Spoiling yourself is easy. Spoiling yourself well is the hard part.
Hotels, flights, restaurants, and the gear that comes with them — all of it costing more than it reasonably should. The question is never whether it’s expensive. It’s whether it earned the money.
We go, we pay, we say so at the top of every review. Nobody here is going to pretend $4,750 a night for a tent is a normal thing to do. Sometimes it’s still worth it. Usually it isn’t. That’s the whole job.
Latest reviews
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Post Ranch Inn Review: Beautiful, Overrated, and Not My Style
An honest, unsponsored — and admittedly dated — review of a one-night stay at Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur,…
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Blackberry Mountain Review: The Rare One I’d Book Again
An honest, unsponsored review of a three-night anniversary stay in a cabin at Blackberry Mountain in Tennessee, rebuilt from the…
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Castle Hot Springs Review: Surprisingly Great — Except the Hot Springs
An honest, unsponsored review of a three-night anniversary stay at Castle Hot Springs in Arizona, rebuilt from the folio and…
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Aria Sky Suites Review: The Best Value Penthouse on the Strip
An honest, unsponsored review of two stays in the two-bedroom Sky Suites penthouse at Aria, rebuilt from both booking confirmations:…
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Lodge at Blue Sky Review: The Only Vacation I’ve Ever Left Early
An honest, unsponsored review of Auberge Resorts’ Lodge at Blue Sky near Park City, Utah. A beautiful spa, a spacious…
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The Green O Review: Worth Experiencing Once (But I Wouldn’t Go Back)
An honest, unsponsored review of an anniversary stay in the treehouse at The Green O, the adults-only culinary side of…
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Normatec Recovery Boots Review: Are $900 Compression Boots Worth It?
A $900 gadget that gives you a decent at-home leg massage. I like mine, I use them weekly, and I…
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Rosewood Mayakoba Review: The Most Beautiful Hotel I Can’t Recommend
A lagoon house you arrive at by boat, and the best hotel accommodation I’ve ever set foot in. Then the…
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Caravan by Our Habitas Review: The Agafay Isn’t the Desert You’re Picturing
One night in a tented camp outside Marrakech. The camel ride is a genuine novelty, the landscape isn’t what the…
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