Stagione 2
Bookish Hotels
Hotels & The City
Hotel Superstitions
One Star Reviews
Hotels for Lovers & Sinners
The Stanley Hotel
Strange & Surprising Hotels
NYC Hotels at Christmas
The Savoy Part 3
Fitzgerald and the Plaza. Oscar Wilde and the Savoy. Allen Ginsburg and the Chelsea. The literary world and hotels have always walked arm in arm, but the hotels featured in this episode have taken it a step further, asking you to completely immerse yourself in literature. And we are more than happy to oblige! Listen on if you've ever wanted to curl up inside a bookshelf (you can – in Japan!) or if the Dewey Decimal System is your love language. ☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon. 📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN. 📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here. 🤳 Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | X 🎶 Music: Bedtime After a Coffee by Barradeen via Chosic licensed under CC BY-SA.
As we rewatched Sex and the City for the bajillionth time (recently released on Netflix!), we couldn't help but wonder – is there a hotel that matches the personality of each of our beloved fabulous foursome? A few martinis and bad renditions of the theme song later, and just like that, we had a list of hotels that scream Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte (and Big, Aidan, Steve, and Stanford, too). ☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon. 📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN. 📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here. 🤳 Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | X 🎶 Music: George Street Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod from Chosic.com under a Creative Commons Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Society is saturated with superstition, so of course hotels are no different! We can't guarantee it, but these superstitions just might make you feel a little more comfortable on your travels – and keep the resident spirits at bay. ☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon. 📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN. 📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here. 🤳 Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | X 🎶 Music: Ghostwaltz By Rezonance (CZ) is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
We've covered some of the most expensive and luxurious hotels in the world, but what about the accommodations that get less-than-stellar reviews? From the annals of the internet, we bring you horror stories (alleged, of course) of filthy rooms, antagonistic staff, and wayward... monkeys? ☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon. 📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN. 📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here. 🤳 Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | X 🎶 Music: Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official from Chosic licensed under CC-BY-SA-3.0
Love is in the air! Or is that sex? There's room for both at our collection of hotels for lovers ... and sinners. From a romantic trip to Charleston, SC, a la The Notebook to the Belle Epoque-inspired labyrinth of a former Paris brothel cum (ahem) hotel, we've got the foremost places to spend a little one-on-one time with your pleasure partner. 💋 ☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon. 📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN. 📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here. 🤳 Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | X 🎶 Music: "Sensual Jazz" by Grand_Project via Pixabay. "Dreamy Jazz" by JuliusH via Pixabay. "Submission" by Beat Mekanik from the Free Music Archive licensed under CC BY. "French Toast" by Beat Mekanik from the Free Music Archive licensed under CC BY. "Sexy Lounge Music" by Saavane via Pixabay.
Since winter is in full swing, we knew it was time for the Stanley Hotel – everyone's favorite haunted hotel and inspiration for The Shining by Stephen King (and the movie by the same name, natch). But the hotel had a haunted reputation even before King made it famous and those twin movie ghosts made it infamous. Throw in their very own frozen dead guy a la the world's only cryonics museum, and you've got a veritable amusement park for ghost and horror enthusiasts. ☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon. 📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN. 📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here. 🤳 Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | X 🎶 Music: Come Out And Play Royalty Free Horror Remixed By Darren Curtis is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
We've dug into some interesting corners of the internet (thank you messynessychic.com!) to bring you five strange, surprising, and fun hotels around the world, including the last steamship on the Nile, a hotel in the south of France that wishes it were a ship, a conservation-based hotel where you can hang out with giraffes, a kitschy hotel turned pop culture icon, and a Hogwarts-esque castle in Poland offering a wizardry school for those who never received their post by owl. ☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon. 📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN. 📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here. 🤳 Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | X 🎶 Music: Be Carefree - Calm mood of a weekend in anticipation of unusual adventures by Oleg Mazur Free Music is licensed under a Creative Commons License
New York City at Christmastime is the most wonderful time of the year! We bring you our top five NYC hotels during the Christmas season, all full of immaculate decorations, bespoke packages and excursions, and boozy brunches for Christmas and New Year's Day to take the edge off all the holiday fun. ☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon. 📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN. 📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here. 🤳 Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | X 🎶 Music: Advent Season by Torben Fugger is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
The Savoy Hotel redefined hospitality for London in the late 19th century, and it remains one of the top hotels in the world. In Part 3, we discuss the hotel's history following World War II through today, including Queen Elizabeth's coronation ball, Bridget D'Oyly taking the helm, famous celebrities who stayed (and got turned away), and a fun reality TV show back in 2020 titled, fittingly, "The Savoy. ☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon. 📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN. 📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here. 🤳 Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | X 🎶 Music: Four-Way by William Ross Chernoff's Nomads is licensed under an Attribution License.
We interview the creators of The Hotel Who, an immersive and interactive theater experience currently based in Los Angeles (but hopefully coming to more cities soon). They tell us about their current show (a 1930's murder mystery held in a castle in the Hollywood Hills), how they got started, and what's next for this unique art form. 🎟️ You can buy tickets to an upcoming show here 🏨 Follow The Hotel Who on Instagram and TikTok. ☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon. 📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN. 📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here. 🤳 Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | X 🎶 Music: Masquerade by Beat Mekanik from the Free Music Archive licensed under CC BY.