Thoughtful travel insights and experiences
We publishes carefully selected travel accounts for hotels, cruises, flights, lounges and train rides that felt genuine pleasant in practice. We bypass the chaos reactionary rants to share only high-quality, human-curated content you can trust. We focus on calm, comfort, and how a place works over time and context.
Personal stories and specific moments may appear as standalone essays, or help built up or improve existing canonical Guides.
What we publish
- Stories (Your Pleasant Stay)
Specific moments — a long night, a quiet morning, a difficult journey — that reveal how a place feels in practice. - Editorial Guides
Maintained references that synthesize multiple essays as experiences into a clear picture. - Recognized and Exeptional Stays
Editorial Guides with acknowledgements for places that consistently offer a genuinely pleasant experiences.
Do you have a story worth understanding?
If you’ve had a pleasant stay or an insightful travel experience, feel free to share it for editorial review.
(For Hotels, Train Rides, Flights, Cruises or Lounges)
“A place does not need to be perfect to be pleasant.
It needs to be understood“
Why your contributions matters
Many of the most valuable insights come from people like you who:
- travel often
- transit longer
- notice details
- care about how places actually function
We are building a small number of carefully maintained guides and invite thoughtful contributions from travelers who value clarity over noise.
That is why your contributions are essential.
You can submit:
- a personal experience
- an observation
- a focused essay
- notes or photos from a stay or journey
All submissions are reviewed editorially.
Some are published as essays.
Many help refine existing editorial guides.
Not everything is published — but everything is read.
Pleasant Stay is currently in its early editorial phase and started 2026.
This project grows slowly by design.
Contribute!
If you’ve stayed somewhere, waited somewhere, or traveled in a way that changed how the experience felt — we’d like to hear about it.