Hostels in Germany

I have something to tell you about Hostels in Germany.

Would you like to spend the night at the most beautiful, most exciting and most unforgettable places?

Would you like to constantly receive TOP Insider Tips from natives, whose are really well versed - and this totally free of charge?

Would you like to save 50 to 80% of your usual overnight expenses?

If you answered one or all above questions with "YES", go to my new page about Hostels in Germany.

And no, youth hostels are not only for our youth! :-)

Warmly,

Marcus
http://www.smart-travel-germany.com/

Secret Resorts in Germany - New Page

“Follow theses steps and you prevent disappointment” is the introductionary sentence on my new page about how to find the TOP Secret Resorts in Germany.

I put it together as a 4-step formula you can easily check while you're on your research for the wellness hotel of your dreams.

The four things you might like to check are 1. the environment/location, 2. age and condition, 3. wellness sector (quite important!), and 4. German Hotel Classification.

Go and read my site, print it out, and also print my specific secret resorts article out.

However, enjoy your trip(s)!

Marcus

Secret Resorts in Germany –- A Checklist to Find Them –- Part 4 of 4

Here is the final issue with the German Hotel Classification and the overall checklist - in its entirety, especially for you!

But to cut a long story short, here we go :-)

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German Hotel Classification
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A quite good indicator to select and find Secret Resorts in Germany is our German Hotel Classification. It's masterminded by the German Hotel and Restaurant Association (DEHOGA).

1996 they established their classification "code". Their assessment is based exclusively on objective criteria. Individual evaluations are emotional and subjective. This is why the hotel rating does not mirror subjective aspects.

And you specifically can use this system as one more criteria on selecting and finding the Secret Resorts of your dreams.

They categorize hotels in a 5-Star segment. Each hotel classified by the DEHOGA has a signal outside their hotel, mostly close to their entrance. On that plate you see immediately how many Stars this hotel has, given by the DEHOGA.

See it however as a short message about quality standards of that hotel.

The range goes from 1 to 5 Stars, whereby a Wellness Hotel with 5 Stars might be a Secret Resort. You will however also find Secret Resorts with a 3-Star plate outside. But they should not have a plate less than 3-Stars, okay?

Good. In Germany however are some TOP-hotels without this plate, because they assign to have "their own" classification code.

Anyway, as I already told you this is only "one more" indicator for your selection.

For more details about our German Hotel Classification go to their official website at www.hotelsterne.de/englisch/index-englisch.html and browse through their descriptions.

So, finally we can go now to the overall checklist of how to find Secrets Resorts in Germany. With that checklist handy you surely will find the Wellness Hotel of your dreams. Simply print this page out and check each point.

Enough the fluff, here we go... ;-)

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Checklist
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Step 1 - Environment

- Location, Location, Location! The Secret Resort should not be on or near a high traffic street

- Layout Plan; to see where the Secret Resort is located

- With their addresses handy go online and do a research on a route planner by yourself (I have recently produced a video on how to use our German route planners. You can watch it for free by simply signing up for my free monthly Special Report at http://www.smart-travel-germany.com/smart-travel-guide.html)

- make sure the wellness hotel is located near a forest or at least far away of 'daily traffic'

Step 2 - Age and Condition

- when were the Secret Resorts built?

- when were they reconditioned the last time?

- last recondition should have been within the last, better six years

- do you find the beauty of the hotel outside or inside? (should be inside; you don't sleep and get treatened outside, do you?!)

Step 3 - Wellness Sector

- Sauna; at least two, better four AND INSIDE the house (not a few miles to drive)

- Solarium; if desirable

- Massage; this is absolutely a MUST have! Here also: IN-house

- Pools; also, should have been reconditioned recently

That’s it! Slap your back, we have covered a lot!

Now that you know how you find real Secret Resorts in Germany, I wish you a great trip and a pleasant stay!

Send me your experiences! I'm hot to get to know them! Go to the contact page on my website and submit your travel reports. Tell me what you have seen and experienced so far.

Enjoy your trip(s)!

Marcus Hochstadt
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Marcus Hochstadt travels extensively to countries, continents and Germany itself as a sales manager and entrepreneur since more than 14 years. He knows in almost each German city the points of real interest. In his free monthly Special Report at http://www.smart-travel-germany.com/smart-travel-guide.html he reveales more valuable insider tips and travel secrets.

