Some hotels have very spirited guests
Hotel guests typically check out when their stay is over. But a few overstay their welcome by years, decades - even centuries. Amy Bradley-Hole shares some spooky stories about her favorite haunted hotels.
What’s in the hotel’s lost and found?
Guns, drugs, locked briefcases and naughty lingerie - sounds like a list of props for a James Bond movie, right? But no, these are just some of the unusual items that guests have been known to leave behind in hotel rooms. Amy Bradley-Hole rummages through the lost and found.
OK, Rover, find those bed bugs!
Bed bugs are causing trouble at hotels all over the world. Populations are rising, and more and more travelers are feeling the telltale pinch of the bed-bug bite. But now hotel managers have found a new way to stop bed bugs in their tracks. Amy Bradley-Hole unleashes the secret.
Staying at a foreign hotel? 15 tips
Staying at a foreign hotel can be tricky. Which hotel should you choose? How do you book the room? What will you find when you open the door? Even seasoned travelers don’t always know what to expect. Here are Amy Bradley-Hole’s 15 top tips for enjoying hotels in every corner of the world.
Get well soon!
You wake up in a strange bed with a feeling of dread. The hotel alarm clock says it’s 3 a.m., and you know with absolute certainty that you are dead-dog sick. Fever, chills, nausea, crashing headache - the whole bit. Your doctor is 2,000 miles away and you forgot to pack the aspirin. What to do? Amy Bradley-Hole has some answers.
They’re out to get you!
Psstt … ! She’s been on the inside, and she’s seen the truth. Now Amy Bradley-Hole exposes some dirty tricks that hotels like to play on their unsuspecting guests.
Why are they ripping us off?
Stay at a reasonably priced hotel, and you’ll probably get a free breakfast, free Internet, free bottles of water and more. Stay at a really expensive hotel, and they’ll nickel-and-dime you on everything. Why do we seem to get less when we pay more?
Lie back and think of England
It’s the Fourth of July — time to celebrate our nation’s independence. In honor of this holiday, Amy Bradley-Hole takes a tongue-in-cheek look at why American hotels are so much better than their British counterparts.
What the heck is a condotel?
Sure, you’ve heard of condos, and sure, you’ve heard of hotels. But what the heck is a condotel? Is it a good way to live a vacation lifestyle and make some money on the side? Or is it a sure way to go broke quick? Amy Bradley-Hole went to Miami to find out.
So you want to work in a hotel
Do you like working long hours? Does the thought of handling impossible requests excite you? Do you love that numb feeling you get in the balls of your feet when you’ve been standing for six hours straight? Then you’re the perfect candidate for a hotel job!