Where you stay when you travel contributes to the experience of your adventures- whether you rough it out with fellow travellers, put up at a local’s residence or sleep in style in a fancy hotel. Throughout my travels I have put up at many places from luxurious 5-star hotels (usually with the family) to boutique hotels to backpackers to a tent to a swag. Here’s a list of accommodation that I can recall, which I rated one the following:
★★★ Awesome! Will go back
★★ It’s okay
★ Nasty- avoid!
Australia
Grand Hyatt, Melbourne ★ ★ ★
Citadines on Bourke, Melbourne ★ ★
The Best Western Plus Travel Inn Hotel, Melbourne ★
Rydges on Swanston, Melbourne ★
The Barn Cottage @ Arnica Views, Mount Dandenong ★ ★
Elizabeth Motor Inn, Adelaide ★ ★
City Apartments, Cairns ★ ★
Meriton Services Apartments, Sydney ★ ★
Holiday Inn, Gold Coast ★★
Q1 Resort And Spa, Gold Coast ★ ★ ★
Haven Backpacker Resort, Alice Springs ★ ★
Ayers Rock Campground, Uluru ★ ★
Kings Creek Station, Uluru, ★ ★★
Curtin Springs Station, Uluru ★
Belgium
Hotel Marcel, Brugge ★ ★
Cambodia
Le Méridien, Siem Reap ★★★
China
The Orchid Gulou Hotel, Beijing ★★★
China World Hotel, Beijing ★★★
Shangri-La, Guangzhou ★ ★
Oakwood Residence, Shanghai ★★★
Shangri-La, Shanghai ★★★
Shangri-La, Guilin ★★★
Yangshuo Resort Hotel, Guilin ★★★
Fiji
Mana Island Resort And Spa ★★
Sofitel Fiji ★★★
France
AirBnB Paris ★★
Indonesia
Ayana Resort and Spa, Bali ★★★
Villa Komea, Bali ★★
Manta Dive Resort, Gili Air ★★
Tempat Senang Resort and Spa, Batam ★★
Bintan Spa Villa Beach Resort, Bintan ★★
Hotel Tentrem, Yogyakarta ★★★
Italy
Hostel of the Sun, Naples ★★★
Hotel La Scaletta, Florence ★★★
Hotel Bologna, Pisa ★★
Macau
Shangri-La, Macau ★★★
Malaysia
The Gurney Hotel and Resort, Penang ★
Shangri-La, Kuala Lumpur ★★★
JW Marriott, Kuala Lumpur ★★★
Morocco
Hotel Kasbah Amazir, Todra ★★★
Riad Bab 54, Marrakech ★★
Riad Mamouche, Merzouga ★ ★
Riad Rcif, Fes ★ ★ ★
Netherlands
Hotel The Exchange, Amsterdam ★★★
New Zealand
Nautilus Estate, Marlborough ★★★
Phillipines
Villa Caemilla Beach Boutique Hotel, Boracay ★★
Taiwan
Shangri-La, Taipei ★★★
Thailand
Best Western Premier Sukhumvit, Bangkok ★★
Aonang Beach Hotel, Krabi ★★★
Turkey
Shangri-La, Istanbul ★★★
Singapore
Oasia Hotel, Novena ★★
Park Royal on Pickering ★★★
Marina Bay Sands ★★★
Bay Hotel ★
Festive Hotel, Resorts World Sentosa ★★
U.A.E.
Shangri-La, Dubai ★★★
Ritz Carlton, Abu Dhabi ★★★
United States of America
Grand Hyatt, New York ★ ★ ★