Tom Becker

Tom is a Chicago-born writer who has spent a decade rating hotels within a ten-minute walk of America's biggest attractions, from Central Park to the Vegas Strip. A recovering business-travel road warrior, he cares deeply about blackout curtains, quiet HVAC, and coffee that isn't an afterthought. His reviews are famously blunt — and famously accurate.

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