The right hotel makes the whole trip easier.

Why this site exists

I reviewed luxury hotels for eight years. Then I started travelling with kids.

For eight years my job was noticing thread counts and lobby design. Then I started travelling with children, and every review I had written stopped answering the only question that mattered at seven in the evening: will this room work with one child asleep and the other still needing a bath?

So I changed what I measure. Not the marble — whether the pool is open in October. Not the design concept — whether two rooms genuinely connect. Seven cities, thirty-five hotels, each checked against its own listing and an independent source. Where I cannot verify something, I say so.

A beautiful lobby has never once helped at bedtime.

Alexandra Beaumont, who writes every review on this site.

How I check every hotel