Hotwire Hotel: 4* DC (Arlington) Hotel Palomar

[CrazyCamel09]

Hi All,

Thanks in advance for your help. I'm looking at options for a pre-valentines day trip to DC, and like staying in the Arlington area for convenience and affordability. I noticed the following offer on Hotwire for all of the dates below:

2/9-2/12

2/10-2/12

2/10-2/13

$57 / Night

Boutique

Smoke-Free Rooms

Fitness Center

Restaurant(s)

Business Center

High-Speed Internet Access

90% Recommend Rate

Just trying to get an I.D. on this one since it matches the Palomar except for "Boutique". I'm pretty familiar with all the options in the area and can't really think of any others that would be boutique outside of Palomar, but wanted to pick your brains as to any other options. Anyways, as always I plan to book using your HOTWIRE link, thanks again for your help.

Benjamin

[thereuare]

...as always I plan to book using your HOTWIRE link, thanks again for your help.

Thanks, but please use for your searches too!

Please click this HOTWIRE link and reply to this thread, we'll then have a look at the offer above.

Thank you.

[CrazyCamel09]

Just clicked through your link (again). The deal has since disappeared, should I close this posting?

[AaronJB]

Sorry to hear that the deal is no longer available. Please post here if have questions about other listings or whatever you decide to do for this stay.

Thank you for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

[CrazyCamel09]

Good Morning!,

Just wanted to quickly follow up. I woke up this morning, decided to check Hotwire for the dates of 2/10 - 2/13 and noticed that a similar offer had appeared. 4* Arlington, $58 + Tax & Fees / Night. Amenities Set: Boutique, Restaurant(s), Smoke Free Rooms, Business Center, Fitness Center, HS Internet. 90% recommend rating, 4.5's on all the "metrics" that are listed. I went ahead and pulled the trigger as I couldn't miss this great a deal for our trip. The hotel is Palomar Arlington, which I am super excited about. I noticed in the hotel list that Palomar doesn't have Boutique listed in the reported amenities list yet, hope this helps everyone. As always, clicked through the HOTWIRE link, to both research, and book.

CrazyCamel09

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

An excellent deal for this well reviewed property... and their evening win reception is always a nice amenity to look forward to at the end of the day or to start a nite out.

Thank you for using the HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your purchase and sharing your win, helping us update the Hotwire Hotel List with the new amenity set for this property.

Enjoy your stay.

[CrazyCamel09]

Good Evening all,

Not sure if this is the proper place to ask the question, but I guess as a follow-up to my win, after visiting Palomar's site, I wanted to ask for opinions here. Upon visiting Palomar's site I found a message as follows:

"Effective February 21, 2012, Hotel Palomar Arlington and Domaso Trattoria Moderna have been sold and Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants will no longer serve as the Management Company due to the ownership change. HEI Hotels and Resorts will be the new Management company and will be operating the hotel under an franchise agreement with Starwood Hotels and Le Meridian, they can be contacted for any future needs"

This just caught my eye, and was curious to know if anyone thinks this will effect the stay, arrangements, quality, etc. I know this type of thing probably happens more than i'm aware of, but anyone think this is anything to be concerned about. I guess technically this doesn't occur until about a week after my stay, but would this seemingly imply any construction, etc?

Thanks,

CrazyCamel09

[thereuare]

It's possible that the hotel may not rush to fix things that have broken, but Kimpton has a pretty good reputation, as does Starwood, so i wouldn't expect any major noticeable differences, but you never know in such a situation.