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| Vintage suitcase with labels from word travels (source) |
The image of an antique steamer trunk
covered in hotel labels has always been the ultimate symbol of travel
for me. I think of the Golden Age of travel, when different modes of
transportation made the unreachable finally reachable. During this
time hotel labels were in high fashion and served as a memento of one's past
journeys.
Luggage labels captured the spirit of
adventure, long before travel blogs and flickr albums. There were men
and women who had the foresight to know that these labels would
eventually tell a grand story. One of the most enthusiastic of
wanderers of his time was the grandson of Louis Vuitton,
Gaston-Louis. Over the course of his international travels he
collected 3,000 unique hotel labels from all corners of the world.
As a tribute to traveling and the art
of collecting beautiful things, the Louis Vuitton brand published
reproductions of 30 different hotel labels from Gaston-Louis's
private collection. These labels are packaged as the beautiful and
timeless Hotel Label Postcards Box and this is my gift to one lucky
winner!
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Omg Omg Omg you're amazing. I hope I win, cause I'm seriously sitting here fangirling. Too bad I didn't sign up for google+ though :(
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DeleteCool! I love vintage stickers :)
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DeleteAn LV giveaway? The Tribe is doing be things I see ;-)
ReplyDeleteHmmm, let's see, my favorite hotel so far is the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge in Tanzania. Breathtaking doesn't even begin to describe it!
Nice blog and cool contest! As a stationary lover and collector I couldn't resist:) I am a boutique hotel kind of girl. My favorite for a weekend getaway without leaving NYC, is the Ravel. Gorgeous views, sexy decor and good rooftop restaurant. I am also plotting to get to the Diva hotel in San Fran this year.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite hotel ever is Hotel Ibis in Athens. Now, this is NOT because it's nice (it's actually quite bad..) but because that was my first major trip away. I went with my school through EF Tours and they put us in a pretty dumpy hotel, but we had a lot of good times and good memories in that place.
ReplyDeleteThank you for doing this contest (fun!!) and congrats on making it to 500 likes. I think I'll have to go with a classic and say my dream hotel stay would be at the Plaza Athenee in Paris. In a suite of course!
ReplyDeleteI love the Peabody Hotel in Orlando. I never want to get out bed when I stay there.
ReplyDeleteI love staying at the W in nyc!
ReplyDeleterypm25@aol.com
I've been able to crash on couches and stay on the cheap so far- but the one treat I got was to stay at the Wynn Encore in Las Vegas and that was a dreeeeeeam.
ReplyDeleteDream hotel? Hmm... Has to be in a warm climate, with lots of light and a great view, a bed I could sleep in for days, somewhere near water and with fresh food via room service. Also needs good, fast wifi, a library, and my husband standing by ready to give me a massage. Does that exist anywhere? Let me know so I can pack.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite hotel so far has been the Ritz Carlton in Atlanta. The service was impeccable, the bed was comfortable, the rooms are a nice size, and I just really enjoyed myself while I stayed there.
ReplyDeletesoo cute. i love these.
ReplyDeleteMy dream hotel is in Buenos Aires!
ReplyDeletethe ritz carlton or the four seasons
ReplyDeleteI should like to spend the whole of my in life travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home.
ReplyDeleteDream hotel...clean, bedbug free, paid for, and peaceful.
ReplyDeleteMy dream hotel at the moment is...Oberoi Udaivilas Udaipur, India. I'm a luxury kinda girl and when I think of vacations I don't mean roughing it. That happens enough day to day lol. This would be perfect, a girl can dream!
ReplyDeleteMy dream hotel would be a luxurious hotel on a white sandy beach somewhere with great room service!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
My all-time favorite hotel is the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco- they iron their paper money!
ReplyDeleteI would love to go to a hotel in vegas like the palms or the bellagio. I bet there is always something going on at all hours of the night and lots of shows and casinos!
ReplyDeleteBBrittBrat1398@yahoo.com
Those vintage suitcases are true collectors items! I'm very pleased to have discovered your blog today :)
ReplyDeleteCall me corny, but I've always wanted to stay at the Waldorf Astoria, like in Coming to America! Rose petals at my feet would be a nice touch too! ;-)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite hotel was Espace Sobobade in Senegal (in Toubab Dialaw). Dancing in the morning at the shore of the Atlantic, watching the school of wrestlers practice in the evening, looking from our window contemplating middle passages. For me, it was luxuriously zen.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite hotel is The Plaza in New York! It is wonderful! Thanks so much for the fantastic giveaway!
ReplyDeleteRenee Walters
Bored2quickly@hotmail.com
after reading "The Shining" I am fascinated by The Overlook Hotel
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting this giveaway
Louis
pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com
This ideas so neat! I love vintage and this screams vintage feel.. also a fan of ripleys etc, so love the principal of this and the 'well traveled' point it has...
ReplyDeleteThe Hotel Bristol label is so pleasing to my eye: the colors, the font, everything!
ReplyDeleteMelissa D
turboterp at gmail dot com
my fav hotel, so far, is riu palace riviera maya in mexico. we got a great deal when they first opened and now can never afford to go back.. lol thank goodness for discount opening deals!
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted one of those vintage suit cases with the travel stickers.
ReplyDeleteI would be more than happy to display the places I had traveled to. Also, it is a good way to start a conversation with a stranger who might become your new best
friend.
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