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Curating the planet's best design hotels + jaw-dropping Airbnbs.
I think video’s the best way for you to discover a new hotel, and see if it’s right for you. Planning travel can be overwhelming, and so much travel advice is gamed. Before you pay, you deserve to know what you’re getting.
I’m searching for the world’s best architecture, unique luxury stays, jaw-dropping Airbnbs, and affordable hidden gems. I understand that there’s no one size fits all resort, so I’ll give you all the info you need to decide what’s best for you. I don’t accept hotel sponsorships and I test drive every hotel before I recommend it.
I’ll only recommend unique places, with great design, that I’d recommend to friends and family.
I’d love to help you discover something different, and hopefully inspire your next vacation.
I think video’s the best way for you to discover a new hotel, and see if it’s right for you. Planning travel can be overwhelming, and so much travel advice is gamed. Before you pay, you deserve to know what you’re getting.
I’m searching for the world’s best architecture, unique luxury stays, jaw-dropping Airbnbs, and affordable hidden gems. I understand that there’s no one size fits all resort, so I’ll give you all the info you need to decide what’s best for you. I don’t accept hotel sponsorships and I test drive every hotel before I recommend it.
I’ll only recommend unique places, with great design, that I’d recommend to friends and family.
I’d love to help you discover something different, and hopefully inspire your next vacation.
Frustratingly Close to Perfect: But Beats 4 Seasons
The Andaz Costa Rica Resort Papagayo is a luxe resort on Costa Rica’s on Papagayo Peninsula, and part of our best resorts in Costa Rica series. In this video I’ll give you a full tour, show you what I loved and what may be a deal breaker for you. The resort’s in Guanacaste Province, offering a blend of modern design and nice views of the water. This 151-room resort, part of the Hyatt group.
The resort's rooms and suites are divided into four categories: forest view, partial bay view, bay view, and Andaz large suites, each with a private balcony or terrace. The resort has three pools, including an adult-s only pool, all surrounded by cabanas and sun loungers.
The Andaz Costa Rica also has a full-service spa, offering a range of treatments inspired by local traditions and ingredients, as well as a 24-hour fitness center and a lot of daily activities such as yoga, snorkeling, and birdwatching.
There are four unique restaurants here: Chao Pescao, the resort's signature restaurant, with tapas-style dining and often live music, Rio Bhongo is a casual all-day restaurant that serves international cuisine and is most busy in the morning as the only breakfast venue, Ostra is the resort’s fine-dining venue and overlooks the bay, and there’s a restaurant at the hotel’s main beach that’s a boat ride away. The resort is just a 35-minute drive from Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport in Liberia and a 4-hour drive from Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José.
We curate unusual, independent, and sustainable boutique hotel experiences. We’re a small team of 3.5 people - for now. Our founder Don is an American who’s lived about half his life overseas and has traveled to over 60 countries - always looking for that perfect hotel, and often being disappointed. Before starting Swank, Don worked as an entrepreneur in the clean energy space, and then sustainable housing - one of the reasons sustainability is in our DNA.
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The resort's rooms and suites are divided into four categories: forest view, partial bay view, bay view, and Andaz large suites, each with a private balcony or terrace. The resort has three pools, including an adult-s only pool, all surrounded by cabanas and sun loungers.
The Andaz Costa Rica also has a full-service spa, offering a range of treatments inspired by local traditions and ingredients, as well as a 24-hour fitness center and a lot of daily activities such as yoga, snorkeling, and birdwatching.
There are four unique restaurants here: Chao Pescao, the resort's signature restaurant, with tapas-style dining and often live music, Rio Bhongo is a casual all-day restaurant that serves international cuisine and is most busy in the morning as the only breakfast venue, Ostra is the resort’s fine-dining venue and overlooks the bay, and there’s a restaurant at the hotel’s main beach that’s a boat ride away. The resort is just a 35-minute drive from Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport in Liberia and a 4-hour drive from Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José.
We curate unusual, independent, and sustainable boutique hotel experiences. We’re a small team of 3.5 people - for now. Our founder Don is an American who’s lived about half his life overseas and has traveled to over 60 countries - always looking for that perfect hotel, and often being disappointed. Before starting Swank, Don worked as an entrepreneur in the clean energy space, and then sustainable housing - one of the reasons sustainability is in our DNA.
✔ W E B S I T E
swankguide.com
#SwankGuide #costaricatravel #costaricapuravida
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Amor Arenal, a boutique hotel tucked away in the lush rainforest of Costa Rica's Arenal Volcano National Park, and is part of our best resorts in Costa Rica Series. The resort offers a chill, low-key, escape for nature lovers and adventure seekers. The hotel has 30 spacious rooms and suites, each well designed to blend modern amenities with the natural beauty of the surrounding landscape. Most ...
Why 2,000 People Are on the Waiting List to Stay Here
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The Art of Simplicity: Minimalist Glamping on the Waves
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Where Designers Sleep, Ultimate Escape by the Sea: Tour
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There’s an Airbnb in Troncones, Mexico called Casa Cayman,that’s one of the coolest beach houses I have ever seen. This video continues our series on Zihuatanejo’s best hotels & resorts, and short-term rentals. I’ll tour you through this amazing house and show you what there is to do in the area. BOOK YOUR STAY HERE (AND PLEASE LEAVE US A TIP, AS WE GET 0 FROM THE HOTEL): swankguide.com/casa-ca...
