safari - style properties are not focused on sitting in 'hotel' room
there are other properties with strong excursion offerings as well
some 'concierges' can provide great access / information
tipping? very limited when considering entire world
some hotels in US say no tipping or include it in rates
stut, there are top properties that deliver what you want
'style' has nothing to do with price etc, as your post concluded
Originally Posted by
BenA
My experience in NZ is that the average bar is much, much lower than Australia
interesting considering NZ has more top properties than AU
perhaps just that AU is too focused on regular/average
(so they even do a better job on that than NZ does)
Originally Posted by
TOMFORD
Aman
thousands of dollars a night
not much more than something like the Four Seasons, MO, IC, etc
two completely inaccurate statements / stereotypes / etc
no different than any other stereotypes about "high end"
Originally Posted by
pinniped
I think a lot of nice chain hotels are sterile and boring. But there are some great hotels out there that aren't...
glad people 'only' know about chain hotels, keeps rates / occupancy lower at other properties
speaking of, true high end properties often lose money / are not about making money
zero comparison to hotels that are designed to have as high of a profit margin as possible