Our trip to Southeast Asia included a number of excellent hotel stays. We started in Bangkok, with a very nice upgrade to a spacious multi-room suite at the Le Méridien Bangkok. The hotel was everything to be expected from the Le Méridien brand - very comfortable, good service, excellent breakfast included in the room rate for Starwood Preferred Guest Platinum members, and a stylish, urban location. Later in the trip, we spent five nights at another Starwood property, The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection Resort. This property is located on a small, quiet island just a short speedboat ride away from the main island of Phuket. Most of the rooms at this resort are private villas with their own pools, making it the perfect place to relax and escape reality on the shores of the emerald green Andaman Sea. In between, we had the real highlight of our trip’s hotel stays, as well as a disappointing one. First, the disappointment – The Rachamankha, a beautifully designed and decorated boutique hotel in Chiang Mai. This place was stunningly gorgeous. The problem was that it was not comfortable. The bed was awful, the bathroom had a small, very basic shower that was slow to heat up, the chairs at the pool were as hard as concrete park benches, and the service, while polite, was a bit cold. It was not what we expected, given the rave reviews of the property online. It also did not help that we arrived at The Rachamankha coming off one of the best hotel stays we have had anywhere in the world, at the amazing Jaya House River Park in Siem Reap, Cambodia. I cannot recommend this hotel enough! Jaya House is a gorgeous property, features arguably the best beds, food, and service of any hotel in town. With only 36 rooms, and a staff that outnumbers the guests, this place is all about pampering you and making your stay as memorable as possible – and they execute on that vision with near perfection. We were on a first name basis with the concierges in the front lobby, the restaurant servers, the managers – as were all of the other guests. This little five star hotel also provides so many extras to its guests – complimentary reusable water bottles, complimentary tuk-tuk service anywhere in town you need to go, a local cell phone with their number programmed into it in case you get lost or need a ride back to the hotel, delicious breakfasts every day, a complimentary minibar in the room that is restocked daily, complimentary laundry service… the list just goes on and on.