I straighten my curly hair every morning…except for the summer I spent in Europe. I had remembered to pack my straightener, but I packed the wrong adapter.
Did you know that there are at least 12 different sockets in widespread use! It’s already tough enough to pack!
Continue to read how it all happened.
Sometimes there’s more to a hotel than services and amenities. If you’re traveling to a beautiful country, you want to see as much of it as you can. To take advantage, here is a list of ten hotels throughout the world that have the most exquisite views:
Lapa Rios, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Los Notros, Patagonia, Argentina
Wolwedans, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia
Enchantment Resort and Mii amo Spa, Sedona, Ariz.
Oberoi Wildflower Hall, Shimla, Himalayas
Jackson Lake Lodge, Jackson, Wyo.
Sheraton Iguazu, Iguazu Falls, Argentina
Dreams Luxury Suites, Santorini, Greece
One & Only Reethi Rah, Maldives
Amanjiwo, Java, Indonesia
I guess you could say it’s a floating hotel. Located in Sweden, the hotel sits atop pontoons, and allows access to the sea.
So, beds are £6 (like $12-ish). You get no breakfast, and you’d be sleeping in a nuclear bunker. Here’s what you DO get for your money: ear plugs to cancel noise from the ventilation system, hot water bottles (instead of central heating), complimentary slippers for walking on the icy concrete floor, and the CHANCE to take a hot morning shower (if your name gets picked, you’re in!) By the way, it’s in Switzerland. Cause you were gonna go, right?
I get that people want to travel cheaply, but come on. Read more…
An installation art piece at New York’s Guggenheim Museum, titled “Revolving Hotel Room,” is doubling as - you guessed it - a hotel room. Guests can reserve the space and sleep overnight in the museum. With this, they get access to theanyspacewhatever exhibit - supervised, of course - plus a bunch of other hotel-type amenities. Read more…
DJ A-Trak has traveled the world, and, obviously, stayed in a lot of hotels. He is putting these experiences to use by doing video reviews of hotels worldwide. Above is his opinion of the Tribeca Grand in New York. Below is WatchMojo’s interview with DJ A-Trak. Read more…
In its latest effort to bolster the country’s economy when oil runs out, Dubai has built one of the world’s most extravagant hotels. The Atlantis hotel is set to open tomorrow, and boasts a $25,000-a-night suite. Oh, and the hotel is located on a remote, man-made island - of course. You really have to see it to believe it, so check it out…
A small hotel in Turkey has decided to run with an entirely female staff, Reuters has reported. Before getting offended, you should know it’s because the male staff had been having affairs with the foreign female guests. A lot, apparently. I can’t be sure it never happens that female staff have affairs with male tourists, but there you go. Read more…
If you’re into cheap hotel stays, here is a deal of which you have to take advantage. The Leading HOtels of the World organization is offering guests to stay in their hotels for $19.28 per night. This deal is in honour of the founding of this organization which took place in 1928 (hence the price). Keeping in mind the hotels involved normally charge an average of $450 a night - so you’d be getting a 95 per cent discount.
Now open is the highest hotel in the world. The Park Hyatt in Shanghai is housed on the 79th to 93rd floors of the Shanghai World Financial Centre. This centre, also known as the “Vertical Complex City,” is one of the tallest buildings in the world.
If you’re planning on checking into the highest hotel, try checking out WatchMojo’s travel profile of China:
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