Sun, scenery and celebrities
Water views. Frozen drinks. The smell of sunscreen. Celebrities and scantily clad socialites mixing it up. The hotel swimming pools of South Beach do indeed offer all that. But did you know you can also find the world's largest hot tub and the world's shallowest swimming pool shallow ...
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Ski sand, volcanic ash—and watermelons?
Ski bums, do not despair when the weather warms at your travel destination. Though the snow may vanish, your opportunity to partake in downhill skiing and boarding needn't.
Here's a Spot Cool Stuff look at three non-snow ski surfaces and where to enjoy them:
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Luxury hotel discounts in a flash
Flash deals—steep discounts offered for brief periods of time—are now the "in" thing online. The trend really caught on with Groupon (a Spot Cool Stuff favorite) and then spread to all sorts of competitors and specialty sites. We're working on an overview of the best of them for ...
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Yotel provides cool, cramped rooms in London, Amsterdam and soon NYC
Take a modern, stylish boutique hotel. Then automate its check-in process. Then shrink down its rooms. Then place this hotel inside the terminal of a busy airport. What you'll get as your result is Yotel—Spot Cool Stuff's favorite chain of airport-only accommodations.
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Thailand’s six star Soneva Kiri experience
Spot Cool Stuff has reviewed a pod bed, a pod ski resort and a pod treehouse hotel. But this is our first ever pod restaurant.
And what an amazing location our first pod restaurant is blessed with: on the grounds of the gorgeous "six star" Soneva Kiri beach ...
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Amazing views, from Banaue to Bali
After thousands of years of hindsight it seems maybe rice wasn't the best choice for humanity's most popular food staple. Yes, it tastes great with sushi. But growing rice is very water and labor intensive. And it requires a flat field that farmers can flood during the planting ...
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