Travel + Leisure released its Readers’ Choice Travel Awards for 2024 today (July 9). California had the top city hotel in the U.S. while Toronto had the top Canadian hotel.
I usually find Vancouver wins the most hotel awards in Canada, but this time Toronto stole the show with the number one pick overall and three of the top six.
For the U.S., California had two entries in the top 10 but Boston had two in the top four, so they definitely win the grand prize for 2024.
Travel + Leisure also had readers name their top hotels in the Caribbean. Secret Bay in Dominica, where I had lunch a year or two ago, was tops. Calabash Inn in Grenada came fifth, which is good for an island nation that was hit by Hurricane Beryl last week and could use some visitors.
I also look at top cities in the world and the Travel + Leisure list of top 10 cities in the U.S., where Honolulu came fourth and Texas had two entries.
Here are some of their lists for this year.
Top 10 City Hotels United States
1. Pendry Newport Beach: California. Reader Score: 99.29
2. Lancaster Hotel: Houston, Texas. Reader Score: 97.64
3. Raffles Boston: Massachusetts. Reader Score: 97.09
4. Four Seasons Hotel One Dalton Street: Boston, Massachusetts. Reader Score: 96.77
5. Bellyard, West Midtown Atlanta, A Tribute Portfolio Hotel: Atlanta, Georgia. Reader Score: 96.56
6. Maison de la Luz: New Orleans, Louisiana. Reader Score: 96.53
7. Wentworth Mansion: Charleston, South Carolina. Reader Score: 96.46
8. Virgin Hotels New York: New York City. Reader Score: 96.3
9. Hotel Saint Cecilia: Austin, Texas. Reader Score: 96.25
10. Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills: California. Reader Score: 96.22
Top 10 City Hotels, Canada
Louix Louis restaurant at the St. Regis Hotel, Toronto.
1. The St. Regis Toronto: Toronto. Reader Score: 95.20
2. Fairmont Empress: Victoria, B.C., Reader Score: 94.61
3. Rosewood Hotel Georgia: Vancouver. Reader Score: 94.25
4. The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto: Toronto. Reader Score: 93.47
5. The Ritz-Carlton, Montreal: Montreal. Reader Score: 93.14
6. Four Seasons Hotel Toronto: Toronto. Reader Score: 92.44
7. Auberge Saint-Antoine: Quebec City. Reader Score: 92.00
8. Four Seasons Hotel Montréal: Montreal. Reader Score: 91.25
9. Fairmont Pacific Rim: Vancouver. Reader Score: 90.28
10. Fairmont Le Château Frontenac: Quebec City. Reader Score: 89.78
Top 10 Best Hotels Caribbean
1. Secret Bay: Portsmouth, Dominica. Reader Score: 98.53
2. Tensing Pen: Negril, Jamaica. Reader Score: 98.07
3. Baoase Luxury Resort: Willemstad, Curaçao. Reader Score: 97.79
4. Jade Mountain: Soufrière, St. Lucia. Reader Score: 97.75
5. Calabash Hotel: Grenada, Reader Score: 97.11
6. Jamaica Inn: Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Reader Score: 95.38
7. The Loren at Pink Beach: Bermuda. Reader Score: 95.19
8. Lovango Resort & Beach Club: St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Reader Score: 95.15
9. Jumby Bay Island, Oetker Collection: St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. Reader Score: 94.96
10. Rockhouse: Negril, Jamaica. Reader Score: 94.90
Sunrise at Diamond Head in Honolulu. JIM BYERS PHOTO
TOP 10 U.S. CITIES 2024
- Charleston, South Carolina (perennial winner)
- Santa Fe, New Mexico (great art, but also green chile cheeseburgers)
- Savannah, Georgia (I prefer it to Charleston, but that’s just me)
- Honolulu, Hawaii (underrated city destination)
- New Orleans, Louisiana (you can’t have a bad time in NOLA)
- San Antonio, Texas (another underrated city)
- Fort Worth, Texas (can’t say I’ve had the pleasure)
- New York, New York (shocked it finished this low)
- Chicago, Illinois (usually top five in most polls, if not top three)
- Aspen, Colorado (also never been)
TOP 10 WORLD’S BEST CITIES 2024
- San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
- Udaipur, India
- Kyoto, Japan
- Hoi An, Vietnam
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Florence, Italy
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Tokyo, Japan
- Ubud, Indonesia
- Funchal, Portugal
