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Travel Tip Tuesday – 2009 Travelers Choice Awards

written by robin

Travel Tip Tuesday

 
Yippie!!  It is that time of year again.
 
The Trip Advisor 2009 Travelers Choice Awards are out!!
 
And for those of you who aren’t a member of Trip Advisor (Sheesh, just wake up from a hundred year nap? what are you waiting for??  Get right over there and join!) it is a free travel site with a forum, advice, photos and tons of travel into from real travelers.
 
That is what makes these awards *so* special.  They are chosen by people like you and me-not travel execs or guidebook writers.
 
The following are the catagories that were awarded:
 
Best Bargains
Family Favorites
Hidden Gems
Best Inns and B&B’s
Most Romantic
Best Service
Best Luxury Hotels
Best All-Inclusive Hotels
Top Hotel Brands
 
There are alot of awards to go ’round, but I am happy to report that quite a few hotels in Italy made the cut!  
 
Can I get a whoohoot?! 
 
I am going to highlight winners in Italy for the catagories of Best Bargains and Best Luxury Hotels.
 
 
Best Bargains (10 out of the 100 awarded are in Italy)
 

#1.      Hotel Vecchio Asilo – San Gimignano

#10.  Hotel Al Ponte Mocenigo – Venice                                                                               

#55.  Hotel Floridiana – Amalfi
#70. Il Nido Ristorante Hotel – Sorrento 
#73.  Ca’ del Dogi – Venice 
#88.  Residenza del Duca Hotel – Amalfi 
#90. Hotel Centrale – Bellagio
#91. Imperia Hotel – Jesolo
#92.  Hotel Rosary Garden – Florence
#99. Hotel La Tosca – Capri
 
 
Best Luxury (8 of the 100 awarded are in Italy)
 
#3.   Villa Marsili Hotel – Cortona
#13. Hotel Villa Carlotta – Taormina
#14. Best Western Hotel la Solara – Sorrento
#35.  Hotel Bentley – Genoa
#39. Palazzo Sant’Angelo sul Canal Grande – Venice
#43. Locanda dell’Amorosa – Sinalunga 
#80. JK Place Hotel – Florence
#87. Golden Palace – Turin
 
 
And though I have highlighted Italy- there are so many other catagories and lovely hotels featured from around the globe- this is one I’d keep handy and refer to again and again for years to come!
 
If you’d like to view the visually stunning, thirty-one page PDF in it’s entirely, you can do so here.
 
I highly recommend that you do, because if you click on the individual hotels listed in the PDF document, a link will take you directly to the hotel’s page on Trip Advisor, where you can read every review and other details.  Quiet a nifty little trick, I might add.
 
A small warning though. This one has a drool factor of 9 out of 10…so cover your keyboard.  There is a real danger of frying your laptop just looking at the photos!
 
 
So, have you stayed at or heard of any of these hotels?  Tell us about your experience!
 
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