1. Carlyle New York
2. Peninsula New York
3. Peninsula Chicago
4. Caesars Palace Las Vegas
5. Paris Las Vegas
6. Mirage Hotel-Las Vegas
7. Wynn Las Vegas-opening in April 2005
8. Four Seasons Las Vegas
9. Beverly Hills Hotel
10. Fairmont Copley Plaza-Boston
11. Trump Sonesta Hotel -Miami
12. Ritz Carlton San Francisco
14. Four Seasons San Francisco
15. Ritz Carlton Philadelphia
16. Westin Philadelphia
17. Renaissance Vinoy Resort-St. Petersburg,FL
18. The Lodge at Pebble Beach-California-hidden hotel

Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas

I would like to see 2 hotels from Michigan, next season.

1. The Grand Hotel- Mackinac Island

2. Amway Grand Plaza Hotel- Grand Rapids

Suggestion coup de coeur in Montreal, QC

Hotel Gault, Canada's definitive new boutique hotel, located in vibrant Old Montreal...
These loft style spacious guestrooms are definitely my favorite!
Have a glance at www.hotelgault.com!
Bon sejour si vous avez la chance de voyager au Canada!

I would like to see the Moderates and Value resorts at Walt Disney WOrld. Not everyone can afford the Deluxe resorts so how about thinking of familys. Also how about airing shows during Prime Time. Those of us that work cannot see most of the shows unless they are aired on the week-ends.I'm in the midwest and your shows are on at 11AM to early and 10-11PM to late .

Also, please add

Hotel Marlowe - Cambridge, MA

Also in cambridge...Check out the charles. We stay there on harvard deb8 trips, and its a really great hotel.. www.charleshotel.com

It's a good idea to have this list. Then the Travel Channel can view this and not need to search for individual posts. Keep updating it

Walt Disney's Vero Beach Resort is an often overlooked resort, and in my humble opinion, Disney's best Resort in the United States.

You have a quiet, peaceful seaside town with a great tradition of patroning the arts.

A gorgeous hotel

The beach

Everything you could ask for. Including a bar with a guitar plaer, nature walks, Scuba, and bikes to ride around the town on.

I need to add 2 more hotels to the Michigan list.

The Great Wolf Lodge: in Traverse City, MI.

Grand Traverse Bay Hotel & Resort: in Traverse City, MI.

1. The Charleston Place Hotel
http://www.charlestonplace.com/
2. The Windsor Court Hotel, New Orleans
http://www.windsorcourthotel.com/
3. Hotel Icon, Houston
http://www.hotelicon.com/index_flash.html
4. Watermark hotel, San ANtonio
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[This message was edited by chicagoboy589 on 08-05-04 at 03:26 PM.]

I need to add a hotel.

1.Captain's House Inn-Chatham,MA

http://www.captainshouseinn.com/

http://www.top10inns.com/inns/captainshouseinn/

According to tripadvisor.com, the Captain's Inn Hotel is ranked the #1 hotel in Chatham out of 20 hotels. Go there type in Captain's House Inn under search at the top and it should be the first one! Check out its high ratings!

You should do a special about some of the spectacular desert resorts in Scottsdale, Arizona or you should just do a a show on the J.W. Marriot Resort & Spa at Desert Ridge. It's one of the biggest and nicest resorts in Arizona. It also has the largest ballroom in all of Arizona.

http://www.jwdesertridgeresort.com
CLICK!

Sorry, I forgot to put the websites for the hotels I suggested. Here they are now.

The Grand Hotel- www.mackinacisland.com

Amway Grand Plaza- www.amwaygrandplaza.com

Great Wolf Lodge- www.greatwolflodge.com -or- www.mytraversecity.com

Grand Traverse Bay Resort & Spa (I got the name wrong the first time)- www.mytraversecity.com
www.grandtraverseresort.com

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Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas

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yes thank you!! finallly says the bahamas!! i was born there and ive been waiting for great hotels to go to the bahamas

How about a hotel in Seattle, Washington?

1. The Fairmont Olympic Hotel
(the only 5 star hotel in Seattle and is located in the middle of everything)

http://www.fairmont.com/seattle/

These destinations are islands in the pacific and islands in the Caribbean. Although they are not part of the states, they are US territory and Sam doesn't go outside the US!

