Category: Featured Lodging

The featured lodging options on Mike’s Road Trip are special because they offer visitors a first hand look at the hotel, resort or B&B, beyond just a place to sleep. These featured lodging options are carefully selected, such as historic hotels, quaint bed and breakfasts, luxurious resorts, and even camping and RV parks. These featured lodging options are situated in some of the most beautiful and scenic locations around the world, providing visitors with breathtaking views and a sense of the local culture and history. The website also provides detailed information about each lodging option, including amenities, room options, and customer reviews, to help visitors make an informed decision about where to stay. The featured lodging options on Mike’s Road Trip website are not only a place to rest, but also a way to enhance the overall road trip travel experience by immersing visitors in the local culture and scenery.

Blue Agave Bed and Breakfast, the nectar of Tucson

As you travel just six or seven miles northwest of downtown Tucson, Arizona, you’ll find yourself in a sparsely populated area in the foothills of the majestic Tucson Mountains—here, is where I discovered the marvelous Blue Agave Bed and Breakfast. The Blue Agave is situated on fifteen acres and is...

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Cozy Cactus: Not fancy…just fabulous

Cozy Cactus is a wonderful bed and breakfast located in the Village of Oak Creek, not far from Sedona, Arizona. Heading north on Hwy 179 toward Sedona, the landscape is similar to that of the drive from Phoenix. However, just a few miles after you round a bend in the...

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Best of 2013

This is the fourth annual Mike's Road Trip "Best Of" list. As usual, there were many worthy contenders. While I'm sorry some did not make it, I'm confident I've chosen the best-of-the-best. Click on any of the links below to be taken to posts, pictures and/or videos of my experience....

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Las Vegas KOA at Circus Circus

At the helm of a 27' motorhome rented at El Monte RV, I headed into the heart of Sin City en route to a spot that I'd call my home base for the week. While there’s an abundance of lodging choices when staying in Vegas, there’s only one place for...

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The Trumbull House…A New England hide-a-way

One of the fascinating features about staying at a B&B is that there is always a story…whether that of the structure, or, of the innkeeper(s).  I recently discovered the oldest bed and breakfast in Hanover, New Hampshire, which is home to the Ivy League’s Dartmouth College.  Just a few miles...

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Snowflake Inn crystallizes homey lodging experience

Located in the charming mountain town of Jackson, New Hampshire rests a regal structure that offers an at-home feeling for its guests. While the Snowflake Inn dominates the land on which it resides, its stature is minimized by the expansive space surrounding it. Situated on six prime acres in the...

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Camden Harbour Inn: An exquisite lodging and epicurean experience

Perched atop a bluff overlooking the harbor in Camden, Maine, rests an inn of uncompromising quality and service. Obliging guests for well over a century, the Camden Harbour Inn has been rejuvenated since owners, Raymond Brunyanszki and Oscar Verest, took over the place six years ago. Maintaining the historic charm...

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Ann’s Point Inn; Acadia’s secluded treasure

As the sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean, an amber glow casts a shadow on the high tide. The stillness of the water shimmers and reflects the tree-lined shore of Bass Harbor.  In an instant, the landscape portrait is muddled by a highflying Tern who dropped from the sky like...

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Secret spot in Acadia Park

secret spot in Acadia Park

If you want to avoid the summer crowds in Acadia National Park, I reveal a secret spot in Acadia Park in this post. As a road tripper, I often meander the roads less traveled, looking for those hidden gems that few others discover.  I'll drive down dirt roads, dead-ends, you...

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Chattanoogan offers urban sojourn sanctuary

Chattanoogan Hotel exterior

Chattanooga, Tennessee, like many historic towns across the country, has gone through a re-birth cycle over the past couple decades.  The preface of Chattanooga’s revitalization can be attributed to the development of a world-class aquarium that spawned a downtown renaissance. The ensuing piece of the puzzle to solidify downtown enrichment...

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Basking in Comfort Inn Plattsburgh

Last summer I participated in the Rand McNally and USA Today's, "Best of the Road," rally in which Choice Hotels was a sponsor.  During the 4700 mile trek across the country I had an opportunity to stay in many Comfort Inn hotels. Comfort Inn is a pretty standard hotel chain...

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Glen Iris Inn bestows grandeur, historic charm

The Glen Iris Inn is nestled in a canyon right in the heart and splendor of Letchworth State Park—from its perch, the Inn provides visitors with an awe-inspiring view of Middle Falls along the Genesee River. The Glen Iris Inn is situated in the most remarkable settings you’re likely to...

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Iconic hotel looses its luster

I was in New York City recently for a travel industry conference and was very excited by the fact that I’d be staying at the Waldorf Astoria, one of the world’s most iconic and beloved hotels.  The Waldorf has an exemplary image of luxury and excellence.  Located right on Park...

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Banting House Inn – A downtown Toronto B&B

From my experience, you don’t typically find B&Bs in larger cities and urban environments—since my focus is on boutique lodging, I was excited when I found the Banting House Inn in Toronto.  I was visiting Toronto for an annual North American travel blogger conference and was in town for nearly...

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