Zihua’s Most Expensive Hotel: Worth It? Review & Tour
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La Casa Que Canta is Zihuatanejo’s most expensive hotel. As part of our best hotels in Zihuatanejo series, I’ll tour you through this resort with an amazing view of Zihua Bay. I’ll tour you through the whole hotel, show you the room I stayed in, and I also snuck into the hotel’s most expensive room and I’ll show you that too. I’ll share my experience at Mar Y Cielo Restaurant, the hotel's gourm...
Plan Your Stay: Guide to Zihuatanejo’s Tourist Areas
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A local helps me answer: should you stay in Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, or maybe the area’s most charming surf town: Troncones. In this video we’ll take you through the most popular Zihuatanejo tourist areas and help you decide what part of the central Mexican coast is best for you. This is part of my Zihuatanejo services that includes Zihuatanejo’s best hotels and what to do in Zihuatanejo and Tronco...
The Nami Project
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I'll tour you through The Nami Project in Ucluelet, British Columbia, a very special boutique hotel/Airbnb. With front-row seats the the wild Pacific coast and just a stone's throw from Canada’s Pacific Rim National Park, this place is a masterclass in minimalist wabi-sabi design that will make any design enthusiast drool. The location is made that much better with the Wild Pacific Coast Nature...
How to do Zihuatanejo in Style for Under $200/Day
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Seattle's Best Kept Secret: Luxe Treehouse in the Woods
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Treehouse Point is just 30 minutes from Seattle, but it feels like a world away. This group of treehouses in the woods, with a stream running beneath, offers a beautiful spot to relax and unwind. I’ll take you on a tour through the treehouses, the grounds, and show you what there is to do nearby. BOOK YOUR STAY HERE AND SEE BELOW WHY YOU CAN TRUST US: www.jdoqocy.com/click-100838867-11552042?si...
Why I Stayed Here 2X in 1 Year: Inside Playa Viva
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Thankkkk u im planning a vacay to jamaica and was soooo confused this helped me so much! Is USD accepted?
What is the name of your other channel?
Will I be able to see the northern lights if I go in August?
How do I start a green School in my country Papua New Guinea and get people to learn to build using bamboo?I am amazed to see what can be made with bamboo esp houses.
With the Mobay website if you purchase the arrival and departure option is that a one time purchase for the entire trip?
we also have some similar places like this in north of pakistan called Gilgit baltistan, which is heaven for tourists.
1000 views in 3 Months? Jeez.
Tulum is already downshifting ! 💥🥶💥 Anywhere infrastructures for wastewater Anywhere healthy tapwater Tulum is a sewage dump !.🥶💥 All Cenotes are polluted Scientifically proven 🙈 Everywhere dirty and if you leave your beautiful designed resort everywhere awful dirty 🥶 Gold rush times are greedy times Greed eats brain Greedy locals, greedy criminal taxidrivers, high greedy developers who are afterwards surcharging their customers however signed contracts !.🥶💥🤮 Nobody of them cares honestly for the future of Tulum 👉carry on There are better locations round Mexico to invest your money 👍😄
Why don't go to south Bali
Norway is now in my 2024 travel plans, after your videos. So glad the algo recommended your channel. It's a 100/100
Nami Project could just as easily be a modern ryokan in Japan
Hindus are peaceful people, praising and protecting nature is in their DNA since eternity, they mind their business, they never convert anyone's religion because they belive ultimate GOD is one, never hurt other's sentiments, never get offended by everything like other religions now a days getting offended by everything. Definitely Hinduism one day become Refuge to humanity. (That is my openion, not offending anyone).
Thanks just spent a month in India and agree...
Amazing beach resort 🧜♀
It really is!
Your videos are amazing!
Thank you so much!
Do you prefer this tent/camp concept better than the concept of Buahan by Banyan Tree? Buahan's villas have no walls, completely open to the elements.
ohh that looks so cool... wonder if it's new in last 14-15 months since I was in Bali
Thanks to your videos, I am presently having the coolest vacation experience ever! Stayed at hotel tiki tiki for a few days and it was excellent. Over at Tulum treehouse now and it’s fantastic. Watching an amazing live set with my feet in the pool!
That makes my day... maybe my week. I think both places are so special and so under-appreciated. I hope you had a great trip
you have one of the coolest channels I've stumbled upon in a long time. AutoCamp looks more fun to stay at than most 4 or 5 star hotels. Would not have discovered with typical screening on google maps. Great job brining to light 3 star properties with strong strong language.
Thanks... that was super early days for me/this channel... glad you found it helpful...
you do really useful reviews, never heard of the Avalon and now it's on my short list of where to stay in LA. Thank you
You are so welcome!
forgot to mention the golden eye pool is salt water :) (Unless they changed it)
Thanks for contributing!
