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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get people who don’t get liking luxury hotels. If I’m taking precious time off I want a great experience, not a utilitarian one. [/quote]

A great experience requires you to leave the hotel grounds. Sitting on a hotel's beach and eating in their restaurant is so dumb.[/quote]

What is dumb about it?  You don’t get to dictate how others relax.

We fly to Miami all the time and do two or three nights at the St. Regis Bal Harbor and don’t leave the property, except may to walk across the st to go shopping grab a glass of wine.

I posted on another similar thread about some of the pros of staying at a luxury property.  Hands down makes your stay a better experience.  A good chunk of what makes things better are the little things you don’t even think about that they pick up on or handle with ease.   On example I gave was being in Venice and running into a hotel manager on her day off.  She noticed that we had done some shopping.  Introduced to the owner of a great small restaurant while she arranged for hotel staff to come grab our shopping bags and take them to our room.   Or getting food poising in Paris and hotel staff arranging for medical care and not allowing me to pay extra to clean up the vomit or the extra nights in the room or the private car they arranged to take me to the airport or the for them coordinating with the airline to have an airline host meet me at the curb and stay with me until I boarded. 
There are about 50 other instances I could list.[/quote]

Agree with this on so many levels now. But I used to be like that other poster in my previous life. Now with life, so stressful, and I am typically taking those vacations to relax, and not necessarily to explore. I want high-end food that I will not get sick from that is creative and well executed. Heading to a hotel Saturday for four nights to celebrate my 20th anniversary. Doubt we will leave the hotel or it’s beach.

20 years ago (and with a lot less $$$) I was all about experiencing & finding tiny little dive spots. And didn’t care if I wasted a night or meal on shitty food. Today, time is so valuable, there’s no reason to “waste” a night.
Now that type of thing holds little interest bc with my crazy job - I have 0 time to research those things (or desire) and want an exquisite well executed vacation.

Last point - I don’t want to vacation in a place that is not at least as nice as my home/bed. As our HHI and wealth has increased, certain creature comforts are worth it.

If you are really curious. Check out the FATTravel subreddit.[/quote]

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