Although checked into a hotel I am with family so no chance of bringing any girl back. Any suggestions on how to overcome this? Any rooms for hire by the hour? Do girls tend to have somewhere to take you?
Moderator:
This is getting annoying. Green in this case is used for monger friendly, not environmentally friendly.
-PH
[QUOTE=Gypsy155]Hey just wondering if anyone has any info on the Habtoor Grand.
I am going to be in Dubai from 9-13 Dec. [blue][Deleted by Admin][/blue]
[b][u]EDITOR'S NOTE[/u]: [/b] [blue]This report was edited because it was an inquiry regarding whether a [u]specific hotel property is "Green"[/u]. These types if "inquiries" are not permitted because they are almost universally posted by tree-hugging environmentalists whose only intent is to raise the "green" question on travel websites and elsewhere in the blogsphere for the sole purpose of injecting the "green" question into the public discussion.[/blue]
If you want to know if a specific hotel is "Green", then just go to their website.[/blue][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Poonhound69]Moderator:
This is getting annoying. Green in this case is used for monger friendly, not environmentally friendly.
-PH[/QUOTE]Thanks Poonhound. You are correct I am definitely not asking if the Habtoor is environmentally friendly. If I was concerned about that I wouldn't be asking about it in this forum. Does anyone have any info on if the Habtoor Grand is WG friendly.
Folks, I promised I would summarize my findings on which areas are THE_FORBIDDEN_COLOR (special price for the first one to get movie the reference). Not sure if I should post it here or in the Dubai info.
So, I have little to report so far but what I have I will share for free.
The best area seems to still be Marina and surroundings: JBR gets high-marks, and some buildings are in better shape than others. Surprisingly I got good references also about JLT that first time I visited raised many THE_NOT_FORBIDDEN_COLOR flags due to the high-concentration of God-fearing population.
I also got good references about Greens, but this came from a (girl) friend; she claimed that my lifestyle could be indulged easily in Greens (not in the Villas, but the apartments).
Most people seemed to share my reservations about Indian housewives, and advised against moving to Bur Dubai (even if fun would be closer).
I am still trying to find out about Old Town, and i am specially curious about Burj Khalifa, it would really be awesome if one of the 80 tenants living there could comment.
Depending on how things move I may opt to get something small and discreet close to the entertainment areas, but honestly with current hotel prices (and no, there is no recovery in sight, overcapactity is here to stay) it really does not make financial sense.
Oh well, I would appreciate if someone could update this at a later stage with new findings.
Moderator: Yes I am mocking your reaction to the use of THE_FORBIDDEN_COLOR to flag hotels. how could i pass on that one?
I guess the moderator is not going to explain, but from my small understanding of the internet, here is my thought on the matter.
Google is very powerful company. They watch you wherever you go. Don't believe we watch the bottom left corner of your browser while surfing. You will see google.analtyics a few times. Any site with google ads uses this tool. Once google puts a cookie on your computer, it logs where you go, and what you click, so it can send targeted ads to you.
These logs also see how many times a site is visited, and what sites are linked to it. It also reads each site looking for keywords for ads etc...
When you go to google.com and look something up, it goes through it's logs looks for the keyword and find the most visited site and most linked site with that word.
If we keep using the word G**** to describe hotels, eventually, some prudish environmentalist is going to google "G***** Hotel in Dubai" for his upcoming vacation, and this site is going to pop up in the results. The prudish environmentalist contacts LE, media, friends, family, support group, etc... and Jackson suddenly has world-wide attention that he didn't want.
It's probably more complex than this, but I know the key-words thing can cause issues.
Just my two-cents on a possible explanation.
CJ
Nice theory, but then we should stop talking about "Hotels in Dubai" as every time anyone searches for hotel in Dubai this forum would pop up.
Even worst, think of a woman looking for a "girl friendly hotel in Dubai", that would be fun. Hey this website would get as popular as wikileaks :D
Whatever the reason is i do not see google analytics playing a big part. I guess we will never know, but I will keep mocking it until they show me the way to the airport :)
[QUOTE=Cj9779]I guess the moderator is not going to explain, but from my small understanding of the internet, here is my thought on the matter.
Google is very powerful company. They watch you wherever you go. Don't believe we watch the bottom left corner of your browser while surfing. You will see google.analtyics a few times. Any site with google ads uses this tool. Once google puts a cookie on your computer, it logs where you go, and what you click, so it can send targeted ads to you.
These logs also see how many times a site is visited, and what sites are linked to it. It also reads each site looking for keywords for ads etc...
When you go to google.com and look something up, it goes through it's logs looks for the keyword and find the most visited site and most linked site with that word.
If we keep using the word G**** to describe hotels, eventually, some prudish environmentalist is going to google "G***** Hotel in Dubai" for his upcoming vacation, and this site is going to pop up in the results. The prudish environmentalist contacts LE, media, friends, family, support group, etc... and Jackson suddenly has world-wide attention that he didn't want.
It's probably more complex than this, but I know the key-words thing can cause issues.
Just my two-cents on a possible explanation.
CJ[/QUOTE]
Hi
I will be in Dubai early next year and hoping to stay at a hotel with similar attributes to the report title, (if enviromentilists start using this we're all screwed). Usually stay at either the Ramada, but really expensive for March or 4points- not sure if friendly or not now, reports seem to vary, another option is Seaview but not stayed before so not sure on status.
Any pointers welcomed.
[QUOTE=Crown Comfort; 1099649]Quick update on this fine hotel.
Still super green, absolutely no security checks, just walk through with your sweetie holding hands right to the lifts. Love that place.
Also on the Nelson's pub. There are still some WG in there but I'm somehow unable to score in there. Too hard work for me with a smallish selection and too many blokes, plus there is a mix of WG to non-WG of maybe 30:70 which makes it a bit of a risky game. [/QUOTE]Thanks for this info, I think they have changed the policy. As per earlier report (Piper), this was between red & yellow.
Thanks PH,
Still haven't decided which one.
I was just thinking asking you guys which hotel near the Diera Hyatt Regency has the best / fresh / good tasting room-service? . One gets awfully hungry after them romps.
[b]Eric[/b]
[QUOTE=Poonhound69; 1096771]Sorry for the delay. Was out of town.
Yes, Sheraton is low-'er' traffic but JW is a better hotel. Budget 20 minutes from Sheraton and 30 minutes from JW to account for the worst traffic you are likely to see.
-PH[/QUOTE]
Cons68 don't know where exactly you are getting the info about Bur Dubai but living there for close to 7 years now and I have no problem at all. Naturally like anyone brining anybody to any location in Dubai you don't make it obvious.
There are a mix of all nationalities in my building and over the years never once did bringing my 'madame du jour' create a problem.
[QUOTE=Cons68; 1100450]Most people seemed to share my reservations about Indian housewives, and advised against moving to Bur Dubai (even if fun would be closer).
Oh well, I would appreciate if someone could update this at a later stage with new findings.
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