The Hotel Poet

Poets experience life differently, absorbing teensy sensory details most folks miss. We see spigot sheens and smell the pillow’s floral perfume whiff. Appreciating minutiae transforms ordinary moments into extraordinary memories and travel from an activity into an experience.

The Hotel Poet is a written word tour guide that curates trip experiences. Like other hotel review sites, this one will help you decide where to go and where to stay. But unlike other sites, the Hotel Poet’s creative travel guides help you see the world – and thus, travel – differently.

Travel Differently

See the world.

FORGET TRAVEL ESSENTIALS

This is travel minutiae.

Hotel Poet travel guides cover what everyone else forgot to review. I’m talking granular, diagnostic, nook and cranny, gold-locket-in-sidewalk-crack kind of writing. You won’t find it anywhere else.

This means when you journey vicariously via the Hotel Poet, you’ll find answers to questions you didn’t know you had about your destination. I’ll tell you everything about where I’ve been, so you know it all before you go.

Travel Vicariously

Know everything before you go anywhere.

LEARN HOW TO STAY, AWAY

Your new home for away from home.

Ever gone sight-seeing inside your hotel room? Smell-smelling around a casino? Welcome to traveling creatively with the Hotel Poet. Even if you’re on a budget, both the beaten paths and the roads less taken gleam with potential adventure gems.

After all, poets don’t earn much, so I’ve learned how to extract the most out of traveling with very little. Like any good book, the landscape is just waiting to be read, so open the first page and get ready to roam like a poet.

Travel Creatively

Roam like a poet.

DESTINATIONS

Trip Narratives

Like any good book, my travelogues will transport you from your lawn chair to your dream destination, all while showing you the sights from here to there.

TRANSPORTATION

Transit Guides

Travel is all about the journey and the Hotel Poet knows how to get around. I’ll tell you about my road trips, my bus odysseys, my worst flights – every step of en route, so you can easily find your way.

Hotels

Accommodation Reviews

Hotels, motels, the Chelsea Motor Inn. Read granular, essay-style reviews that range from the hotel lobby lighting to the evening gym aroma at places I’ve stayed.

Things to Do

Activity Guides

Experiences transform spaces into places. I share mine, so you can discover uncommon things to do, along with entertainment ideas to make the most of your time elsewhere.

hotel soap bars

duvet stains

alarm clock glow

casino swag

valance shadows

baize caresses

bus seat fabric

lap tray naps

communal loofahs

graffiti lace