Where to stay
Where to stay, city by city.
Each city page names the areas worth knowing and shows the otter's latest verified picks for a standard trip, read live from the booking sites with the time of the check: two adults and five nights in a whole home, or a six-person weekend in the group-trip cities. The bigger cities have a hotel page too. Your own dates are one search away.
Where to stay in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor is a college town that works as a weekend: Main Street and Kerrytown for dinner and the market, the Diag and State Street for the campus, the river and the Arb for a morning out.
Areas: Downtown, Kerrytown, State Street, Old West Side
Latest verified pick from $400 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 21
Where to stay in Asheville
Asheville, NC
Asheville is breweries, mountains and a downtown you can walk end to end; West Asheville is the local side across the river, the River Arts District the studios between them.
Areas: Downtown, West Asheville, River Arts District, Montford
Where to stay in Austin
Austin, TX
Austin spreads out fast, so the question isn't the city, it's which stretch of it.
Areas: Rainey Street, South Congress, East Austin, Zilker
Latest verified pick from $378 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 25
Hotels in Austin →Where to stay in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona is compact enough to walk, which makes the choice of barrio about noise as much as distance.
Areas: Gràcia, El Born, Eixample, Poble-sec
Latest verified pick from $502 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 26
Hotels in Barcelona →Where to stay in Bentonville
Bentonville, AR
Bentonville turned itself into a museum-and-mountain-bike town: Crystal Bridges on one side of the square, the trails starting at the end of the streets.
Areas: Downtown Square, Crystal Bridges, Slaughter Pen trails, 8th Street Market
Latest verified pick from $594 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 26
Where to stay in Broken Bow
Broken Bow, OK
Broken Bow means the cabins around Beavers Bend and Hochatown, not the town itself: pine woods, the lake, the river, and a hot tub on the deck.
Areas: Hochatown, Beavers Bend, Broken Bow Lake, Stephens Gap
Latest verified pick from $721 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 19
Where to stay in Canmore
Canmore, AB
Canmore is Banff without the park gate: a small downtown of restaurants and gear shops, the Three Sisters above everything, and the trails from the edge of town.
Areas: Downtown Canmore, Three Sisters, Silvertip, Bow Valley Trail
Latest verified pick from $564 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 17
Where to stay in Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coeur d'Alene is the lake first and the town second: Sherman Avenue runs down to the resort and the boardwalk, and the beaches and the bike path start there.
Areas: Downtown, Sherman Avenue, Fort Grounds, Sanders Beach
Latest verified pick from $509 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 18
Where to stay in Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh is small, steep and packed in August, when prices climb and the Old Town fills.
Areas: Old Town, New Town, Stockbridge, Leith
Latest verified pick from $888 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 24
Hotels in Edinburgh →Where to stay in Holbox
Isla Holbox, Mexico
Holbox is a sand island with no cars, reached by ferry from Chiquilá; the streets are sand and the bikes are the taxis.
Areas: Centro, Playa Norte, Punta Coco, Punta Mosquito road
Latest verified pick from $229 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 24
Where to stay in Honolulu
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu is mostly Waikīkī for visitors, but the few miles around it change the trip.
Areas: Waikīkī, Ala Moana, Kakaʻako, Kaimukī
Latest verified pick from $833 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 24
Hotels in Honolulu →Where to stay in Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
Knoxville is a river town with a real downtown: Market Square and Gay Street for the evenings, the Old City for the bars, the river and the Smokies within reach.
Areas: Market Square, Old City, Gay Street, Fort Sanders
Where to stay in Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto rewards staying near what you came for, because the temples sit at the edges and the trains stop early.
Areas: Gion, Higashiyama, Kawaramachi, Kyoto Station
Latest verified pick from $328 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 25
Hotels in Kyoto →Where to stay in Lancaster
Lancaster, PA
Lancaster has a walkable city at its centre, Central Market and the galleries of Gallery Row, with the Amish farmland starting a few miles out.
