
We ignored the Staybridge Suites Vauxhall hotel in our initial London hotel search because it sits south of the Thames. We figured that any spot across the river’s sloshing, silty body would put us inconveniently far from the action. We imagined slogs across wind-swept bridges covered in river spittle as cars whizzed by. Thankfully,…

On its website, Casa Palma Hotel & Bungalows describes itself as a “Boutique Palm Springs Resort with a Racquet, Swim & Social Club.” It also coyly explains that it was “originally crafted as a secluded playground for 1940’s Hollywood megastar, Errol Flynn, and is now being opened to the general public for the first…