The 15 Hotels Our Readers Booked Most in 2023

"Toggle is the operative word: Guests can customize their experience, moving between the hotel’s different moods and room setups. It's a big design swing that hits—bold pastels, compelling branding, and lofted furniture enliven these small-budget hotel rooms. The yellow and black stripes will grab you as you zoom by on the commuter train. Inside, the swatch book of eye-popping hues continues as purples and blues coat the common spaces and rooms. (We’re partial to the avocado and millennial pinks.) Hallways sliced down the middle by different shades of paint make for particularly fun Instagramming as you toe the line between two brash commitments to color. It’s worth combing through the website to pick your palette pattern before you arrive as a full spectrum of colors means you could end up with lemon-wedge yellows or deep coats of sapphire in your bedroom. Beds lofted above couches are particularly fun, and try for a room facing away from the train tracks for maximum quiet. —Brandon Presser" - Jamie Spain