1. The Westin Resort Guam-an island in the pacific near Japan(US territory)

http://www.starwood.com/westin/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=1057

2. The Westin St. John Resort and Villas(Virgin Islands)(US territory)

http://www.starwood.com/westin/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=1098

3. The Westin Rio Mar Beach Resort and Spa(Puerto Rico)(US territory)

http://www.starwood.com/westin/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=1096

4.Hyatt Regency Saipan

http://saipan.regency.hyatt.com/

5. Ritz Carlton St. Thomas

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/resorts/st_thomas/

6. Ritz Carlton San Juan,Puerto Rico

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/hotels/san_juan/

1. The Monterey Plaza Hotel And Spa -Monterey,CA

1. The Martha Washington Inn-Abingdon,Virginia

http://www.marthawashingtoninn.com/

I think that Sam should stay at the Disney All Star Resorts. There are 3 themes to choose from: sports, music and movies. And the best thing is that they are only about $80 a night. That is so extremely cheap for Disney World. I stayed in the All Star Movie resort in March for Spring Break and thought it was great. I was in the Buzz Lightyear building. There was a BuzzLKightyear that was about 50 feet right on the ouitside of the building. It was so funny.

I think the All Star Resorts is a great place for spring breakers and people that are on a tight budget. It cost me about $1,100 for my whole spring break and I was there for 4 nights! Of course I didn't spend $1,100 on the hotel alone. I speat probably only about $500 on the hotel and beleive me, that is not bad at all for a Disney hotel.

~Rory

If you ever wondered what it is like to stay in a lighthouse on the water, than the Lighthouse Club Hotel at Fager's Island, Ocean City/MD is a really great place right on the Isle of Wight Bay. It is set apart from the rest of the hotels in Ocean City that are on the ocean side of the island, and therefore much quieter.

http://www.fagers.com/hotel/

Another place that I recently visited but did not stay at yet is the Wequassett Inn in Chatham, Cape Cod.

http://www.wequassett.com/

crown plaza portland oregon or richmond virginia

the bensen hotel in portland oregon its famous people stay and has a 5 star restaurant

I would love to see more themed hotels in Las Vegas. Also, more great places to stay in the New England area.

What about sanibel island in florida it is also an amazing place to have a vacation

My suggestion would be the Heritage House Inn located in Little River, California. This inn is the setting for the 1978 movie, Same Time Next Year. The rooms are beautiful and the view of the northern California coastline is breathtaking. The room where most of the filming took place is called, Next Year. Surely an inn for romantics. Check out their website.

Here is a five star intimate inn in Santa Barbara.

1) The Simpson House Inn

www.simpsonhouseinn.com

I would like to suggest the Mirbeau Inn and Spa in Skaneateles, NY for the show.

1. The Lowell-New York
2. The Alexis-Seattle
3. Couer d'Alene Resort-Idaho
4. The American Club-Kohler, Wisconsin
5. The Sandestin Hilton Resort-Florida

Not to offend, but let's remember that this show is called Great Hotels, not Cheap Hotels. I personally would not want to see 30 minutes of the All-Star resort, which is basically a Motel 6 with Disney theming. I am all for being budget conscious, but the purpose of the show is to showcase properties that one might not otherwise get to visit, and maybe now you would explore. Notice how as the seasons go on Sam books some sort of a suite!?! Who wants to see the standard room all the time...live in the fantasy. Cheers!

I think that Sam should do an episode with two hotels in it. One with a hotel in New York City, and another hotel in Southampton.

The episode should be maybe the Carlyle Hotel New York/The Atlantic Inn Southampton.

1.The Atlantic Inn-Southampton,NY

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g48658-Southampton_New_York-Vacations.html

There are other inns in Southampton. Just click on the link above and it will give you a list.For samantha, you should do a lot more inns so visit
www.topteninns.com

2. Carlyle New York
(listed on my first suggestion at the top of the message)
www.thecarlyle.com

Kansas City! She should come to Kansas City.

The Fairmont Kansas City at the Plaza*****

The Westin Crown Center Kansas City***
Hyatt Regency Crown Center Kansas City**

The Sheraton Overland Park, Kansas***

Kansas City too has what any Great City can offer. Shopping, Theater, Arts, Entertainment, and more!

-Disney's Polynesian Resort
-JW Marriott Grande Lakes Orlando
-Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes Orlando
-Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
-Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando

How about these hotels:

http://fourseasons.com/miami/index.html
http://www.ritzcarlton.com/resorts/south_beach/
http://www.grandelakes.com/index.cfm
http://www.celebrationhotel.com/index.asp
http://www.lakelasvegas.com/accommodations.asp & http://www.greenvalleyranchresort.com/templates/gvr_home.asp

My all time favorite hotel - and one Samantha has GOT to see - is the Mena House Oberoi in Giza, Egypt. It is located at the base of the Pyramids of Giza (only a 5 minute walk to the plateau). It was a royal hunting lodge built for the opening of the Suez canal in the late 1800s, and the original wing is absolutely gorgeous! Carved wood, marble floors, brass lanterns, very Arabian Nights. The service is excellent, the staff is incredibly friendly, and you can't beat the views of the Pyramids! And the breakfast buffet has to be seen to be believed.

