The free deal

By Chris Erskine

May 31, 2009 12 AM PT

On its own, this deal is sort of a curiosity. But a new camcorder offer by several Rosewood resorts may signal a more technologically friendly mood in the hotel industry. Would you like those images to go, sir? Of course.

The deal: Check in at certain Rosewood resorts and the concierge will provide you with Flip UltraHD camcorders and easy-to-use tips for the best results. When you’re done, turn in the camcorder, and hotel staff will download the videos onto YouTube or a DVD that you can take home. The easy-to-use digital camcorders are available at Rosewood Sand Hill (Menlo Park, Calif.), Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi (Santa Fe, N.M.); Rosewood Mayakoba (Playa del Carmen, Mexico); and Little Dix Bay in the British Virgin Islands and Caneel Bay on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Info: (888) 767-3966, or www.rosewoodhotels.com

-- Chris Erskine

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Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine is a nationally known humor columnist and editor who retired from the Los Angeles Times in 2020. Previously he wrote for the Sports, Travel and Saturday sections and edited with the paper’s features staff. As an editor, he has been a part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Times (for his graphics work on the Northridge quake and the North Hollywood bank robbery). He is best known to readers for his weekly humor pieces on life in suburban Los Angeles. His latest book, “Daditude,” released in 2018, is a collection of his favorite Times columns on fatherhood. He has written two other books, “Man of the House” and “Surviving Suburbia,” which reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in New Orleans and Miami.

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