45 Incredibly Stylish Vintage Travel Print Ads

Hotels

Looking through the ads below, you’ll long for the days when a ‘No Excuses Guarantee’ from the Holiday Inn actually meant something and admen weren’t too afraid to use the slogan: ‘Gay Days Under the Cuban Sun’.

I doubt, however, that in living memory anyone has received a personally drafted letter from the President of the Park Lane Hotel after borrowing a tie for their forgetful husband (see below).

23. When a Hotel is Letter Perfect


Image: The Park Lane

24. A Weekend Away


Image: Holiday Inn

25. Gay Days Under The Cuban Sun


Image: Hotel Nacional de Cuba

26. When You Spend a Night At …


Image: Loew’s Hotel

27. Pleasin’ Dreams


Image: Holiday Inn

28. No Excuses Room Guarantee


Image: Holiday Inn

29. Your Prince Awaits You


Image: The Prince Hotel

30. Warmth is More Important Than Bigness


Image: The Valhalla Inn

31. New York, New York, It’s a Sheraton Town


Image: Sheraton Hotels

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About the author:

Tom is a huge tech and gadget geek with a broad range of interests including travel, art and design. Much of his time is spent blogging on CreativeCloud but he also enjoys writing for other blogs in the design niche.

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  • User Gravatar travel agent atlanta
    September 26th, 2009 at 7:29 am

    I love the “treasure in the sky” one, these are classic! Those were the days.

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