Hotels
19/60 pts
TIFF-week hotel pricing
Hotels/Sep 13, 2026
A festival Sunday rate is a movie ticket with a bed attached
Toronto is mid-fest. The room is no longer a place to sleep. It is a line item in someone else's premiere.
Skip19/60 pts
The stay
Hotels
Reviews of rooms and stays, with news and commentary on hotels and bookings — rates, windows, and the platforms that sell the night.
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On-line reviews
Hotels
25/60 pts
Holiday weekend hotel rates
Hotels/Aug 30, 2026
The three-night minimum
The room is not the story. The stay rules are the story. They always are, the week before a holiday.
Mixed25/60 pts
Hotels
28/60 pts
Hotel points, redeemed
Hotels/Aug 11, 2026
A free night that was not free
I 'paid' with points and still did math at the desk. The math is the stay.
Mixed28/60 pts
Hotels
31/60 pts
A courtyard-style airport hotel
Hotels/Aug 4, 2026
The honest layover
The most important hotel category in America, and the least reviewed as if it were a place.
Mixed31/60 pts
Hotels
27/60 pts
A roadside motel
Hotels/Jul 25, 2026
The neon, the door, the parking space
I wanted cheap and close to the road. I got both. I did not get a story to post.
Mixed27/60 pts
Hotels
35/60 pts
A Rehoboth Beach hotel
Hotels/Jul 17, 2026
A room near the boards
You pay for the walk to the water. The room is the receipt.
Mixed35/60 pts
Hotels
36/60 pts
Hilton Garden Inn
Hotels/Jul 6, 2026
The predictable night
I knew the room before I opened the door. That is either damning or the entire value. Both, maybe.
Mixed36/60 pts
Hotels
37/60 pts
A Wharf hotel, Washington
Hotels/Jun 23, 2026
A room that faces a mall that faces a river
Pretty, pricey, and you will eat downstairs because that is the design.
Mixed37/60 pts
Hotels
39/60 pts
Ace Hotel Brooklyn
Hotels/Jun 8, 2026
A lobby that thinks it is the stay
Good bones, better coffee, and a room that is almost as interesting as the hallway.
Mixed39/60 pts
Hotels
26/60 pts
A boutique hotel with a signature scent
Hotels/Jun 1, 2026
The smell was the brand
I walked in and the lobby hugged me with cologne. The bed did not follow through.
Mixed26/60 pts
Hotels
24/60 pts
A short-term rental, one weekend
Hotels/May 29, 2026
The apartment that was a spreadsheet
I wanted a kitchen. I got a lockbox and a list of rules in all caps.
Mixed24/60 pts
News and commentary
Commentary/Hotels/Aug 11, 2026
Dynamic pricing turned hotels into airlines
The rate is no longer a number. It is a mood the algorithm is in.
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