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A visual celebration of the best fantasy suites and honeymoon hotels across America and beyond, from the creators of A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour •
Named a Wall Street Journal Best Gift for Travelers In 1963, the savvy owners of the Cove Haven Resort in the Poconos unveiled their heart-shaped tub. Like Elvis Presley and
Playboy magazine, it launched a postwar phenomenon that defined a new era of pop pleasure: the honeymoon hotel. Destinations across the country were soon racing to catch up, installing not just heart-shaped tubs but all types of over-the-top design flourishes, from pink shag carpeting to immersive worlds worthy of a Broadway stage set, in order to create a sense of romance, fantasy, even adventure.
From the photographers and inveterate travelers behind the social media sensation A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour,
Hotel Kitsch celebrates dozens of creative, nostalgic, one-of-a-kind hotels that span the heart of the Poconos and across the United States to Mexico, Spain, and the UK. Discover, in the middle of Iowa, a jungle room with fake trees and foliage surrounding the bed as if it had taken its cue from
Where the Wild Things Are. Or Jules’ Undersea Lodge in Key Largo where the rooms are reached by scuba diving. An Arctic Cave room at a hotel in Kentucky with its carved blue walls and not a window to be found. And on the California coast, the iconic Madonna Inn featuring 110 rooms, each themed and no two alike.
Along the way, authors Margaret and Corey Bienert uncover too many wild details to mention, including unconventional beds (a Cadillac, a clamshell, a sandwich), mirrors on mirrors on mirrors, in-room swimming pools, full suits of armor, and fiber-optic star ceilings.
It’s time to check into
Hotel Kitsch.
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The Hotels
Cove Pocono Resorts | East Stroudsburg, Lakeville, and Mount Pocono, PA
Gallery Holiday Motel | South Amboy, NJ
Adventure Suites | North Conway, NH
The Roxbury | Roxbury, NY
Grand Hotel | Mackinac Island, MI
Sybaris Pool Suites | Locations Throughout the Midwest
Best Western | Galena, IL
Sunset Inn & Suites | Clinton, IL
Don Q Inn | Dodgeville, WI
Designer Inn & Suites | Toledo, IA
Grandpa’s Pool House | Stanchfield, MN
Wildwood Inn | Florence, KY
Urban Cowboy Hotels | Big Indian, NY; Nashville, TN
The Dive Motel | Nashville, TN
Magnolia Inn & Suites | Southaven, MS
Jules’ Undersea Lodge | Key Largo, FL
7F Lodge | College Station, TX
The Bloomhouse | Austin, TX
Cliff House Lodge | Morrison, CO
Mon Chalet | Aurora, CO
Anniversary Inn | Boise, ID; Logan and Salt Lake City, UT
Black Swan Inn | Pocatello, ID
Destinations Inn | Idaho Falls, ID
Olympic Railway Inn | Sequim, WA
Love Cloud | Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA
Madonna Inn | San Luis Obispo, CA
Victorian Mansion | Los Alamos, CA
Trixie Motel | Palm Springs, CA
Castle Wood Cottages | Big Bear Lake, CA
Hicksville Pines Chalets & Motel | Idyllwild–Pine Cove, CA
Best Western Fireside Inn | Kingston, Ontario, CA
Shell House | Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Margate Suites | Margate, England
Romeo’s Motel & Diner | Ibiza, Spain
About the author
Margaret and Corey Bienert are the couple behind A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour, a viral travel series exploring themed rooms and adults-only hotels in the US and abroad. Since starting the project in 2018, they have gained nearly 2 million followers (including 1.1 million followers on TikTok) and have been featured in major media outlets including
Condé Nast Traveler,
Architectural Digest,
Elle,
New York Post,
Vogue Australia, VICE,
House Beautiful, Refinery29,
GQ and
HuffPost. Through their production company, Marginal Creative, they have worked with high-profile brands such as Marc Jacobs, Fred Segal, Warby Parker, and Twitter. When they’re not on the road, Margaret and Corey split their time between Los Angeles, California, and southwest Michigan. Find them on Instagram and Tiktok at @aprettycoolhoteltour and at aprettycoolhoteltour.com.
Summary
A visual celebration of the best fantasy suites and honeymoon hotels across America and beyond, from the creators of A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour
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A visual celebration of the best fantasy suites and honeymoon hotels across America and beyond, from the creators of A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour
