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Six Weeks Around The World With No Baggage...Could You Do It?
<p><a href="http://hotels.about.com/od/curacao/ig/Curacao-Marriott-Beach-Resort/Beach-at-Curacao-Marriott.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/hotels/1/0/n/9/2/resort_beach_kh.jpg" border="0" alt="Beach at Curacao Marriott" width="290" /></a></p><p>Catching a flight this Labor Day weekend to a beautiful beach hotel or an urban escape? Unless you're flying one of the few remaining domestic airlines that doesn't charge for checked bags, you're best off packing light. And for an entertaining look at a truly minimalist packing project, check out the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.rtwblog.com/">No Baggage Challenge</a> -- travel writer Rolf Potts has embarked on a six-week 'round the world journey with nary a carryon or checked bag to his name. Can you imagine? I certainly can't -- but I do like to avoid checked baggage fees, opting to carry my bags onboard whenever possible. Here are my <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/hotelsecrets/a/avoid_checking.htm">tips for packing light</a> and making sure those pesky liquid rules don't see you abandoning your favorite products at security.</p><p>If you're still pondering where to go for Labor Day weekend, get inspired by these fine beach hotels where end-of-summer sun and sand is practically guaranteed:</p><p><strong>Related:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/miami/fr/eden_roc.htm">Eden Roc, Miami Beach</a></li><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/curacao/p/marriott.htm">Curacao Marriott Beach Resort & Emerald Casino</a></li><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/california/p/ca_montageres.htm">Montage Resort & Spa, Laguna Beach, CA</a></li></ul><p><sub><a href="http://twitter.com/abouthotels"><strong>Follow me on Twitter</strong></a></sub></p><p><sup><em>Image courtesy Kathy Hagood</em></sup></p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/09/02/six-weeks-around-the-world-with-no-baggage-could-you-do-it.htm">Six Weeks Around The World With No Baggage...Could You Do It?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/">About.com Hotels / Resorts / Inns</a> on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 08:40:54.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/09/02/six-weeks-around-the-world-with-no-baggage-could-you-do-it.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/09/02/six-weeks-around-the-world-with-no-baggage-could-you-do-it.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://hotels.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/09/02/six-weeks-around-the-world-with-no-baggage-could-you-do-it.htm&zItl=Six Weeks Around The World With No Baggage...Could You Do It?">Email this</a></p>
Checking in: A Seductive Downtown Miami Hotel
<p><a href="http://hotels.about.com/od/miami/ig/EPIC-Hotel/Pool-Deck-and-Cabanas.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/hotels/1/7/l/H/3/pool_deck_and_cabanas.jpg" border="0" alt="Pool Deck and Cabanas at EPIC Hotel in Miami" width="290" /></a></p><p>Miami is one of those rare destinations where your hotel alone can encompass the experience that an entire city is known for. And when I checked in recently at Kimpton's <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/miami/fr/epic.htm">EPIC Hotel</a></strong> in downtown Miami, I had that familiar feeling I often get in the city -- that I hardly needed to leave my hotel to feel like I was truly soaking up South Florida's seductive vibe. From the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/miami/ig/EPIC-Hotel/Pool-Deck-and-Cabanas.htm">rooftop swimming pools</a> on the 16th floor deck that take in glittering views of Biscayne Bay to a most memorable sustainable seafood meal at <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/miami/ig/EPIC-Hotel/Breakfast-Buffet-in-Area-31.htm">Area 31</a>, the hotel's signature restaurant, it was all pretty darn decadent--not that I expected anything less from Florida's most exciting city, of course.</p><p><strong>More Hotels to Love in Miami:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/miami/p/mia_mandarinor.htm">Mandarin Oriental Miami</a></li><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/miami/fr/villa_bartong.htm">Villa by Barton G</a></li><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/miami/Miami_Hotels.htm">More Miami Hotel Reviews</a></li><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/u/ua/guestreviewsmiami/miami.htm">Readers Respond: What's Your Favorite Miami Hotel?</a></li></ul><p><sub><a href="http://twitter.com/abouthotels"><strong>Follow me on Twitter</strong></a></sub></p><p><sup><em>Image of EPIC Hotel in Miami copyright Charlyn Keating Chisholm, licensed to About.com.</em></sup></p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/09/01/epic-hotel-miami.htm">Checking in: A Seductive Downtown Miami Hotel</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/">About.com Hotels / Resorts / Inns</a> on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at 14:37:10.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/09/01/epic-hotel-miami.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/09/01/epic-hotel-miami.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://hotels.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/09/01/epic-hotel-miami.htm&zItl=Checking in: A Seductive Downtown Miami Hotel">Email this</a></p>
