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Regis Venice When I learned that I’d be traveling to Venice, Italy, for the second time, I was excited. I planned to attend a screening for a PeaceJam film about the Dalai Lama, and I wanted to check out the Venice Bienniale, an art festival that comes to the city every two years. As I started my hotel search, my mind immediately went to the Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection hotel that I stayed at during my first trip that exudes classic Venetian grandeur. But when I checked room rates at the Gritti Palace for my dates, they were well...

Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel in Anaheim, California, is an on-property hotel often overlooked by many Disneyland travelers. It has to compete with the luxury and location of Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa and the nostalgia and magic of the Disneyland Hotel, certainly an uphill battle. Paradise Pier is less expensive than its two on-property cousins, but its cost is still well above the prices of value and moderate resorts at Walt Disney World. (Image by Leslie Harvey.) I’ve stayed the Grand Californian and the Disneyland Hotel on many different occasions over the years, but it wasn’t until recently that...