Planning Your Travels with Hotel Chains

To plan our trips we often use tourist guides like Frommer's, Fodor's, Michelin, etc. What is common with approach is that the guides are presumably independent from the establishments they describe or recommend providing unbiased and truthful information. In our experience, it's not uncommon that the reality turns out to be different than the one in the guides, and there many reasons for that. Nov. 17, 2007

Planning Your Travels with Relais & Chateaux

Relais & Châteaux is an association with headquarters in Paris, France of more than 450 hotels and restaurants throughout the world. Its main goal is to promote and provide various services its members. So, it seems like Relais & Châteaux is catering primarily to their needs - where do we, travelers, fit into this picture?

Nov. 6, 2007