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Le Bristol’s Lumiere suite, €15,000 a night plus tax.

My hotel charged $100 for a baguette. I’ll just eat a bag of chips, thanks

My hotel suite was so nice I didn’t want to leave the room, but paying exorbitant prices for room service wasn’t in the budget.

  • Lee Tulloch
Five star bed, no star sleep.

My five-star hotel gets no stars for ignoring my noise complaint

I was just getting into bed when I was almost blasted out of it by the sudden amplification of music from the hotel’s ballroom, directly below me.

  • Lee Tulloch
Many “pet-friendly” hotels are not friendly to cats.

Hotels are increasingly welcoming pets – as long as it’s not a cat

Pet-friendly accommodation is on the rise around the world, but many places will only allow your pet if it’s a dog.

  • Andrea Sachs
A new capsule hotel near Piccadilly Circus… Zedwell Capsule Hotel.

I tried London’s new $60-a-night capsule hotel

In the centre of the capital, the Zedwell Capsule Hotel offers Japanese-style “pods” at prices to rival hostels.

  • Francesca Syz
Saving money on the quality of the beds is not something five-star hotels should be doing.

Ten basic things even five-star hotels can’t get right

The criteria for a five-star hotel don’t include some of the most important things a modern traveller needs. Here are my minimum requirements.

  • Ben Groundwater
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Magnifying mirrors in hotel bathrooms reveal every pore.

What women do, and don’t, want in a hotel room

The items offered in hotel rooms could do with a rethink. A woman’s eye, even.

  • Penny Watson
No one asked for this type of room design and no one wants it.

Glass bathrooms, excess pillows: 17 signs your hotel has bad taste

You may find these vulgar or twee designs and features in cheap hotels, but may equally come across them in quite posh ones.

  • Sophia Money-Coutts
Room upgrades, champagne and cake are among the freebies some travellers are receiving by lying about honeymoons and birthdays.

The ‘unethical’ travel-hack trend hotels hate

Lying about special occasions to get free perks from hotels, cruise ships and restaurants is a new trend driven by social media.

  • Sally Howard
The Hachijo Royal Hotel appeared in 1963 as a Baroque fantasy, all Greek-style statues in the garden and fountains tinkling in soft salute to the rising sun.

Once the pinnacle of luxury, these 10 hotels now sit abandoned

The great and the good were once lured to these five-star hotels, but now they’re eerily derelict – though some could yet be reborn.

  • Chris Leadbeater
Relax by the private pool.

Up to $147,000 a night: Inside the world’s most expensive hotel rooms

A glimpse inside 10 of the most extravagant suites around the world, from London, Paris and New York to Monaco and Marrakesh.

  • Brian Johnston