Category North America

The 18 Best Luxury Hotels in the World, Voted by Travel Writers

Four Seasons Bora Bora Overwater Bungalows

The Luxury Check In staff have stayed at five-star properties around the globe, and it takes something truly special to impress us. Merely having an expensive price tag is no indicator of true luxury. What makes a hotel truly splurge-worthy is a combination of a number of factors: Unique amenities, innovative on-site dining, stylish design, helpful staff, comfortable rooms, and more—these are the things that will make or break a luxury hotel stay. We’ve traveled to all seven continents and personally vetted hundreds of properties to find the best luxury hotels in the world, where your experience will be unparalleled from check-in to check-out.

The Best Luxury Train Rides in America

Alaska Railroad luxury train

Trains in the United States don’t have the best reputation compared to Japan’s lightning-fast bullet trains or Switzerland’s relentlessly punctual rail network. If you’ve ever sat on Amtrak’s Northeast Regional for four-plus hours, watching the train crawl through yet another…