This Week's Great Hotel Deals: It's All Taken Care Of
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/create/1/0/u/F/5/-/cottage-plunge-pool-and-deck.jpg" alt="Hermitage Bay plunge pool at Hillside Pool Suite" width="300" /></p><p>Your travel inspiration for this week: the newest hotel package deals, that take care of all the details so you can relax and be pampered.</p><ul><li><strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/u/sty/hoteldiscountsanddeals/hotel_deals/Magical-Honeymoon-Package-at-Adare-Manor-Ireland-until-Dec-31-2010.htm">Adare Manor Magical Honeymoon Package in Ireland</a></strong>. The rate of �4,000 for two people includes plenty of pampering extras like a traditional full Irish breakfast each morning in the Oakroom Restaurant, personalized bath robes and slippers, a private 8 course tasting dinner with wine pairings in your bedroom on one evening with butler service, a riverside evening picnic on the banks of the river Maigue, and a chauffeur-driven car to one attraction.</li><li><strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/u/sty/hoteldiscountsanddeals/hotel_deals/Fall-Jaunts-Made-Easy-Hermitage-Bay-Antigua-until-October-30-2010.htm">Fall Jaunts Made Easy, Hermitage Bay, Antigua</a></strong>. All-inclusive rates are 30% off; accommodations are in a private beachfront cottage suite or hillside pool suite, and extras include a 30-minute massage and airport transfers.</li><li><strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/u/sty/hoteldiscountsanddeals/hotel_deals/Shop-the-Crabtree-Valley-Mall-Raleigh-Marriott-until-Sept-30-2010.htm">Shop the Crabtree Valley Mall, Stay at the Raleigh Marriott</a></strong>. Relax while back-to-school shopping with this package that includes deluxe overnight accommodations, a $50 gift card per room per stay to any store in the Crabtree Valley Mall, transportation to and from the mall, a breakfast buffet for two daily in the Crabtree Grill, and a late check-out of 1:00 PM.</li><li><strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/u/sty/hoteldiscountsanddeals/hotel_deals/Luxe-VIP-Airport-Transfer-Package-at-Luxe-Rodeo-Drive-until-Dec-31-2010.htm">Luxe VIP & Airport Transfer Package at Luxe Rodeo Drive</a></strong>. Includes airport pick up in luxurious town car from LAX or Burbank Airport, complimentary cocktails, fruit and water upon arrival, and complimentary continental breakfast for two.</li></ul><p><strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/u/sty/hoteldiscountsanddeals/hotel_deals/">See more hotel deals</a><br /><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/u/sty/hoteldiscountsanddeals/hotel_deals/form.htm">Add your hotel's deal</a></strong></p><p><sub><a href="http://twitter.com/abouthotels"><strong>Follow me on Twitter</strong></a></sub></p><p><sup><em>Image courtesy Hermitage Bay</em></sup></p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/08/30/this-weeks-great-hotel-deals-its-all-taken-care-of.htm">This Week's Great Hotel Deals: It's All Taken Care Of </a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/">About.com Hotels / Resorts / Inns</a> on Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 08:48:06.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/08/30/this-weeks-great-hotel-deals-its-all-taken-care-of.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/08/30/this-weeks-great-hotel-deals-its-all-taken-care-of.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://hotels.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/08/30/this-weeks-great-hotel-deals-its-all-taken-care-of.htm&zItl=This Week's Great Hotel Deals: It's All Taken Care Of ">Email this</a></p>
Jogger-Friendly Hotels
