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.
A Review of the Briar Patch Inn
A Review of the Briar Patch Inn Bed & Breakfast in Oak Creek Canyon - Sedona, Arizona When you first arrive at the Briar Patch Inn, you can’t help but notice the lush gardens that encompass the property, which span nine pristine creek-side acres along the famed Oak Creek. There...
Read moreMike’s Road Trip “Best Of” 2010
I spent more than seven months on the road in 2010 and had some amazing experiences that I wanted to share in a classic "Best Of" list. There were a lot of worthy contenders. While I'm sorry some did not make it, I'm confident I've chosen the best-of-the-best. Click on...
Read moreA Look at the Urban Chic, Pacific Blue Inn B&B
While in Santa Cruz, California, I stayed at an eco-friendly, urban chic bed and breakfast called the Pacific Blue Inn. The Pacific Blue Inn is located within walking distance of many of the area’s famed attractions, such as the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, the Waterfront Wharf Pier and downtown…which is full...
Read moreMendocino Luxury at the Brewery Gulch Inn
Just outside Mendocino, California, intimately tucked atop a bluff overlooking Smuggler’s Cove is the luxuriously unassuming, Brewery Gulch Inn bed and breakfast. The Inn was constructed using beautiful old-growth, eco-salvaged redwood trees that had been reclaimed from the Big River during a construction project of a new bridge. The “sinker”...
Read moreWildSpring Guest Habitat…Nourishment for the Soul
From the moment you arrive at WildSpring Guest Habitat, you get a distinct sense that this place is unlike anything you’ve experienced before. As you enter the cabin suite area, a sense of well-being and relaxation wash over you like a gentle breeze, relieving you of life's stress and worries....
Read moreA Review of The Ocean Lodge in Cannon Beach
The first thing I noticed when I arrived at The Ocean Lodge in Cannon Beach, OR (besides the obvious beach-side proximity) was the inviting fragrant scent of wood burning in a large stone fireplace located in the lobby—nothing like the affection of a real-wood fireplace. The next thing I noticed...
Read moreA Review of the Historic Davenport Hotel in Spokane, WA
The Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane conjures up emotions of years gone by. This wonderfully restored hotel will make you feel like you're in another era, but with modern refinements. Originally built in 1914, The Davenport lived a long and lustrous life until 1985 when the downtown area began to...
Read moreA Refined Rustic Romantic Ranch Review
Pine River Ranch Bed and Breakfast is situated on 22 alpine acres with towering pine trees and snow-capped mountains—the location is within a trifecta of things to do…just 15 miles west of Leavenworth, WA; 15 miles east of the Stevens Pass Ski Resort, and just a mile to the south...
Read moreColette’s Bed and Breakfast, an Outstanding Choice
I've stayed in a great deal of bed and breakfasts (most of which have been extremely nice), however from time to time one stands above the rest. Colette's Bed and Breakfast located in Port Angeles, WA is one of those places that excel in every category...location, accommodations, grounds, service and...
Read moreThe Beaconsfield Inn, A Charming B&B in Victoria
When you stay at the Beaconsfield Inn, you'll feel like you stepped back in time. The turn-of-the-century mansion (circa 1905), turned bed and breakfast is a great reminder of the opulent living of years past. Many of the historic elements that evoke the warmth and hospitality associated with past eras...
Read moreLady Macdonald Country Inn B&B Review
Located right in the heart of Canmore, Alberta the Lady Macdonald Country Inn is conveniently located in between Calgary and Banff National Park. This B&B is fairly large with twelve colorfully decorated rooms. While the Inn is distinctly Canadian, it does have a European flair, perhaps it’s because one of...
Read moreA Review of The Lodge at Whitefish Lake
When I first arrived in Whitefish, Montana, I was pleasantly surprised. Unlike many smaller towns its size, Whitefish actually has some great amenities and accommodations—including the place I stayed, The Lodge at Whitefish Lake. Located just east of downtown, The Lodge was much grander than I expected…it’s actually a full-blown...
Read moreVagabond Lodge Bed and Breakfast Review
Just when I think it can’t get any better, I stay in yet another amazing bed and breakfast. I recently visited this wonderful ski area called, “Kicking Horse,” which is just above the Golden, B.C. area. I stayed at the Vagabond Lodge, which is really a quintessential lodge to me. ...
Read moreGlacier Mountain Lodge B&B Review
Glacier Mountain Lodge is probably one of the finest places I’ve ever had the privilege of staying. No expense was spared when building this beautiful structure, which also includes two separate cabin retreats on the eight acres the property encompasses. The grounds are fabulously designed with several dramatic water features,...
Read moreThe Swan Hill Bed and Breakfast Review
I stay in a lot of B&B’s and most are unique and special in their own way. The Swan Hill Bed and Breakfast however might just make my top-10 list of favorites…especially the specific accommodations that I was privileged with. Not only is the general area of Flathead Lake spectacular,...
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