We stayed in the Clipper on the weekend of 9/18/05. We go to this hotel at least twice a year since we've discovered it in 2003.
I love it because it is right on the water and they also have great beachside bar (my hubby's favorite); they have great beds and awesome customer service; and what is the most important to me is the price is right. I like nice hotels, but hate spending more then $150 a night (oxymoron, I know). This is definetly not a luxury hotel, but the friendliness of the staff and great location more then compensate for it. We are in the prefferrred guest program now and we ALWAYS get a room with at least partial beach view.
I also disagree that it is not friendly to walkers... You can walk to Beach Place and tons of bars, restaurants, shops from here, admittedly, it is not a 5 min walk (more like 10-15) , but if you don't want to walk more then 5 min, how can you call yourself a walker? We have not rented a car once in all our trips to this city/hotel.
Overall, we LOVE this place and will come back for a short weekend gateway sometime in winter maybe.
P.S. The weather was FABULOUS during our stay - not a cloud in the sky in the morning, light breeze and some clouds in the afternoon, upper 80s and water in the 80s too... Just heavenly!







