20 Jun 2015

Forage for your supper - at luxury hotels

Submitted by Wanderlust Andi

There is a new trend in vacationing that has guests foraging for their own food. Often, the guests then even participate in the cooking process and enjoy the fruits of their labor.

There are several, varied locations throughout the globe for this experience. For example, for $1600/day, you can pick items like fiddlehead ferns and mushrooms, then be involved in the cooking at the Point, a Relais & Châteaux resort in Saranac Lake, NY; or you can fish and hunt for your own food, and have it cooked up at the Lodge at Glendorn in Bradford, PA.

Or, you can go to Belize, cut down a palm tree and prepare a salad from the palm's heart at Belcampo Belize in Punta Gorda.

I am sure that those raised on a farm would not see this as a vacation. But, for urban dwellers, eating food that we have personally foraged for and prepared (under the supervision of a fine chef) would be an amazing experience.

Caution: 3-4 star hotels charge for WiFi

Submitted by Wanderlust Andi

When you stay in a 2-star hotel, you get free WI-FI. However, the further up the "stars" you go, the higher chance that you will have to pay $30/day (and more) for WI-FI!

11 Dec 2014

Why don't more hotels have "convenience stores"?

Submitted by Wanderlust Andi

Basically, as the company Airbnb expands to new cities around the world, the share economy is really taking their toll on regular hotels. Executives have figured a way around this with lend and lease programs all around the country with critical ads like “Forgot it?

9 Dec 2014

Do you take hotel shampoo, soap, etc? You aren't the only one.

Submitted by Wanderlust Andi

Many hotel guests admit to taking the mini hotel toiletries home with them when they checkout. Many guests find creative ways to use these toiletries once they return home. Many hotel guests report that they actually love the mini hotel toiletries and admit to liking them so much that they take them home.

9 Dec 2014

Is re-using your towel at a hotel helpting the planet - or profits?

Submitted by Wanderlust Andi

Many hotels use green energy marketing strategies which are designed to save the environment. Most hotel guests are not interested in the strategies that are used, such as reusing towels. Starwood Hotels has implemented a program that guests find useful which offers discount vouchers to customers who refuse room cleaning, which saves water and energy.