Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

The hotels are both beautiful and fascinating and Monica is a pleasant host. However the male host, Miles Coren, was incredibly rude and disrespectful, in his attempt to be witty and funny, when interacting with the staff who obviously take their jobs seriously and did not want to kid around. I was cringing whenever he was onscreen and had real empathy for the poor people forced to endure his childish behavior. The subject matter is amazing, it's just too bad we are subjected to the antics of an immature host.

It's basically a travel show and if you like travel shows you'll enjoy this.

The hosts are a mixed bag. Giles Coren is an excellent writer (though I'm suspicious of slim restaurant critics) but grates here. The scruffy cheeky chappy bit wears thin and he can be embarrassingly rude. Monica is amenable enough. They have a great job that's for sure, but found their pretend to work bit the least interesting.

As for the hotels, would you or I pay the high rates even if we could afford it? Maybe one at a stretch.

There's a bit of social action spiel thrown in to assuage the guilt of the presenters and the super rich I presume. Overall good though.

It's April 2021, we've been mostly cooped up for the last year. This show is doing a great job at refuelling my wanderlust. The male host is a bit arrogant for my liking, but the filming, b-rolls, editing, pacing and stories for each hotel is all really well produced.

I was very excited for this series . I have always liked shows like this. However the host acts like a child with no respect for authority or professionalism. Being a automotive enthusiast myself I was looking forward to seeing some exquisite cars as he was appointed a valet position. But his immaturity and lack of consideration of other people's property he was demoted to a cab driver. So instead of driving amazing cars all night he drove a golf cart. And it only got worse from there. Always undermining staff and playing like a kid with everything. The show would be great with a sharp witted gentleman that could make clean tasteful jokes and still keep the professionalism along side humor. With that said all 6 of my stars come from the lady she is very friendly and mature and well spoken and mannered accompanying her tasteful jokes and humble personality. She alone saved the show for me. Now I just mute it when the guy speaks and it's a great deal of an improvement . I would kill for an opportunity like he has but it seems to me like he is ruining it for everyone. The show would be 100% better with a different host.

The hotel in Singapore is amazing. In the second episode they go to Ecuador where I went to high school. I was really annoyed by Giles in the first episode and sad to see he was in the second one too. I was as uncomfortable as the staff in Singapore with his being such a jerk. I am interested in more places but don't know if I can stand to listen to Giles Coren and his obnoxious style. So they get to travel to some nice places and supposedly will work there but does this guy deserve it? I don't know about that.