Secret Resorts in Germany -- A Checklist to Find Them -- Part 3 of 4

Ready for the third part? Ookay, here we go :-)

The Wellness Sector is one of the most important indicators for selecting the Secret Resorts of your dreams.

What do you have of it if the location is TOP and the facilities are new, but the Wellness Sector consists, lets say... only of a Sauna and a small pool? You might feel relaxed only superficially. The consequence: Grind is pre-programmed. A pool and a Sauna are not sufficient.

I for myself know by own experiences that some of those so called Secret Resorts only use their title, because they have installed a sauna recently, “and outside you have the freshest air in whole Germany” they write in their brochures.

So what?! Of course, fresh air outside is good. No doubt. You go out, take a deep breath and exhale. Do that a lot of times during your stay and it will give your inner cells and immune system a huge kick into recovery and health. And you know, I am not talking about ‘fresh air’ in cities but about real fresh air in forests regions.

By the way, visit our Black Forest and you know what I am talking about.

But, however, what has fresh air to do with the Secret Resort itself? You do not sleep outside, do you? There might be days where you mostly stay inside and let yourself spoil like a Queen/King. And you might not be able to it if there is anything but a Wellness Sector at all.

And most of all, why do they call their shack a Secret Resort with just a Sauna inside? What a cheek! You book, arrive and expect to be spoiled for the next three weeks, but all you get is a sauna and maybe 'fresh water' in a pool and fresh air outside. You deserve much more than that. And believe me, there is good news: it is possible :-)

Okay, what now comes is a checklist in a checklist :-)...

Read that Checklist on my site. I created a page of this 3rd part of Secret Resorts in Germany.

Enjoy your trip(s)!

Marcus

Secret Resorts in Germany – A Checklist to Find Them – Part 2 of 4

In the first part of the Secret Resorts in Germany article I went into details of the environment of those ‘Wellness Hotels’. I told you how it should be in terms of building deep relaxing and precious moments.

In this second part you will go to find out why it is important to look at the age and condition of your prospective Wellness Hotel.

Step 2 -- Age and condition of Secret Resorts

Often in pictures it is difficult to recognize how the condition of the Secret Resorts is. Like I already mentioned, in the high polish brochures you see the most beautiful pictures. The Hotel shows up from its most beautiful side. Often they do not show the reality which you find locally. Sometimes the pictures are so old that they hush up the current condition of the hotel.
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...if you want to read the rest of my article, go to www.smart-travel-germany.com/secret-resorts-article2.html. :-)

Enjoy your day!

Marcus

Sitemap page installed

Hi,

you now can see 'the whole picture' at an blink of an eye (I like this phrase :-) when you go to my sitemap page I have created. You don't have to search everything by going from page to page or whatever.

Simply go to www.smart-travel-germany.com/travel-germany-sitemap.html and you will see every page I have created.

Yes, we can say that this is my most actual page on my site ;-))

Have a nice tip!

Marcus

Secret Resorts in Germany

A Checklist To Find Them - Part 1 of 4

Secret Resorts in Germany – A Checklist to Find Them – Part 1 of 4

“Follow theses steps and you prevent disappointment”

Since years the Wellness Industry experiences an upswing. The Baby-boomer wants to stay young, healthy and happy. A Wellness vacation is for this often a step into the right direction. Why not just take the time of a two week ease and escape the everyday life? Clearly, it is very pleasant to be able to be spoiled and refuelled with new energy.

But what if the Secret Resorts, also considered as Wellness Hotels, do not obtain the desired effect? What if you get a lousy bathtub instead of a Wellness Park? Nothing deceives more than brochures, intelligently selected words and empty promises.

Smart is who goes here safe and ensures whether the focused hotel offers really everything you expect. Finally you want to refuel new energy not new stress, right?

This four part checklist is a step-by-step guidance of how you select and find the best Secret Resorts in Germany and experience the highest possible relaxation.

You find this first part on my site at www.smart-travel-germany.com/secret-resorts-article1.html.

Enjoy your trip(s)! :-)

Marcus