The pool there is NOT the largest pool in Iceland!! We have dozens that are bigger!! Its not even close as big as the 2 closest pools in Selfoss and Þorlákshöfn! Videos like this are horrible to watch as an Icelander :(
sorry... I think a local told me that.... but it's been a while. I try to be as accurate as possible but make mistakes
Wow!! What a destination! ❤ Thanks Swank Guide!
Hi there love love the videos you post. Do you remember the villa # at Rockhouse? Thank you
i dont remember 'm sorry....
"No, I'm not in England" I could tell that from the lack of ferocious winds and pissing down rain.
so true
Tulum is downshifting !. 🌚🥶🙈💥 Anywhere infrastructures for wastewater!🙈🥶 Anywhere healthy tapwater!. Greedy locals, greedy developers surcharge afterwards your signed contract, greedy criminal taxidrivers …. Greed eats brain
Thaks for your opinion.... some of the hotels are wonderful though and at least the place isnt full of mega resorts like Cancun. With that said... agree there are better parts of Mexico
Tulum is downshifting ! 🌚🙈🥶 Anywhere infrastructures for wastewater!🥶 Anywhere healthy tapwater!. Greedy locals, high greedy developers!, reedy locals, greedy criminal taxidrivers…. Tulum is a sewage dump 🙈🥲
thanks for this info...with this & the videos from the couple that do the videos ...where to EAT in Paris... i am all set to visit😅
sorry for late reply have been running around India.... That makes me really happy to hear. Can you tell me what channel the "where to eat in Paris" video is on so I can link it in description for other... thanks
Their website saya there is no pool but i see a pool in your video but no one in it. Is it a swimming pool or more like a water feature you can't swim in?
sorry for late reply... Nomade 100% has a pool you can swin in right next to the beach... I show it in the video....
What was the second room that you booked??
Hi it was the Arena suite.. and sorry for late reply
Great video😊. Thank You.
So nice of you
Nice video! It's interesting to see all the beautiful places you stay at. Maybe I will try some of them myself. The map at 0:24 is in a funny angle, and you have switch Bodø and Bergen. Bodø is to the right (North).
Thanks for catching that error on the map. Norway has so many beautiful places
no gay stuff, very homophobic country. love my Jamaica
stupid video, you should never do travel videos
“Guerneville”
thanks for the correction
You should try the top pattys in Jamaica and you never tried natural juices or jerk pork. 🇯🇲
next time!
Thank you! I used to stay at a different hotel every year but I’m definitely looking forward to experiencing something different!
Great... it's a great place
Hi what do you think about K club ubud Kanva tent .Have you ever visited it
well I live in Seattle so kinda far to come
Price ??
I do a price guide using $$$$$ b/c rates can fluctuate so much by season and demand
Appreciate this video and your efforts. Apart from these beautiful hidden gems, there is one more hidden gem of LA that you & your audience would like. That hidden gem is Quantum Clinic. It is a mental wellness clinic. It is popular for Float Spa with Frequency Therapy. I would request you to add this hidden gem in your next video 🙂
Thanks.... I love when viewers like you make suggestions. I would like to update my LA series... so that is on my lest. Very much appreciated!
How can we contact Mikey
sorry for the slow response have been running all over Costa Rica.... Unfortunately he's not responding to email... he may have moved to the US w his American wife
Ooooh 😍
Thanks for watching
website link ?
Follow link in description to our website and you will see link to book it on left side maybe 1/3 way down the page
The food sucks
tell us what you really think.... I disagree but I've been pretty critcal food at other places so thanks for sharing
Jason’s place is amazing, however the food is bland and needs more seasoning; this has been the case for many years now. By the way, I would retract the use of the word “shabby” to describe the cottages, they are not rundown!
@@CaptainJ555 Sounds like you've been there a lot so I'll defer to you!
Bro keeps on using the word, “shabby!”
Bro keep using "bro"
This is the old Pacific Shore Hotel on Pico Blvd. .It's from 1960 or so. Not the best. The best hotels are "Casa Del Mar" and " Shutters on the Beach. " followed by "Le Merigot" Marriott, The "Fairmont Miramar " and the Shore Hotel .
The best in Santa Monica is Hotel Proper.... I found Shutters to be dark and worn out inside. Marriott never.
my EYEBALLS are salivating. !!
Thanks for watching
One movie and one season of a show equals an entire industry being obsessed?
A major motion pic and HBO's biggest hit at 1 tint hotel is remarkable... does it = obsession.. prob not.
I'm hoping to travel to Bali next year. I'm not sure about this place. I'm torn because it looks great but I don't know if I'd want to stay there. Definitely different though 🙂
Too many great choices in Bali
"Classy" souvenir 😂😂 yurp!! Those look timeless 😅
I appreciate someone who appreciates sarcasm... thanks for watching
Thanks!
You bet!
We will be going back for the sixth time five since I have retired we go to the hotel Riu Negril which is the right place for use to chill out in are older years I love snorkelling of the beach we have been to a few places over there years but Jamaica is now are second home
Thanks for suggesting another place for the community.... I had a look at Riu Negril but I think they had a minimum stay of a few days so I didnt go. Enjoy!