Also, the Sonesta St. George in Luxor. from the restaurant,the view across the Nile to the cliffs of the Valley of the Kings is amazing. Sit back and watch the feluccas sail the Nile, or the hot air balloons rising in the morning. A newer hotel, it is filled with Pharaonic motifs, and is just beautiful.

The Westin Poinsett was constructed in 1925 and was recently renovated. The Westin Poinsett combines 1920s style with 21st century conveniences. Guest rooms feature the Heavenly Bed, marble bathrooms with brass fixtures and dual-line telephones with data ports. The original decorative plate-work and handcrafted marble have been restored in the ornate lobby and grand ballrooms.

Also, the Westin Poinsett is centered in Greenville's pedestrian friendly downtown. Downtown Greenville has recently renovated Falls Park and opened up a new cable suspension bridge that is suspended over the magnificent Reedy River Falls and public gardens. Though the Park is a huge attraction that's only the beginning. Downtown has an intimate feel, alive with vibrant clubs, shops, hotels and restaurants still with a historic atmosphere. Please check out these site to give you a better glimpse into Downtown Greenville, South Carolina and The Westin Poinsett.

http://www.greatergreenville.com/default.asp

http://www.fallspark.com/index_content.html

http://www.starwood.com/westin/search/hotel_detail.html?city=&stateProvince=&country=&postalCode=&hotelLocationType=&pOI=&arrivalDate=&departureDate=&lengthOfStay=&numberOfRooms=&numberOfAdults=&amenityType1=&amenityType2=&amenityType3=&nState1=&nState2=&nCity1=&nCity2=&requestedChainCode=&requestedAffiliationCode=&propertyID=1255&returnURL=&promotionCode=&corporateAccountNumber=&rcdi=&iATANumber=&groupBlockID=&ratePlanName=&starwoodPreferredGuest=&fromSearch=&H=250&W=491

Any great hotel in the USVI or PR. Sam has been to HI many times and I loved watching, but there are other tropical destinations. I don't recall her going to the caribbean yet. I would love to see what these areas have to offer.

Best Inn in the US

www.waldenco.com

As we are compiling a single list, I believe that Chicagoboy and I are in agreement nominating the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis. I also concur with the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island nomination.

Here's hoping that SB gets either a season or a spin off on the great hotels of Europe ...

Intl Doc

This is a great experience, wonderful location and views.

I'll put this on here to make sure it gets noticed. Everyone seems to recommend this hotel.

1. The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island

How about a true classic.

1. The Regent Beverly Wilshire

Well I hope to see NEW HOTELS in NEW PLACES. Been video taping some of the shows and all I was seeing repeat after repeat. So best of luck to the new season.

There are a lot she could go to in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.

Here are some just to name a few:

Great Wolf Lodge
Polynesian Hotel
Sundara Inn & Spa
Cedar Lodge & Settlement
RainTree Resort
Atlantis Waterpark Hotel & Suites
Copa Cabana Resort Hotel & Suites
Wilderness Hotel and Golf Resort
Kalahari Resort & Convention Center
Chula Vista Resort

Ocracoke Inn - Ocracoke, NC
The Grand Hotel - Mackinac Island
Moody Gardens HOtel - Galveston, TX
The Hotel Galvez - Galveston, TX
Union Station - Nashville, TN

I can't think of any specific ones, but there are some REALLY nice hotels in Virginia Beach, VA.

How about:

The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida. It's a landmark hotel that looks like a castle!

The Pier House Resort in Key West, Florida

[This message was edited by travel1st on 12-13-04 at 01:08 AM.]

The Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis would be a great choice. There is a lot of history in this hotel. The city has many places to visit. You should really visit the Arch if you come to town. At Forest Park you will find the St. Louis Zoo, Science Center, History Museum, Art Museum, and more.

How about somewhere new like Bar Harbor, Maine.

1. The Bluenose Inn- Bar Harbor, Maine

www.bluenoseinn.com

1. Ritz-Carlton, San Juan, PR

2. Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee

Always look in florida first the have disney, universal, even sea world.
there is also sanibel island, or Fort lauderdale.
the best place in fort lauderdale is the Embassy suits on deerfield beach just check it out its the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!