Areas: Downtown Lancaster, Gallery Row, Bird-in-Hand, Strasburg
Latest verified pick from $596 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 20
Where to stay in Las Vegas with a group
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas is the Strip and then everything else.
Areas: The Strip, Fremont Street, Arts District, Paradise
Hotels in Las Vegas →Where to stay in Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon is hills and trams, which means a central address can still be a climb home.
Areas: Alfama, Chiado, Príncipe Real, Baixa
Latest verified pick from $354 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 25
Hotels in Lisbon →Where to stay in London
London, United Kingdom
London is a city of villages, and the Tube means you can sleep in one and spend the day in another.
Areas: Shoreditch, Soho, Notting Hill, Southwark
Latest verified pick from $1,710 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 24
Hotels in London →Where to stay in Mexico City
Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City is a set of villages stitched together, and the one you choose changes the whole week.
Areas: Roma Norte, Condesa, Polanco, Centro Histórico
Latest verified pick from $231 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 25
Hotels in Mexico City →Where to stay in Miami with a group
Miami, FL
Miami for a group usually means choosing between the beach and the mainland.
Areas: South Beach, Brickell, Wynwood, Downtown
Hotels in Miami →Where to stay in Montreal
Montreal, QC
Montreal is a walking city with a long winter, so the right neighbourhood depends on the month as much as the mood.
Areas: Le Plateau, Mile End, Old Montreal, Griffintown
Latest verified pick from $371 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 26
Hotels in Montreal →Where to stay in Nashville with a group
Nashville, TN
Nashville's question is how close to Broadway you want to sleep.
Areas: Lower Broadway, The Gulch, East Nashville, 12 South
Hotels in Nashville →Where to stay in New Orleans with a group
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans starts with the French Quarter and fans out: Bourbon Street for the noise, the Marigny and Frenchmen Street for live music a notch calmer, the Bywater for colour and quiet, the Garden District and Uptown along the St.
Areas: French Quarter, Marigny, Bywater, Garden District
Hotels in New Orleans →Where to stay in New York
New York, NY
New York prices turn on the block, not the borough.
Areas: West Village, Lower East Side, Williamsburg, Upper West Side
Latest verified pick from $1,743 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 26
Hotels in New York →Where to stay in Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
Niagara-on-the-Lake is the wine town, not the falls: the Old Town's Queen Street, the lake at the end of it, and the wineries along the Parkway.
Areas: Old Town, Queen Street, Virgil, St. Davids
Latest verified pick from $786 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 25
Where to stay in Paris
Paris, France
Each arrondissement has a mood, and the Métro makes most of them an easy base.
Areas: Le Marais, Saint-Germain, Montmartre, Canal Saint-Martin
Latest verified pick from $839 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 26
Hotels in Paris →Where to stay in San Diego
San Diego, CA
San Diego is a string of beach towns and a downtown, and they feel like different trips.
Areas: Pacific Beach, North Park, Little Italy, La Jolla
Latest verified pick from $720 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 24
Hotels in San Diego →Where to stay in Scottsdale with a group
Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale is two trips.
Areas: Old Town, Entertainment District, Arts District, McCormick Ranch
Hotels in Scottsdale →Where to stay in Sedona
Sedona, AZ
Sedona is red rock in every direction and a town split by a mountain pass: Uptown and West Sedona on one side, the Village of Oak Creek on the other, a twenty-minute drive apart.
Areas: West Sedona, Uptown, Village of Oak Creek, Oak Creek Canyon
Latest verified pick from $683 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 23
Where to stay in South Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe, CA
South Lake Tahoe is two towns in one: the Stateline casinos and Heavenly's base on the east, the quieter Y and Tahoe Keys to the west, with the lake in between.
Areas: Heavenly Village, Stateline, Tahoe Keys, Al Tahoe
Latest verified pick from $636 for 5 nights, 2 adults · checked Oct 22