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/hotels/1/H/G/I/3/outdoor_exercise.jpg" alt="Outdoor Exercise" /></p><p>For many people, travel can be a fatiguing affair. For joggers and runners, however -- those most sprightly among us -- arriving in a new destination is just another reason to stick to the fitness routine, using a daily run as an excuse to get out and get acquainted with new surrounds. Herewith, jogger-friendly hotels offering everything from water stations and running maps to chilled towels and landscaped running trails on property.</p><ul><li>The <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/cs/berlin/p/ritzcarlberlin.htm">Ritz-Carlton Berlin</a></strong> offers a "jogging station" in the lobby where you can grab a bottle of water, scout your route on a jogging map and fuel up with a piece of fresh fruit. The beautiful Tiergarten Park, nearby, is a favorite place to run.</li><li>In Hamburg, Germany, the <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/germany/p/vierjahreszeit.htm">Fairmont Vier Jahreszeiten</a></strong> offers joggers bottled water, towels and maps with three, five and 11-mile loops around the city's pretty lakes.</li><li>The <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.hardrockhotelorlando.com/amenities/fitness_center.html">Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando</a></strong> has well-maintained jogging and running paths cut into its manicured landscape.</li><li>And what better way to work off your Las Vegas excesses than heading out from the <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/lasvegas/fr/fourseasons_lv.htm">Four Seasons Las Vegas</a></strong> for a jog? Chilled towels await your return at the hotel's porte cochere.</li></ul><p>Hint for walkers: the hotels don't mind if you help yourself to the amenities, too.</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/08/26/jogger-friendly-hotels.htm">Jogger-Friendly Hotels</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/">About.com Hotels / Resorts / Inns</a> on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 08:49:04.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/08/26/jogger-friendly-hotels.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/08/26/jogger-friendly-hotels.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://hotels.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/08/26/jogger-friendly-hotels.htm&zItl=Jogger-Friendly Hotels">Email this</a></p>
Hotels Put High-Tech Spin on Reading in Bed
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/hotels/1/H/F/I/3/kindle_at_the_beach.jpg" alt="Kindle at the Beach" /></p><p>Curling up with a good book in bed has a way of bringing some comforts of home to your hotel stay--and it's all the more enticing with crisp luxury linens and room service at the ready! More and more, I'm seeing high tech reading material on offer in high-end hotels. Magazines will likely still be there on the coffee table, but check your bedside table, too, for a Kindle or Apple iPad loaded with everything from news sources to popular fiction.</p><p><strong>Hotels offering eReaders</strong></p><ul><li>Suites at the <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/miami/fr/villa_bartong.htm">Villa by Barton G</a></strong> in Miami come with Kindle readers, which your personal butler will be happy to show you how to operate for your transcendent reading pleasure.</li><li>Sofitel hotels in <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/paris/p/sofitel_lefaub.htm">Paris</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/london/fr/sofitel_stjames.htm">London</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.sofitel.com/gb/hotel-5413-sofitel-munich-bayerpost/index.shtml">Munich</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/brussels/fr/sofitellelouise.htm">Brussels</a></strong> are among the first in the chain to offer guests the use of Apple iPads, preloaded with international news sources and more.</li><li>And a handful of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts -- including South Florida's <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.fairmont.com/turnberryisle">Fairmont Turnberry Isle</a></strong> and the <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/od/boston/fr/fairmontcopley.htm">Fairmont Copley Plaza</a></strong> in Boston -- have introduced introduced Kobo eReaders, already uploaded with best-selling books.</li></ul><p>With all that high-tech reading, who needs TV?</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/08/24/hotels-put-high-tech-spin-on-reading-in-bed.htm">Hotels Put High-Tech Spin on Reading in Bed</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/">About.com Hotels / Resorts / Inns</a> on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 08:34:41.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/08/24/hotels-put-high-tech-spin-on-reading-in-bed.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/08/24/hotels-put-high-tech-spin-on-reading-in-bed.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://hotels.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://hotels.about.com/b/2010/08/24/hotels-put-high-tech-spin-on-reading-in-bed.htm&zItl=Hotels Put High-Tech Spin on Reading in Bed">Email this</a></p>
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