Accommodations


Website Review: Magica Venezia

Like what you see? Subscribe to the full RSS feed.The Magica Venezia website belongs to a group who, in their own words: … rent luxury furnished apartments in the centre of Venice, Italy, next to the most important places in the city … starting from 200€ per night (for whole apartment) including breakfast, welcome prosecco […]

11 Bizarre Hotels That Will Knock Your Socks Off

Nora Dunn rounds up 11 bizarre hotels from around the world that will knock your socks off.

Sleeping Under the Stars in Finland’s Glass Igloos

Sleeping on ice beds in igloos in the freezing North is almost passé. The new trend is glass igloos in the heart of Lapland that allow guests to enjoy the beauty of snow storms and the spectacular Northern Lights without having to freeze their butts off. These glass igloos are available for rent at the […]

Practical Trip Planning (Part 3): Finding Cheap Accommodations

Chris Cook continues with the third installment in his Practical Trip Planning series on how to find cheap accommodations.

Berlin Hotel Offers World’s Largest Cylindrical Aquarium

World’s Largest Cylindrical Aquarium, Berlin At the Radisson SAS hotel in Berlin Mitte, you can zip up and down the building in an elevator that’s encased inside a giant aquarium. At 25 meters tall, and 11 meters wide, the aquarium is the largest acrylic glass cylinder in the world and contains 900,000 liters of sea […]

For Rent: Military Base, Slightly Used (Just $495/month)

Larson Air Force base, Washington © Discovery.com Want to play a real life version of Halo? Simply fork out $495US per month, and you could rent parts of a former military base, complete with thousands of feet of connected underground tunnels. The property is the former Larson Air Force base complex, which the government shut down in […]

Hotels Toy with High Tech Security Measures

Hotels are going the James Bond way. Pretty soon, you’ll be able to swipe your way into your room at the Plaza Hotel with a RFID card instead of your regular plastic card. You might even be able to dial your way into your room through your cell phone, or use an eco […]

Istanbul’s 7-Story Underwater Hotel to Open in 2010

Visitors to Istanbul will soon have a chance to view the most spectacular ocean views on the planet. A seven floor, seven-star hotel is being built underwater on what was formerly a tobacco factory. There will be exhibition halls, and restaurants, and all rooms will be sea facing. This isn’t the first such underwater […]

Niche Couch Surfing Site Caters to Euro ‘08 Goers

Travel accommodation doesn’t get cheaper than couch surfing, or the practice of sleeping on a couch in a stranger’s home. Not only is it free, but it’s also a great way to connect with a city and its people. The growing popularity of couch surfing has prompted the growth of niche websites like Sleep In, […]

8 Tools to Help You Travel Forever and Live Rent Free

Nora Dunn discusses eight online tools to help you travel long term and live rent-free.