If you’re hitting the road this summer, your favorite pet can travel with you in style. Loews hotels is offering several “pampered pet� packages in locations such as Nashville, South Beach, and Philly. The packages include a room service meal for your four-legged friend.
If you’re bound for Paris and want to get the real flavor of how locals live, look no further than Ile Saint Louis, an 8-square-block island in the Seine, east of Notre Dame. Here, you can find virtually all you need for a day of exploring, from La Cremerie with choice cheeses, to Creperies and…
Now adults can also have fun in the sun. Camps targeting grown-ups offer opportunities to learn new skills in activities such as cooking, surfing and ballroom dancing. Many camps offer programs not just in the summer, but also throughout the year.
Our compatriots at Wandalust recently realized that Vera Wang –– herself –– has moved from wedding dresses to dressing a hotel room. She now has created a very special Vera Wang hotel suite in the upscale Halekulani in Waikiki.
Gwyneth Paltrow slept here. So can you if you’ve got $200 – $500 Canadian. At this great rate, the Hotel Godin in Montreal is very affordable for US and European travelers who want something hip, splashy and sassy. It’s a boutique hotel, a designer hotel, a 4-star hotel, and a lot more for a lot…
Last Christmas, I paid £150 per night at an upscale London hotel. But now, you can pay just £10 through EasyGroup’s first bargain-priced EasyHotel locale, which will open on August 1. It will feature 34 smallish rooms (just 60 to 80 sq. ft) and be located in a swank area off Cromwell Road, between South…
If you’ve ever seen or stayed at a Starwood W Hotel, you know how hip it is for business travellers. Now, a new brand –– currently referred by the hotel’s creators as “Project XYZ” –– will deliver a new level of select service. Supposedly, XYZ will create a new category leveraging its W lineage and…
American Express Gold Card holders voted the Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas Hotel “Australia’s Best Resort” in Luxury Travel and Style Magazine’s Gold List 2005. Having stayed in one of the 2-BR, 2-Bath villas with South Pacific Ocean views, I’ve got to admit that this five-star luxury resort is pretty darn swank. It’s perfectly situated for…
This may be one of the world’s most beautiful spas. Just 90 minutes from Florence and 125 miles from Rome, Fonteverde Spa Resort is the perfect alternative to renting a vacation villa in the Tuscany area of Italy. Situated in the majestic rolling hills just south of Siena, people have been enjoying this venue since…
More hotels are going to the dogs. Literally… and for good reason. There’s gold in them thar pets when accompanied by a paying adult who doesn’t want to put Lucy or Panda in a kennel. In fact, more hotels are now offering special programs for well-behaved, housebroken dogs of 40 lbs. or less.
Everyone likes to hear about the latest chic Hotel or the great stay someone had at a gorgeous villa. Most folks tend to cringe when listening to horrific travel experiences, but they still pay attention. To me it is similar to watching a bar fight or terrible reality TV. It is horrible, but you need…
Talk about a waterbed! Jules’ Undersea Lodge on Key Largo, about an hour south of Miami, is the only underwater hotel in the world. This Florida landmark was and is a research habitat that’s now a unique hotel. To get there, you have to dive 21 feet