One of my very favorite hotel/travel blogs is
Designtripper. If you haven't spent hours poring over all of her featured dreamy hotels and guest houses, then this is your lucky day. Blogger Meghan McEwen looks for the qualities in a hotel experience that I value most - a sense of place and a sense of community - and I think it's what loads of people are looking for more and more. To quote her from her
Welcome Beyond interview, "The places I’m most attracted to when I travel are the places that tell a story about their location — places that make you feel like you could really live there. I think the way people travel is changing. People want an intimate, authentic experience — something that feels special and personal, instead of a hotel room that could be anywhere in the world and doesn't really have a direct relationship to its surroundings."
She officially became my hero when she went from blogger to innkeeper and opened
Honor and Folly, a two-bedroom B&B in the oldest neighborhood in Detroit. It's essentially a converted two-bedroom apartment and you can rent out one room or both. There's a coffee shop downstairs so you can hang out with lots of locals. They also have cooking classes and events in the space and seem to be doing a great job blending the too often separate universes of locals and tourists. Something desperately needed here in Los Angeles!
Photos taken from
Welcome Beyond.
