🧳 A Hotel Without Walls?

Life’s too short to STAY in places that SUCK

HAPPY SUNDAY

So get this…Denver just opened a hotel that looks like someone asked ChatGPT to hallucinate on mushrooms and design a building. (The windows? They're shaped like tree scars. Each. Single. One.) 🌲 Catch all the wild details in this week's Suite Spotlight.

And some Dutch genius converted a harbor crane into a spinning Airbnb room, and Saudi Arabia's newest luxury desert retreat is crazy 🐫. Catch both in Suite Stay and Stays Gone Wild.

Oh, and Switzerland? They're calling a bed in the Alps with a butler a "hotel" now. That's it. No walls. No roof. Just a bed. 👍️ STAY or NAY? Vote below.

LET'S DIVE IN ⤵️

💡Weekly Inn-Sight

Which famous hotel offers guests the chance to "rent-a-fish" to keep them company during their stay?

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 ✨ | Suite Spotlight

Denver, CO

🌳 | The Hotel That Speaks Tree -LITERALLY

Ok this is wild - imagine checking into a hotel where every window looks like a tree scar (intentionally) and your sleep literally grows forests. Not some eco-fantasy, but a real spot that just opened in Denver last month. The Populus Hotel

The WILD stats: 20+ different window shapes (each copying aspen tree scars), 2 restaurants including a live-fire rooftop spot, and they're using 100% renewable electricity. America's first carbon-positive hotel? 👀

Nature's greatest hits:

• 😊 Every night you stay = one tree planted. They've already dropped 70K trees in Colorado | 🌱 You get to plant a tree for $299+ per night.

Mind blowing details: 🤯 They pump in actual bird sounds from Rocky Mountain National Park in the elevators, cook wild game on the rooftop (views for days), and literally compost 100% of their food waste for local farms (Now that's some next-level sh*t).

🏕️ | Suite Stay

Ashar Valley, Saudi Arabia

🏕️ | Making The Desert Sexy Again

Picture this: You're sipping mint tea surrounded by cliffs that have been around since Cleopatra was a kid. Habitas AlUla isn’t a hotel—it’s a vibe. And by vibe, I mean a 5-star retreat that looks like it was built for Bond villains (minus the villain part).

Each villa at Habitas AlUla offers a unique vibe: Celestial for stargazing with telescopes, Canyon for immersive cliffside views, Alcove for intimate sandstone close-ups, Art with views of Desert X installations, Wellness near Thuraya for yoga and relaxation, and Arabian for ultimate seclusion and sweeping valley views.

Think eco-luxe, stargazing, and yoga classes so good they might align your chakras.

• Sustain 🌍: Everything's built sustainable AF (like, actually sustainable, not just "we have paper straws" sustainable) | 🎶 Local artists pull up for live shows (way cooler than the hotel piano bar)

• 🌞 Perfect Season: Book between October-April when the weather is perfect. Not July unless you enjoy feeling like a human Hot Pocket.

(Anyone else booking flights to Saudi rn or just me? 👀) But, before you go, JUST KNOW 👇️ 

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🌟 | Stay Here

Personal Pick of the Week

📍 Location: Seal Beach, California

🧳 | 87-ft Water Tower ^(Airbnb)

4 Bedrooms | 4 Bathrooms | 8 Guests

⭐️ Guest Grade: 4.93 Stars | 29+ Reviews

🗣️💬 | Guest Vibe Check:

Your cheat sheet – the the 'good to know before you go’

🔥 What’s Hot:

• Historic 87-ft converted water tower with unique architecture

• 360° panoramic views from wraparound deck and rotunda

• Hot tub on sunset deck with mini fridge

• Top floor ballroom with full bar and 4 TVs

❌ What’s Not:

• No elevator access to 4th & 5th floors (spiral stairs only)

• No central AC (though most reviews say it's not an issue)

• Must be 30+ to rent and requires in-person ID verification at check-in

• Limited parking (only 1 vehicle included)

🤯 | STAY Inn the Know

Stay curious with these travel tidbits

1. Dinner party flex: That Hilton you're staying at? It's probably not even run by Hilton (80% of hotels are just logo rentals) | 🏨 (⇨)

2. Wild but true: The Waldorf Astoria has a secret underground railroad track. Track 61 was built in the 1930s and let FDR enter the hotel privately | 🏨 (⇨)

🗞️ | Inn-side Scoop

News and Tidbits You Can’t Miss

👆️🏀 Holy sh*t: Vegas might get TWO NBA arenas (and the bidding war is getting wild) + the Strip's tallest hotel just got announced.

🎥 Don’t ever disconnect the outdoor cameras at an Airbnb or get booted.

💸 Airbnb surcharge is WILD - Madison, WI is charging 140% MORE during holidays. Vegas? 121% premium. But here's the hack – LA only bumps prices 3% (not a typo)

Quick city guide:

• AVOID: Fort Myers (146% Christmas markup), Vegas (153% New Year's surge)

• GO TO: Literally anywhere in California (LA, SD, SF all under 35% markup)

🧳 🫠 | Suitcase snippets

Bite-sized lodging news & insights

• 💫 A SUITE DEAL - Book by Dec 15, get up to $200 in FREE credit at 5-star hotels worldwide (link)

• ✝️ Sacred suites – the hottest hotels in Europe aren't new builds, they're ancient houses of worship (link)

• 🏎️ The Fontainebleau Las Vegas and Aston Martin team up to offer a seven-figure Las Vegas Grand Prix package that includes a limited-edition, 824-horsepower supercar (link)

🛎️🗣️ | Check-in chatter

Gossip from the guestbook

• 🇫🇷 Quebec City: When you want French vibes but your wallet's screaming "stay in North America" (link)

• ⚔️ Airbnb’s opening the Colosseum—suit up, step in, and see if you’ve got what it takes to be a gladiator (link)

• 🚫 What sort of Airbnb doesn’t allow you to use the refrigerator?’: Guests arrive at Airbnb. Then they notice everything is zip-tied shut (link)

👀 | Stays Gone Wild

The Craziest Stays Around the INN-ternet

This week’s “STAYS gone wild”…

Welcome to the Bossche Kraan: a harbor crane living its best life as a bougie hotel room that spins 230 degrees in the Dutch sky.

Think luxe tiny home meets industrial chic, complete with a double bed, proper bathroom (not porta-potty vibes), and killer views you can literally rotate to choose.

2 Things you need to know:

• Yes, there's a real bathroom up there (not a bucket)

• You can rent an electric boat because apparently sleeping in a crane isn't weird enough

⭐ Bookable on Airbnb | Comes with free bikes (and optional electric boat rental, because why not?)

👍️ 👎️  | Stay or Nay? 

…this is what peak tourism looks like

 Null Stern Hotel: Swiss Hotel That's Just a Bed in the Alps.

Alright, here's some wild sh*t:

There's a "hotel" in Switzerland that's literally just a bed sitting in the mountains. No walls. No roof. Just vibes and a butler in a tux who stands nearby all night.

The catch? Weather can cancel your stay, and yes, the bathroom isn't exactly next door

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