Travel and Leisure You could spend hours comparing hotels, but in the end, it's hard to tell what will meet your expectations until you check-in. U.S. News editors have eliminated some of the guesswork. To compile our list of the Best Hotels in the USA, we analyzed recommendations from a variety of guidebooks, magazines and websites. Using this unbiased approach and drawing from more than 850 luxury accommodations across 49 major travel destinations.500 World's Best Hotels 2011