We asked the readers of Travel Agent magazine to rank hotels in popular destinations in terms of what’s best for romance travelers and kid-friendly trips. Each list that follows is based exclusively on your input in an online poll that ran from September 26 through October 9.
Pictured: Four Seasons Resort, Nevis
Best Hotels for Romance
Caribbean
1. Four Seasons Resort Nevis
2. The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman
3. Sandy Lane, Barbados
4. Little Dix Bay, BVI
5. Beaches Turks & Caicos, Turks & Caicos
6. Verandah Resort & Spa, Antigua
7. Turtle Beach by Elegant Hotels, Dover, Barbados
8. Beaches Atlantis, Nassau, the Bahamas
9. Beaches Negril Resort & Spa, Negril, Jamaica
10. El Conquistador Resort, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, Puerto Rico
11. Carlisle Bay Antigua, Antigua
12. CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa, Anguilla
13. Club Med Punta Cana, DR
14. Grand Lucayan Freeport Grand Bahama
15. Iberostar Rose Hall Suites, Rose Hall, Jamaica
16. Coconut Bay St. Lucia
17. Beaches Ocho Rios Resort & Golf Club, Boscobel, Jamaica
18. The Buccaneer, St. Croix
19. Melia Caribe Tropical, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
20. Seashore Bay Beach Resort (Karisma), Negril
21. Jewel Runaway Bay Beach & Golf Resort, Jamaica
22. La Concha Resort: A Renaissance Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
23. Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort Montego Bay, Jamaica
Picutred: Four Seasons Maui at Wailea
Hawaii
1. Four Seasons Maui at Wailea
2. Four Seasons Hualalai
3. S t. Regis Princeville
4. Fairmont Kea Lani
5. Mauna Kea Beach Hotel 33
6. T he Royal Hawaiian
7. J W Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa
8. Halekulani
9. Travaasa Hana
10. Andaz Maui at Wailea
11. Makena Beach & Golf Resort
12. T he Modern Honolulu
Pictured: The Ritz, London
Europe
1. The Ritz, London
2. Hotel Cipriani, Venice, Italy
3. Gritti Palace, Venice, Italy
4. Shangri-La Hotel, Paris
5. Hotel Il San Pietro, Positano, Italy
6. Hotel Splendido, Portofino, Italy
7. Le Bristol, Paris
8. La Minerva, Capri, Italy
9. Royal Mansour, Paris
Pictured: Pirates Island waterpark at Beaches Turks & Caicos
Best Hotels for Families
Caribbean
1. Beaches Turks & Caicos
2. Beaches Negril Resort & Spa, Negril, Jamaica
3. Atlantis, Nassau, the Bahamas
4. Beaches Ocho Rios Resort & Golf Club, Boscobel, Jamaica
5. Club Med Punta Cana, DR
6. T he Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman
7. Iberostar Rose Hall Suites, Rose Hall, Jamaica
8. Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort Montego Bay, Jamaica
9. Four Seasons Resort Nevis
10. Melia Caribe Tropical, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
11. E l Conquistador Resort, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, Puerto Rico
12. Turtle Beach by Elegant Hotels, D over, Barbados
13. Grand Lucayan, Grand Bahamas
14. Little Dix Bay, BVI
15. Sandy Lane, Barbados
16. Jewel Runaway Bay Beach & Golf Resort, Jamaica
17. Verandah Resort & Spa, Antigua
18. Coconut Bay St. Lucia
19. T he Buccaneer, St. Croix
20. CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa, Anguilla
21. Carlisle Bay Antigua, Antigua
22. Seashore Bay Beach Resort (Karisma), Negril, Jamaica
23. L a Concha Resort: A Renaissance Hotel, Puerto Rico
Pictured: Flying Trapeze School at Club Med Cancun
Cancun
1. Club Med Cancun
2. Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort
3. The Ritz-Carlton Cancun
4. Hard Rock Hotel Cancun
5. Riu Palace Las Americas
6. Paradisus Cancun
7. Fiesta Americana Condesa Cancun All Inclusive
8. Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach
9. Marriott CasaMagna Cancun Resort
10. Villa del Palmar
11. The Royal Cancun
12. Sandos Cancun Luxury Experience Resort
13. Great Parnassus All Inclusive Resort & Spa, Cancun
14. NIZUC Resort and Spa, Cancun
Pictured: Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, in Ko Olina, Hawaii
Hawaii
1. Aulani, a Disney Resort
2. Hilton Waikoloa Village
3. Grand Hyatt Kauai
4. Grand Wailea Resort & Spa
5. Westin Kaanapali Villas Ocean Resort
6. Hyatt Regency Maui
7. Sheraton Waikiki
8. Fairmont Keal Lani
9. Sheraton Maui
10. Outrigger Waikiki
11. Fairmont Orchid
12. The Kahala Hotel & Resort
13. Aston Waikiki
14. Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows
Pictured: Presidential Suite, Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane 37
London
1. Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane 37
2. The Ritz London
3. Four Seasons Hotel London at Canary Wharf
4. The Langham, London
5. The Lanesborough, a St. Regis Hotel
6. The Milestone Hotel
7. The Athenaeum
8. 51 Buckingham Gate, Taj Suites and Residences
9. Corinthia Hotel London
10. Covent Garden Hotel
11. S t. Ermin’s Hotel - Autograph Collection
12. Citadines Prestige South Kensington
13. Egerton House Hotel
14. Brown’s Hotel
Pictured: Four Seasons George V
Paris
1. Four Seasons George V
2. Paris Arc de Triomphe Hotel
3. The Plaza Athenee
4. Shangri-La Hotel Paris
5. Le Royal Monceau-Raffles Paris
6. Hotel Le Bristol
7. Esprit St. Germain
8. Hotel de la Tremoille
9. Hotel Fouquet’s Barriere
Pictured: Cavalieri Grand Spa Club at Rome Cavalieri
Rome
1. Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts
2. Grand Hotel Via Veneto
3. Hotel Eden
4. Portrait Suites
5. Hotel De Russie
6. Grand Hotel de la Minerve