If you’re looking for an unusual hotel experience, they don’t get much stranger than these underground destinations. I’d never thought about staying underground until I was visiting Australia – a small place called Coober Pedy, halfway between Alice Springs and Adelaide – where the temperature was 95ºF, and people lived […]
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When you write for a website like this, you get people coming up to you all the time looking for help to plan their vacations. Last week it was my sister in law, Lisa, who is visiting London and has her heart set on staying in a hotel on Park Lane […]
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Using a new spa for the first time is something that makes a lot of people nervous. Hotel guidelines for spas typically give the impression that everyone already knows what they’re doing, so guests can feel awkward asking. The good news is that most of the rules are really quite […]
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It’s always exciting to get to visit somewhere exotic, so when my boss was looking for people to attend a conference in Dubai I jumped at the chance. The heat reminded me of my time in Phoenix in August and it was quite a tiring trip, but the hotel was very cool. […]
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One week ago my husband and I went to a showing of The Grand Budapest Hotel, which is partly about a secret network of concierges passing information – something most viewers probably don’t realize really exists! The movie got me thinking about all the fun movie hotels out there and […]
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Because a lot of my travel is about business and I have a lot of other priorities, I’m not one of those people whose first question about a hotel is “does it have a pool?” Finding a good pool is always a pleasure though, and there are also some very […]
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Ever since my early backpacking days I’ve made something of a specialty out of saving money on my travels, but sometimes it’s worth splashing out! I’ve been to London a number of times – it’s only an hour and a half way by air – and eventually I knew I […]
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We all enjoy a bit of luxury once in a while and if you’re only getting away a couple times a month it’s all the more important. Getting that bit of R&R can make the stresses and strains of daily life melt away. A luxury hotel can be quite an […]
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Some hotels are good for city tours, some are good for family breaks, and some make business travel bliss. I haven’t had the good fortune to stay in all the top rated ones but I can recommend some that I know you’ll love. Probably the best business hotel I’ve stayed in […]
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We’ve all got hotel pet hates – I defy anyone to claim otherwise. Sometimes it’s the uncooked food on the room service tray, or that annoying way in which the maid comes to clean the room when you’ve left a ‘do not disturb’ tag on the door. Whatever yours are, here’s […]
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