Nicest hotel you've ever stayed at?
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Hilton Bora Bora and Morea. Over-water bungalow.
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This was a great hotel/stay in Rome
They remodeled an office building in NOLA on St. Charlesbetween Canal and Poydras into a Residence Inn. Looked pretty nice. I was looking forward to trying it out because it would be nice to have semi-apartment living for my long stays in the crescent city.
Conrad Hilton in Koh Samui. Individual structures on the mountain, each with their own private infinity pool. You get around my hotel operated golf carts.
OP's mom's house. Talk about "full service"!!
Oh, and also, it's utterly ridiculous this is on the second page. It's like everyone is new here or something.
Oh, and also, it's utterly ridiculous this is on the second page. It's like everyone is new here or something.
I’m not much for high end hotels, all I really do is sleep there. I ask very little from my hotels. Be clean, safe and have helpful and accommodating staff.
Camp Muir. 10,000ft off the face of Mt. Rainier. Vents up in the ceiling to let all the farts out from your other 13 roommates, outdoor shitter cleared regularly by the NPS so you don’t have to blue bag your own crap and haul it down, and plenty of room to put your boots. Great views. Five stars.
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Probably the nicest hotel I stayed in was the Sheraton Knightsbridge (now called the Park Tower Knightsbridge) in London. We stayed there for one night when we went into London to watch a Champions League game (Chelsea vs Real Betis).
We stayed on a floor that included butler service, which was pretty cool. It also had a really swanky casino at the street level - I went down there and asked the person at the door if we were dressed remotely appropriately - we were not.
We stayed on a floor that included butler service, which was pretty cool. It also had a really swanky casino at the street level - I went down there and asked the person at the door if we were dressed remotely appropriately - we were not.
I heard that back in 2012 so before it was converted to a JW. Friend of mine got married there on the beach and reception next to the pool. We usually crash the pool when staying in Naples once or twice every visit. NFLPA holds their annual meeting there every March. Checked out as Drew Brees was checking in once.
I have found the service at The Continental to be excellent, but it can cost a lot of coin.
4 seasons Montecito CaliforniaI have found the service at The Continental to be excellent, but it can cost a lot of coin.
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Wow, that is nice. The rates also seem very reasonable. I have been meaning to take a trip to Thailand. I was thinking Phuket, but Koh Samui is now on my radar.
Wow, that is nice. The rates also seem very reasonable. I have been meaning to take a trip to Thailand. I was thinking Phuket, but Koh Samui is now on my radar.
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You should also research Koh Racha (The resort is called The Racha) off the coast of Phuket. It’s a 30 minute speedboat ride from Phuket. Was a pretty spectacular hotel we had our own beachfront villa with a private pool.
Nicest hotel was the Mandarin Oriental in Boston. I’d say my overall best experience is always the Ritz at Grand Lakes Resort. You have to get a cabana by the pool though. Once we had Kenny Cheney in a cabana next to us and another time a Saudi Princess had 4 of them for her and her staff.
The Fountainbleu was pretty nice nice and likely the nicest place I’ve stayed in the past 10 years in the US. However, the Beverly Hills Four Seasons tops my list. Spent 5 nights there about 15 years ago on a trip I won at the company I was working for at the time. Crossed paths with several celebrities while there including Wesley Snipes, Jodi Foster and Benicio del Toro. Add Larry Flint and Howie Mandel to that list if you want to call them celebrities.
Il San Pietro
Positano Italy, a close second to The Breakers
Positano Italy, a close second to The Breakers
Beaches negril if you count resorts. The W presidential suite in the twin cities otherwise. Yeah, I haven’t stayed at luxury hotels.
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Four Seasons Resort Aviara (San Diego).
I just looked it up as it's been a long time since I stayed there. Apparently the hotel has been turned into Four Seasons Residences now. Sad. I was hoping to go back someday.
I just looked it up as it's been a long time since I stayed there. Apparently the hotel has been turned into Four Seasons Residences now. Sad. I was hoping to go back someday.
We rented a house a couple of blocks from there a couple of times for spring break. Did parasailing by/through it. Went through it and by the pool to do it. Very nice.
A few months after I graduated from college, my fiance' (now wife) was working at a golf resort near Tampa. A good friend/co-worker of hers left the resort & took a position as an assistant manager at the Ritz-Carlton on the beach in Naples, FL. After he'd been there a month or so, he invited us & another young couple to come down for the weekend. We were all rubes from a small town in central FL; I'd never heard of the Ritz Carlton.
