The Only Relais & Châteaux Hotel In South Carolina Is A Bucket List Must
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Relais & Châteaux is an association of 580 unique, exquisite hotels and restaurants in the world, predominantly represented in Europe but growing in North America, Asia, and Africa. Meaning “Inns & Castles” in French, Relais & Châteaux was founded in France in 1941 and is still French-managed. These hotels and restaurants are individually owned and operated, most often by families, and there are only a handful of them in the southeastern United States. Planters Inn is the only Relais & Châteaux hotel in South Carolina. Come along as we explore what makes it worthy of such a distinction.
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And it all started many years ago when the owner of Planters Inn flew cross-country on the red-eye and went straight to back-to-back business meetings without any sleep. When he arrived at his hotel that night, he was understandably tired and frazzled.
As he put it, “I was dog-tired by the time I checked into the hotel. I opened the door to my room and saw a teddy bear on my bed. It just lifted my spirits.”
“I went out to get a burger, and when I came back an hour later, my bed had been turned down. Tucked into my bed was the teddy bear, and by now he was wearing a little nightshirt. I got into that bed after having been up for nearly 48 hours and snuggled up next to that teddy bear.”
“The next morning, I woke up and looked at the bear and said, ‘You’re going to be in my hotel.’ It struck me as an utterly charming thing to put in a hotel room to give a tired traveler a lift.”
Next door to Planters Inn, you can dine at the only Relais & Châteaux restaurant in South Carolina, the Peninsula Grill, known for its Ultimate Coconut Cake®. (Bobby Flay calls it his all-time favorite dessert!) Visit the Planters Inn website for more information and to book your stay.
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