The Best Of
Travel
Curated collections of the world's finest hotels — organized by travel style, not just destination.
Best Family Spring Break Resorts
Twenty family resorts selected for spring-break weather, pools, beaches, activities, room setup, kids’ programs, and ease during peak school-holiday weeks.
Best Luxury Hunting Lodges
Twenty bookable sporting properties, from Southern quail lodges and Texas ranches to Patagonia and New Zealand.
Best Boutique Hotels
Twenty-eight character-rich city hideaways, country houses, beach retreats, and private islands.
Best Private Island Resorts
Twenty-six remarkable islands, from intimate Florida and Caribbean hideaways to remote Pacific icons.
Best Adults-Only All-Inclusive Resorts
Twenty intimate, romantic, wellness-led, and full-service escapes with real inclusions.
Best Hotels with Private Pools
Twenty-four romantic, family-friendly, tropical, and wild private-pool stays.
Best Overwater Bungalows
Twenty-four true overwater stays across the world’s most beautiful lagoons.
Best Hotels for Food Lovers
Twenty-one destination restaurants, farm estates, vineyard stays, and regionally rooted culinary hotels.
Best Wellness Resorts
Twenty-six serious retreats and exceptional spa or nature-wellness resorts, clearly distinguished.
Best Historic Resorts
Sixteen landmark resorts where architecture, traditions, and history remain part of the experience.
Best Value Luxury Hotels
Nineteen luxury stays that overdeliver through inclusions, space, setting, service, or relative pricing.
Best New Hotels
Sixteen standout new and newly reopened hotels, with honest status labels for the few major openings still to come.
Best Beach Resorts
Thirty-four standout beach resorts, organized by the kind of Caribbean stay they deliver—not by a false one-through-34 ranking.
Best Ski Hotels
Fifteen standout ski stays across the American West—chosen for true slope access, terrain fit, family space, town atmosphere, and value.
Best for Adults
Twenty tranquil, refined escapes for couples and solo travelers — from the Maldives and Santorini to Positano, Mykonos, and the Caribbean.
Best Caribbean Family Resorts
Fifteen Caribbean family resorts — from Beaches Turks & Caicos and Atlantis Paradise Island to Belize's jungle treehouses and the private estate of Casa de Campo.
Best European Family Hotels
Seventeen curated family stays across Europe — from Belmond La Residencia in Mallorca to Grand Hotel Tremezzo on Lake Como and the grand palace hotels of London and Paris.
Best California Family Hotels
Fourteen family resorts across California — from Hotel del Coronado and Terranea to Rosewood Miramar, Ojai Valley Inn, and Cavallo Point at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Best Mexico Family Hotels
Fifteen standout family stays across Mexico — from swimmable Los Cabos coves and Riviera Maya all-inclusives to Cozumel reefs and Mexico City culture.
Best Romantic Hotels
Eighteen standout couples’ stays, from overwater villas and Italian cliffside icons to private-pool resorts, rainforest retreats, and dramatic coastal escapes.
Best Affordable Beach Hotels
Fifteen beach and waterfront stays that deliver real value, from simple island lodges to suite-style resorts on famously expensive shores.
Best Water Park Resorts
20 curated aquatic resort stays — from Beaches Turks & Caicos and Atlantis Paradise Island to the Grand Wailea in Maui and Atlantis The Royal in Dubai.
Best Florida Resorts
Twenty standout Florida resorts, from Palm Beach and Naples to Amelia Island, Orlando, 30A, Miami, and the Keys—each chosen for a distinct kind of stay.
Best Luxury Mexico
Fifteen standout luxury stays across Mexico—from swimmable Baja coves and Riviera Maya villas to Yucatán wellness and city hotels.
Best All-Inclusive Mexico
Nine verified Mexico all-inclusives — from serious Riviera Maya luxury and adults-only beaches to family entertainment, Cozumel reefs, and Cabo sunsets.