Tag: hotels
Two unique San Diego hotels, two very different styles, two equally enjoyable experiences. I hadn’t been back in the city for decades. My Navy career started in San Diego …
When a vacation rental goes wrong, like an Airbnb or Vrbo, what is missing that you DO get with a hotel? Accountability. My first experience with a vacation rental …
I've traveled around the world and had some amazing breakfasts, but what hotels give you for breakfast in Portugal tops them all. Here are some of the amazing meals …
While traveling around the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, I set out to find the best family-run boutique hotel in Merida, and I found it. The Merida Santiago Hotel Boutique …
There is a lot of chatter these days about authenticity and experiential travel; one of the easiest ways to ensure that you have a memorable time in a destination …
“Have you been to the Artesian yet? It’s really nice!” I kept hearing some version of this from friends of mine in Oklahoma, so when I needed an overnight …
Located in the northern tip of Thailand, the Wang Put Tan Tea Plantation has been growing Chinese tea plants for the past three decades. Overlooking the plantation and the …
Thanks to the ubiquity of comparison websites, we’ve never had a greater choice when it comes to choosing where we stay on our vacation. But instead of something cookie …
Over time your travel memories usually get more selective and more positive. You tend to nudge out the unpleasant parts and focus on the beautiful scenes, the helpful people, …
Are you planning a trip to Stockholm soon? You should be. It happens to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It’s also one of the …
Abandoned castles in ruins, citadel castles on mountaintops, city center castles turned into hotels: you can find a whole range of glorious historic buildings in the Alentejo region …
My phone rang, awakening me from a fitful dream in which I was seated next to Jennifer Lopez at a dinner party and she was angry that I didn’t …