• I love the Four Seasons franchise and have visited nearly 50 different properties across the world. • My favorite hotels include Punta Mita, which provides one-of-a-kind experiences, and Tamarindo. • I loved the history at the Sultanahmet location, and the unbeatable food at Four Seasons Bangkok.

As a travel journalist, I've stayed in 303 luxury hotels and counting — but there's nothing quite like the Four Seasons.

I have my dad to thank for my first foray into this luxury hotel franchise. When I was a child, he brought me on a family vacation to California to explore Disneyland, and we checked into the iconic Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons hotel.

Even though I was only in elementary school, I knew quality when I saw it and was in awe of all the "fancy" things around me, includi

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