It takes a tremendous amount of effort for hotels to win -- and hold onto -- the prestigious AAA 5-Diamond Award for lodging. Out of thousands of hotels inspected, only a select few garnered those 5 coveted diamonds to proudly display in 2012.
Couples planning a blowout destination wedding, honeymoon, or romantic getaway will want to view the AAA's latest list of the best hotels in the USA, Caribbean, Canada, and Mexico.
Pictured: Ocean House, a new AAA Five Diamond Hotel in Rhode Island beside the Atlantic Ocean. Image © Susan Breslow Sardone, licensed to About.com, Inc.

Hi– I’ve enjoyed checking out this site: very useful info, esp. your piece about how to judge a hotel by its website (I just had the shocking experience in Lyon, France, of finding my reserved room to be very different from the website photos!)
thanks, and best wishes,
Mary
Editor, The Informed Traveler
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