Why we stopped writing about breakfast
Breakfast is the first thing every guide describes and the last thing that stays true. Here is what we write down instead, and how the pair format made the decision for us.
Dispatch
Notes on how the pairs get made
Six notes on method, seasons and corrections. We publish when there is something to say, which works out at roughly once a month.
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Method
The first thing we cut
Earlier
A market at six, and the pod that makes it possible
Most market mornings fail on the walk. We looked at what a bed needs to be within, in minutes rather than kilometres, before the early start actually happens.
Four square metres, and what has to happen outside them
A capsule is only as good as the block it stands on. The shared kitchen, the last train and the distance to the first stall are the details that decide it.
Buildings with an expiry date
Three of the four ice hotels in this guide are taken down every spring. We looked at what that does to a season, a booking and a photograph.
Four Canadian buildings, and why they are in an Australian guide
A world's fair pavilion, a building on a gorge, a hall near an airport and a resort in lake country. The reason each one qualified, in order.
What we corrected this year
An operator name that changed hands, a gallery wing that opened, and a walking time that was optimistic by eleven minutes. The full list, with dates.
Details change. Everything here is accurate to the best of our knowledge as at August 2026. All property names belong to their owners; we have no commercial relationship with any of them.