Hotels

If you live in North America, Accor typically isn’t a hotel chain you’re super familiar with. Sure, you might know some of the brands under their umbrella, like Fairmont, Raffles, …

Joe and I have stayed at our share of hotels with bizarre bathroom designs. How did NOBODY notice this mirror placement??? The shower that was apparently designed to flood the …

Years ago, when Sharon asked one of her Japanese friends, who had hiked up Mt. Fuji what it was like, the reply was that Fuji-san was “much more beautiful from …

In June 2022, Nobu Hotels announced plans to build a hotel in Orlando. It was one of several luxury hotels announced within the space of a few months. At the …

Key cards have been a boon to the hotel industry. Instead of giving guests metal keys that can be lost, taken as a souvenir, etc., these reusable pieces of plastic, …

Hotel room service is most definitely in the midst of a major change. In fact, what was traditionally thought of as “hotel room service” (read: hotel restaurant offered a dedicated …

I know that everyone who reads this is a law-abiding citizen who always does the right thing and follows rules as they’re intended, and not how they can sometimes be …

Over the past two years, we’re developing a relationship with Hyatt Hotels. For most of Sharon’s and my travel writing career (which recently hit the six-year mark {thud}), we didn’t …

There’s no shortage of fancy hotels in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Park Hyatt, Aman, Raffles, Belmond, and Anantara all have properties near the Angkor temple complex. With so much competition, the …

A resort fee (also sometimes known as a facility fee, destination fee, amenity fee, or a resort charge), is a separate mandatory (taxed) fee that a guest is charged by …