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A new hotel concept is not easy, but really any large building can be converted into one.  So in Bonn, the builders converted a geothermal plant into a luxury hotel.

Kameha Grand Bonn is an ecological lifestyle and design hotel located on the banks of the Rhine near the city center with a picturesque view of the Siebengebirge mountain range. This newly built property redefines service, and offers color, warmth and atmosphere while serving as a contemporary, forward-looking take on the classic grand hotel. Interiors were designed by Marcel Wanders, with guest rooms that feel open and generous, and are appointed with luxurious furnishings and cutting-edge technology.

When you reach a certain level, the Lonely Planet doesn't cut it anymore and the youth hostel isn't your best best, enter Halogen Guides for the next step in your life.

Destination clubs grant you access to a portfolio of luxury homes in coveted vacation spots around the world. Destination clubs are like a network of five-star hotel suites, but with more bedrooms. Or a collection of luxury second homes, without the mortgages.

Oktoberfest is more than halfway done, but you can still experience Oktoberfest in true German style, in a German castle.  For the German speakers.

Seit dem 11. Jahrhundert ist Liebenstein bewusst gewachsen. Aufwendig restauriert, bilden heute die Gebäude ein aufeinander abgestimmtes Ensemble, das in seiner Gesamtheit einer architektonischen Zeitreise gleicht. Harmonie war den Liebensteinern ein Bedürfnis. Neues ersetzte hier nie das Alte, sondern beides wurde sensibel und bedacht zusammengeführt. Diese Philosophie leben wir weiter, indem wir persönliche Gastlichkeit, ausgewählte Küche und moderne Veranstaltungen in das Ereignis „Schloss Liebenstein“ einbinden.

Bedbugs seem to be the new demon for travelers and bedbug repellent or spray is  must have, especially if you're staying in hostels.

If you're afraid of bedbugs biting during a hotel stay, go on the offensive against the blood-sucking critters. You can avoid places known for hosting the pests by running your hotel through the website www.bedbugregistry.com, or you can bring some reinforcements like Rest Easy, an all-natural spray that's supposed to keep bed bugs at bay.

Although this has come and gone, pretty interesting travel/sleeping option here, sleeping in one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, New York.

Want to sleep out under the stars without leaving New York City?

Want to enjoy some Brooklyn Brewery's finest suds while chowing down on a BBQ pulled chicken sandwich, smoked by superstar butcher Tom Mylan?

Want to enjoy some warm peach pie from Sweet Deliverance and dance the night away with DJ Sam Kim? How could you not?

Come spend Labor Day at the Queens County Farm Museum.  Camp out in the orchard, eat a down home dinner of smoked chicken, pickles, baked beans, corn on the cob, coleslaw, pie, and more from Sweet Deliverance.

While boar hunting may not be on your list of top things to do on holiday, doing it in Tuscany probably is.  The hunt is just one part, check out more here for the other things you can do.

Borgo Santo Pietro, a 13th century relais set in 13 acres of enchanting gardens, has been lovingly restored into a private luxury retreat and offers an idyllic wedding venue in the Tuscan village of Palazzetto nestled in the Valle Serena near Siena and Florence.

Historically a resting place for pilgrims on route to Rome, today behind Borgo Santo Pietros secluded ornate steel gates, the cypress lined path leads guests to contemporary hospitality steeped in antiquity offering ultimate quality with the personal touch for a truly exclusive escape.
                       

So continues our series of islands that are cheaper to rent than a hotel room, next up, game fisher's paradise Isla Kiniw located near Curacao in the Caribbean.  Read more here.

"Isla Kiniw" is an excellent spot for all kinds of watersports like swimming, snorkling, sailing, waterskiing. The island is situated 5 minutes by boat from the open sea, where you have spectacular boating and diving.

Big game fishing (Blue Marlin, White Marlin, Sailfish, etc) is very popular.
Restaurants (some can be visited by boat) and shops are nearby.

The picturesque town of Willemstad
(on Unesco's World Heritage list) is only
a 15 minute drive away. You can find all kinds
of nice shops, restaurants and casinos there.

Curaçao has the sunny Caribbean climate
( 80 F, 26°C ) all year round and cooling trade winds.

With the world becoming smaller (in terms of getting around) and information being easy to access (the internet), the search for the new and exciting remains constant.  Check out these new hotels for the adventurous soul.

Ten wild places to lay your head:

Gallery (10 pictures): From a gothic pavilion in the desert to a cabin with wings in the trees - we've found 10 places to stay in the wildest corners of the world

As part of our ongoing cheaper than a hotel series, rent an island close to Madrid for a great price.  Read more here.

