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ABOUT OUR FEATURED HOTELS |
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The Travel Plans International Vacation Packages (and customized travel) feature accommodations that reflect the culture and flavor of the land that you are exploring, whenever possible. Our hospitality partners include villas in Italy, chateaux in France, castles in Germany and Austria and Great Britain, paradores in Spain, and boutique hotels and charming country inns in most countries. Most of those establishments are family owned and managed, which we believe creates a more personalized service for you. Occasionally there are situations, such as the Hotel Bauer in Venice, in which the best choices are with hotels that are part of a large chain. However, each individual hotel is chosen based on its own quality and because we believe that it is the best local choice for you, in that price category. |
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You will notice that our hotels are designated as Category 3, Category 4, or Category 5. This classification is generally analogous to the more commonly used "star" system, but less confusing. Different countries have different procedures for designating a hotel as "3-star" or "5-star", and a 3-star hotel in Paris can be more expensive than a 5-star chateau in the Loire Valley. Furthermore, a junior suite at a 4-star hotel can be much more expensive than a "superior" room at the 5-star hotel across the street. More importantly to us, in some countries, boutique hotels and country inns are not rated in the "star" system even though, for the price, boutiques and country inns can be among the very best places to stay. |
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If we classify a type of room at a particular hotel as "Category 5", it means simply that during high season those rooms would cost more than $320 per night if you paid the rack rate (retail price.) (Of course, on our tours and packages, you are not paying rack prices.) "Category 4" rooms have a high season rack price between $180 and $320, and Category 3 rooms are under $180 and generally higher than $90. (Quality hotels in the countryside in Turkey and Croatia are the exceptions that can be lower than $90.) Although you can pay less for rooms in most countries, we have chosen not to endanger our service reputation with accommodations in that price range.
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If you wish to know what others think of these properties, we suggest the following guide books |
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