{"id":21199,"date":"2023-12-29T18:16:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T18:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinkadvisor.com\/2023\/12\/29\/the-5-best-luxury-hotels-of-2023-and-why-theyre-worth-the-price\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T18:16:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T18:16:38","slug":"the-5-best-luxury-hotels-of-2023-and-why-theyre-worth-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2023\/12\/29\/the-5-best-luxury-hotels-of-2023-and-why-theyre-worth-the-price\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Best Luxury Hotels of 2023 &mdash; and Why They&#8217;re Worth the Price"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/-\/856248065\/0\/thinkadvisor\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/sites\/415\/2023\/03\/06_Hotel_Room_Door_Adobe_640x640.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><button id=\"start-slideshow-top\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#slideshowModal\" class=\"start-slideshow carousel-control slideshow-btn financial-planning \">Start Slideshow <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinkadvisor.com\/assets\/master-template\/images\/market-images\/tasr\/rightarrow.svg\" class=\"prevbtn-img\"><\/button> <\/p>\n<p id=\"first-para\">If we thought 2023 would be a year of normal travel after a prolonged period of disruption and uncertainty, boy, were we wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Still, amid all of this year\u2019s natural disasters, social unrest and geopolitical conflicts, hotels reclaimed their ability to serve as beacons of pure comfort: They largely overcame the labor and supply chain crises and returned to full-service operations.<\/p>\n<p>They again became capable of making us feel pampered and truly cared for during challenging times.<\/p>\n<p>And in fact, with 2023 also seeing the first-ever editions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theworlds50best.com\/hotels\/list\/1-50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World\u2019s 50 Best hotels<\/a> list and a similar ranking by La Liste \u2014 each recognizing the industry\u2019s global hospitality standard bearers \u2014 discussions about hotels this year were often celebratory.<\/p>\n<p>We certainly paid a pretty penny for that service, as nightly rates continued to soar to previously unthinkable heights.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top five places I stayed this year \u2014 and the details that made them worth the (sometimes eye-popping) price tags. I think it\u2019s no surprise that my top two were the ones I got to share with both of my kids: Family always makes a place that much sweeter.<\/p>\n<p><em>(The author is Bloomberg News\u2019 travel czar and earlier spent seven years as its travel editor.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Adobe Stock<\/em> <\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer_message\">Copyright 2023 Bloomberg. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p> <button data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#slideshowModal\" class=\"start-slideshow carousel-control slideshow-btn financial-planning\">Start Slideshow <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinkadvisor.com\/assets\/master-template\/images\/market-images\/tasr\/rightarrow.svg\" class=\"prevbtn-img\"><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start Slideshow If we thought 2023 would be a year of normal travel after a prolonged period of disruption and uncertainty, boy, were we wrong. Still, amid all of this year\u2019s natural disasters, social&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}