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Wash Away Your Inhibitions: 10 Hotels with Outdoor Showers

Lately we’ve been loving the idea of showering outdoors. We guess we’ve just decided that there’s no better way to cool down and wash away inhibitions than with an outdoor scrub down. So here’s a list of 10 of our favorite hotels that have private outdoor showers — some even have outdoor baths! GoldenEye Hotel…

Around the World in 16 Ugly Bedspreads

This winter’s frigid temperatures leave us longing to spend the mornings under the covers, but these 16 unattractive bedspreads would encourage anyone to rise and shine! Here are some truly heinous style offenders from Brazil, Ireland, New York, and a hotel near you. You’ll probably be horrified, but take a look nonetheless >>

8 Gorgeous Rustic-Luxe Beach Escapes

When many of us dream of the beach, we’re not just dreaming of fine white sand and clear blue waters. (Well, sure, we are dreaming about that part quite a bit.) But we’re also imagining thatched roof bars, decks with hammocks, and rooms with lots of wood or stone. Resorts that blend modern luxuries with…

Green Hotels: Saving the Environment AND Some Cash

Reusable totes, eco-friendly clothing, rechargeable batteries — it seems “green” products are now readily available, no matter your needs. But the trend of going environmentally friendly perhaps got its earliest boost, and today is still most apparent, in the hotel industry; after all, we’ve seen shampoo in bulk dispensers, key-card energy systems, and low-flow toilets…

Uber-Modern Hotels with Seriously Chic Furniture

We believe in the overall travel principle that less is often more. Short trips with fewer destinations means more time spent absorbing and really connecting to a locale. Less baggage to carry around means more freedom on the road. And we always love when things work out to be more bang for less buck! This…

Eight Standard Rooms That Are Anything BUT Standard

This story originally appeared on Yahoo! Travel. There’s a reason standard rooms are called “standard.” They often follow a pretty basic, cookie-cutter formula of providing simple, comfortable accommodations that are on the cheaper end of a hotel’s offerings. Guests booking these rooms get all the standard amenities — often free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs, mini-fridges —…

Judging by the Cover: The 10 Best Hotel Facades

We’re taught as children not to judge a book by its cover, but does that principle apply to hotels? After all, when it comes to a spot that you’ve likely spent a good amount of money on, the first impression can make a big difference — and can be a pretty accurate indicator of what…

Eight Stunning Tree House Hotels

We’ve already shown you some of our favorite tree house-style rooms, but we’ve visited thousands of hotels since then and have added many more to our list. So today we bring you eight stunning tree house hotels. These nature-centric properties provide either rooms or spas designed to resemble tree houses. The upside? They’re much more…

Beautiful Libraries: The Top 10 Hotel Libraries in the World

Whether you’re traveling on business or avoiding rain-filled cloud, sometimes you’re stuck indoors while on vacation with little to do; but the best hotels have features that are ideal for those not-so-great sightseeing days. An indoor spa, welcoming bar, and game room are a few of our preferred indoor spaces, but our favorite may be…