Beautiful piece of land (about 2 ac) fenced with battlemented stone, with wine-yards, fruit and pine-trees, surrounded by water in the Burguillo reservoir (Ávila, Spain).

The castle is a rural two story stone building, with 5 bedrooms (two large and three small) and a supplementary coach for two people in the sitting-room (max. 10 persons), two bad-rooms (one with a tub, the other with a shower), kitchen-dinning-room, cellar, terrace, two chimneys, barbecue...
 
You reach it by a small rowing boat (with an optional motor) from a private plot in front of the island.
6Km. from nearest village El Tiemblo and 10 from El Barraco and 1:15 hours from Madrid by car.

Swimming, rowing, canoeing, trekking are possible activities.

The summer is here and while that staycation may seem like the best thing to do considering the current economic woes, things are looking up and hotels and airfare are cheap.  Last check, Mobissimo Hotels has many, many entries for rooms under $100.  Plus, it's Vegas, you could potentially win back all your expenses, check Mobissimo Hotels for the best hotel prices now.

Privacy, tranquility, helicopter in.  Your own personal island?  Well, kinda of.  You can now vacation on an oil rig.  While the beach is not that great, the view is kind of ... well the same in all directions.  Read more here.

 You can see them in the distance from our shoreline, or probably know a neighbor who works on one.

"You see what it looks like, but don't know what it would be like," said travel agent Sandra Ortiz.

Oil rigs are sort of a part of our distant Houston skyline. But they've never really been much to look at or visit.

Ice hotels were big a while back, but usually the price made them hard to enjoy.  A budget ice hotel in Germany is solving that problem, more here via the Time Online.

It's a swinger's dream. I'm sleeping with two young German couples. We met hours earlier over a white wine and now we have a waterbed, a sheepskin rug and moody lighting.

The perfect Euro-trash scenario, you might think, except that our waterbed is frozen solid and the sheepskin is for insulation, not an aphrodisiac. Oh, yes, we're also zipped into supersized sleeping bags - a row of goose-down mummies in a sub-zero sarcophagus

Simply book the Stay to Fly Rate at participating hotels and stay anytime now through February 28, 2009 and you qualify to get a flight voucher good for a $198 round-trip ticket to one of 198 select U.S. destinations or $298 round-trip to Canada and Mexico. There’s a $99 discount offered off current airfares to/from Alaska or Hawaii. (These "base" fares do not include taxes and any applicable fees.)  For participating hotels and full details go to www.holidayinn.com/staytofly.
Simply book the Stay to Fly Rate at participating hotels and stay anytime now through February 28, 2009 and you qualify to get a flight voucher redeemable for a $198*(plus taxes and fees) round-trip ticket between 198 select U.S. destinations or a $298* (plus taxes and fees) round-trip ticket to Canada and Mexico.

You have three months to book your travel and can travel anytime within six months of booking. That means there’s plenty of time to plan your dream vacation. Spend a weekend in the sun. Enjoy a week on the slopes. Or take in a game at your favorite ballpark. The choice is yours.

Stay at Holiday Inn or Holiday Inn Express the next time you travel. Because the more you stay, the more places you can go. It’s that easy.

Book your stay today and get your ticket to fly away.

Simply book the Stay to Fly Rate at participating hotels and stay anytime now through February 28, 2009 and you qualify to get a flight voucher good for a $198 round-trip ticket to one of 198 select U.S. destinations or $298 round-trip to Canada and Mexico. There’s a $99 discount offered off current airfares to/from Alaska or Hawaii. (These "base" fares do not include taxes and any applicable fees.)  For participating hotels and full details go to www.holidayinn.com/staytofly.
Simply book the Stay to Fly Rate at participating hotels and stay anytime now through February 28, 2009 and you qualify to get a flight voucher redeemable for a $198*(plus taxes and fees) round-trip ticket between 198 select U.S. destinations or a $298* (plus taxes and fees) round-trip ticket to Canada and Mexico.

You have three months to book your travel and can travel anytime within six months of booking. That means there’s plenty of time to plan your dream vacation. Spend a weekend in the sun. Enjoy a week on the slopes. Or take in a game at your favorite ballpark. The choice is yours.

Stay at Holiday Inn or Holiday Inn Express the next time you travel. Because the more you stay, the more places you can go. It’s that easy.

Book your stay today and get your ticket to fly away.