About Exciting Unique Destination Hotels And Vacation Ideas

By Adriana Noton


Hotels are commonly looked at as convenient places to sleep overnight on the way to a area being traveled to for other business or pleasure objectives, or once arriving there. This traveler wants to spend as little money and time as necessary to have his minimum requirements for cleanliness and quiet sleeping satisfied. There are other unusual accommodations that will largely be the reason for the trip to that location. With these, the travel itinerary is fashioned around an enjoyment of the attractions found at that inn, or the area's natural features.

The scope of this article does not encompass limited service, overnight or budget accommodations. Those have a role to play as a place to rest on the way somewhere else, and can easily meet those needs and expectations of the traveler. They usually will not be the type of place someone might plan a truly memorable traveling experience around though.

There are several other types that will fit the bill, however. One such type is located in scenic areas, whether on the ocean, in the mountains, near a volcano, in a rain forest, or in a warm desert climate during the winter months. This base of operations is sometimes located in a remote area. It offers relaxation and access to quiet enjoyment of scenery, or activities such as hiking, biking, boating, fishing, hunting, skiing, or climbing.

Another type has a unique venue. Guests here can live for a time in lodging in caves, trees, or pyramids, on artificial islands, or underwater. Some are unique architectural anomalies, perhaps designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, or so old they have been in operation since the year 718. There are even several that are shoe shaped, after the tale of the old woman that lived with her children in a shoe.

Some are found in renovated mines, bunkers, prisons, railway terminals, airliners, and ocean liners. Others are built each year of ice or snow, or are located in wintry areas, with outdoor natural hot spring baths.

A third kind are those facilities featuring a type of on site activity. Here the inn has proprietary assets for the guest's enjoyment. Prime examples are theme parks, golf resorts, conference centers, and resort casinos. They might also have on site or nearby horse races or car races, or sports stadiums.

Another possibility is health focused lodgings. These may provide spas, massage, integrative medical treatment, healthy cuisine, yoga, fitness routines, stress management strategies, meditation, life style modifications techniques, or spiritual guidance.

Many people are drawn to urban areas offering cultural attractions. Theaters, concert halls, museums and shopping malls or boutiques are enjoyed. People are not all the same. Some will be looking to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and the crowds. Others are invigorated by the energy found in big cities that never sleep.

Some destination hotels are known as places for students to blow off some steam over spring break, or for groups like motorcyclists to gather together for a rally with others with the same interests or hobbies. Some attract a variety of different types of people with a common interest such as investment or Star Trek movies and television programs.




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