Where to stay – blog archive
It’s tough to choose just the right hotel, so we’ve taken photos and have some thoughts to share on some of the many hotels we’ve stayed in. Hopefully this will help you make your choice. And as Marriott Bonvoy members, most of these are either Marriotts or were associated brands at the time of our stay.
Stay: Cadillac Hotel and Beach Resort, Miami Beach
Miami Beach’s Cadillac Hotel is a newish, clean, ocean front beach resort with an amazing brunch, great entertainment, comfortable beds, and an easy to reach location.
W San Francisco: location meets style for a perfect stay
W San Francisco, where location meets style for a perfect stay, is also clean and oh-so-comfortable with a courteous staff and great food.
Hotel Vernet in Paris: luxury design, comfort, and value
Discover the perfect meeting of luxury, comfort, location, and, surprisingly, value, at Paris’s 5-star boutique Hotel Vernet in the 8th arrondissement.
Stay: Palace Hotel, San Francisco
The Palace Hotel in San Francisco is indeed San Francisco’s first luxury hotel, iconic, with gorgeous architectural details. But iconic luxury can come at the sacrifice of comfort. We stayed here and can share the good and the not-so-good about staying here.
Stay: San Diego’s Marriott Marquis Hotel
San Diego’s Marriott Marquis offers a resort-type experience in a downtown convention center hotel, and we’ve found it’s a great choice as a vacation home base for families