So we decide to go down for the weekend. We're going to the beach, won't need much - just some shorts, some t-shirts, a couple of bathing suits - all of which should easily fit in a small backpack. We make the 3 hour drive down there - of course, all dressed for sitting in the car for a few hours. Ratty t-shirt, gym shorts, flip-flops. We get to what we think is the hotel (this was mid-80s, so way before GPS); get a little worried because it looks pretty fancy for how we're travelling. We're sorta relieved that it is not where we're staying - we'd turned right & should've turned left. Go back out, spot the entrance marked for the RC. Head down the entranceway - a lavish, palm-tree lined drive with an immaculate yard & landscaping. When I see the doorman in his tux & top hat, I stopped in the middle of the road, we all looked at each other & laughed as my buddy says "OH SHIT." It's Friday night, there's some function going on in the lobby at which all the guys are in tuxedo, the ladies in ball gowns. Holy hell did we feel out of place. Might as well have been driving a damn turnip truck.
So that's probably the fanciest place I've stayed, but I've stayed at a number of dive lodges in 3rd world countries that were far more enjoyable and waaaaaaaaay cooler.
So we decide to go down for the weekend. We're going to the beach, won't need much - just some shorts, some t-shirts, a couple of bathing suits - all of which should easily fit in a small backpack. We make the 3 hour drive down there - of course, all dressed for sitting in the car for a few hours. Ratty t-shirt, gym shorts, flip-flops. We get to what we think is the hotel (this was mid-80s, so way before GPS); get a little worried because it looks pretty fancy for how we're travelling. We're sorta relieved that it is not where we're staying - we'd turned right & should've turned left. Go back out, spot the entrance marked for the RC. Head down the entranceway - a lavish, palm-tree lined drive with an immaculate yard & landscaping. When I see the doorman in his tux & top hat, I stopped in the middle of the road, we all looked at each other & laughed as my buddy says "OH SHIT." It's Friday night, there's some function going on in the lobby at which all the guys are in tuxedo, the ladies in ball gowns. Holy hell did we feel out of place. Might as well have been driving a damn turnip truck.
So that's probably the fanciest place I've stayed, but I've stayed at a number of dive lodges in 3rd world countries that were far more enjoyable and waaaaaaaaay cooler.
No one is more disappointed than I was.So much potential, such little payoff.
It was very nice. I think the rates when I went were averaging about $800 a night. I used credit card points....
I went from a 10 dollar a night backpacker hostel in Koh Tao to that hotel.
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Thats a tough one. I would say all of the contenders were on our 10th anniversary trip to South Africa. 3 of the 4 "hotels" came with our own private pool. The Delaire Graff in Stellenbosch came with full use of a car (BMW 7 series or some Mercedes) and driver. They'd take us wherever we wanted to go and sit there and wait to take us back. The 2 safari lodges were out of this world... individual lodges with own pool, wine rooms where you can go grab a bottle at any time, meals on par with the best restaurants we've experienced... and, of course the safari rides. The Delaire Graff was about $1,200 per night and the safari lodges were $700 or 800 per person per night.
We went to that same Ritz about 15 years ago with my in-laws. My FIL had just finished work before making the drive over there. He was in a t-shirt with the sleeves cut off and gym pants. They caught him as he was walking in and handed him a Ritz golf shirt and asked if he'd be more comfortable in that? He laughed and threw it back at the guy and proceeded to the check-in. My FIL grew up in a very wealthy family and was used to taking limos around NYC and going to the Westchester golf club and staying in his grandma's 5th Ave penthouse. He hated that lifestyle and dropped out to Duke to be a hippy and enjoy life. He eventually started a very successful business and made his own money.
The wife (no pic) and I went here for our honeymoon, Excellence Resort in Playa Mujeres, Mexico. It was unreal. First few nights were spent in the honeymoon suite, had all the top shelf liquor and beer you could ever want. The room was about 1,500 square feet and I swear we could have fit 25 people in the shower. Balance of the trip was spent in a room with our own private pool on the 2nd floor roof. Incredible.
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Edit - I forgot to mention the two porn channels. Pretty funny when I accidentally found those. Wifey blushed a little bit.
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Edit - I forgot to mention the two porn channels. Pretty funny when I accidentally found those. Wifey blushed a little bit.
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