Olivia Mercer

I do not think the best hotel is automatically the most expensive one. The useful question is whether the property makes your particular trip better.

Olivia Mercer is a hotels, hospitality, and destination-stays writer covering boutique hotels, resorts, luxury properties, design hotels, value stays, and the practical logistics surrounding accommodation.

Sometimes the right answer is the extraordinary resort. Sometimes it's the quiet boutique hotel around the corner from everything. And sometimes the smartest choice is the airport hotel that saves you from waking up at 3:30 in the morning.

Experience

Olivia writes for TSG50Hotels.com, where she evaluates hotels as part of the wider travel experience rather than judging properties solely by star category or price. Her work focuses on distinctive hotels, neighborhoods, rooms, design, service, transportation, value, and what makes one property a better fit than another.

What Olivia writes about

• Hotels
• Resorts
• Rooms
• Design
• Service
• Neighborhoods
• Restaurants
• Pools
• Transportation
• Value

The questions she asks of every hotel

• Why choose this hotel?
• Who is it best for?
• Does the location help?
• Which room makes sense?
• What does the hotel do unusually well?
• What compromises should guests know?
• Is the upgrade worthwhile?
• How does the guest get around after checking in?

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