Best hotel you have ever stayed at?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Delano in Miami

pretty awesome hotel and pool bar

Not so much, anymore

You just reminded me of that hotel......and my all, and I mean all white room

And how great the beach boys were to my DC. Actually dug on sand with kid.

[Anonymous]

Mena House in Giza

Fabulous view of pyramids from room and could listen to call from prayer from mosque

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Four seasons Maui
Kona Village - destroyed by tsunami ;-(
Westin St. John - not as luxury but an amazing location
Liberty in Boston (its an old jail)

I loved Kona Village too so sad it won't be rebuilt

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread makes me feel very, very poor.

I wonder how people justify the price of these hotels and wonder how much time people actually spend there awake.

We travel a lot but stay in Marriotts. We spend our vacation money on dining and activities. Others spend on the hotel.
To each their own....

It's been mentioned a couple of times by others, but just to note that I've stayed in a lot of these hotels -- on business. A lot of these people are on expense accounts. These hotels are nice, but I've also learned that most of them are really not worth spending my own money on. For example, I've stayed at the Scottsdale Princess that several have mentioned, and I don't even really remember it, other than it seemed like your generic nice hotel. I pay for location if it's my own money. Sometimes it's 5 star, and sometimes it's not. My "best" experiences were at amazing places -- the Hotel Hana Maui (a long time ago, I think it's changed hands and gone downhill since), for example. We stayed at an amazing "glamping" place in Montana that cost as much as a five star hotel.

It's really sad to me that Acapulco has become so dangerous. The Princess there used to be amazing. Every room had its own private swimming pool, came with its own pink jeep, and the staff were ninjas. You never saw them. There was a niche in the wall of your room where they'd put hot coffee and pastries in the morning (from the outside, you accessed it from a door on the inside). They'd come float hibiscus in your pool every morning. The view was amazing. Real old-world glamour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread makes me feel very, very poor.

I wonder how people justify the price of these hotels and wonder how much time people actually spend there awake.

We travel a lot but stay in Marriotts. We spend our vacation money on dining and activities. Others spend on the hotel.
To each their own....

It's been mentioned a couple of times by others, but just to note that I've stayed in a lot of these hotels -- on business. A lot of these people are on expense accounts. These hotels are nice, but I've also learned that most of them are really not worth spending my own money on. For example, I've stayed at the Scottsdale Princess that several have mentioned, and I don't even really remember it, other than it seemed like your generic nice hotel. I pay for location if it's my own money. Sometimes it's 5 star, and sometimes it's not. My "best" experiences were at amazing places -- the Hotel Hana Maui (a long time ago, I think it's changed hands and gone downhill since), for example. We stayed at an amazing "glamping" place in Montana that cost as much as a five star hotel.

It's really sad to me that Acapulco has become so dangerous. The Princess there used to be amazing. Every room had its own private swimming pool, came with its own pink jeep, and the staff were ninjas. You never saw them. There was a niche in the wall of your room where they'd put hot coffee and pastries in the morning (from the outside, you accessed it from a door on the inside). They'd come float hibiscus in your pool every morning. The view was amazing. Real old-world glamour.

Ppl here -- just checked and it wasn't the Princess in Acapulco, it was L as Brisas. And it apparently is run down and practically deserted now. Very sad.

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So far??

The Hilton in Orlando, FL.

The lobby has the most beautiful & exquisite chandelier overlooking a lovely staircase.

The best amenity is the "water park"-type pool area along w/the convenient bars/restaurants/stores on-site.

The beds are super-comfortable....Like sleeping on a cloud every night.

The bathtub drain was a bit clogged, it took like forever for my bath/shower water to fully drain.
Oh yeah, no Continental free breakfast either.

But overall it beat the Budget Inns that I usually stay at.

[Anonymous]

The Amangiri in southern Utah, right on the Arizona border and near Lake Powell. Unbelievable place, so woven into the nature of the desert.

Little Dix Bay, BVIs - love, love, love

Burj Al Arab
FS Bora Bora
FS Istanbul

Park Hyatt Buenos Aires

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Anonymous wrote:The Amangiri in southern Utah, right on the Arizona border and near Lake Powell. Unbelievable place, so woven into the nature of the desert.

Little Dix Bay, BVIs - love, love, love

Burj Al Arab
FS Bora Bora
FS Istanbul

Park Hyatt Buenos Aires

I second Amangiri. Also amangani.

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Hotel Schlossle, in Tallin. Absolutely amazing. The front desk staff actually stand up whenever a guest enters - makes one feel like an aristocrat.

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I think the best overall experience I ever had at a hotel was Pak Chiang Mai in Chiang Mai Thailand and it was super cheap. But it was lovely and had an amazing breakfast. Really lovely.

Most beautiful would probably be the Ayara Hilltops in Phuket, same trip.

Best in the states would be the national park hotel on the North Rim Grand Canyon or Kalaloch Lodge in Olympic national park. You get a whole cabin in those places and the views can't really be beat. Honorable mention to Port Orleans in Disney which is really awesome but staying on park in general in disney is cool.

Best hotel restaurant would be JW Marriott in San Antonio, one of the best meals of my life there.

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Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
Peninsula, Bangkok
FS Park Lane, London
Claridges, London
Raffles, Singapore
Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinsky, Munich
St. Regis, San Francisco
Jumby Bay
Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen
Amanyara, Providenciales

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread makes me feel very, very poor.

I wonder how people justify the price of these hotels and wonder how much time people actually spend there awake.

We travel a lot but stay in Marriotts. We spend our vacation money on dining and activities. Others spend on the hotel.
To each their own....

No we have money for dining, activities AND hotel.

There is a sliding scale of money. I have more than you, but someone else has more than me. Envy is ugly.

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Without Kids:

1. Park Hyatt, B.A
2. Four Seasons, J'berg
3. Waldorf, Shanghai

With Kids:
1. Ritz Carlton, NYC
2. Waldorf, Orlando

[Anonymous]

Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel
Mandarin Oriental London
Caneel Bay
Lake Louise with view
Fairmont Banff (going back there in a few weeks and can't wait)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread makes me feel very, very poor.

I wonder how people justify the price of these hotels and wonder how much time people actually spend there awake.

We travel a lot but stay in Marriotts. We spend our vacation money on dining and activities. Others spend on the hotel.
To each their own....

No we have money for dining, activities AND hotel.

There is a sliding scale of money. I have more than you, but someone else has more than me. Envy is ugly.

We have money for hotels, dining, flights and activities as well. A great hotel is a wonderful part of a vacation for me. I have a chronic pain condition and I am not out sightseeing for 12 hours everyday. My husband and kids might be out there for a long time, but I do not have the energy to do that.

Earlier in our careers, we have stayed at plenty of marriotts, etc. but we are fortunate to have the money now to spend on good hotels. And having grown up very, very poor, I appreciate every second of a great hotel.