Extraordinary Stays
Extraordinary Stays serves as a lasting tribute to the creative minds shaping the world's most remarkable hospitality experiences. In an era where digital content is consumed quickly and forgotten just as fast, this series stands apart as a tangible, enduring showcase of exceptional design. It honors the architects, designers, hoteliers, and visionaries whose work transforms a stay into an experience of beauty, intention, and craftsmanship. For industry professionals, each volume provides a prestigious platform — one that preserves their work in a museum-quality format designed to inspire for decades. For readers and collectors, it offers a rare glimpse into the artistry behind the world's most exquisite properties, revealing the thought, talent, and collaboration that bring each space to life. More than just a publication, Extraordinary Stays is a cultural record of contemporary hospitality design and a celebration of the creative excellence redefining how we experience place.
Extraordinary Stays is presented as a multi-volume series, featuring six-page property and profile features designed to showcase each contributor's signature work through a refined editorial lens. Organized into six experience-based collections — Waterfront Escapes, Mountain Retreats, Historic Treasures, Urban Sophistication, Rural Elegance, and Wellness & Sanctuary — the publication allows for both depth and continuity, creating a seamless narrative across collections while honoring the individuality of each property and profession.
Each feature blends large-scale architectural and hospitality photography with designer-selected imagery, inviting readers to fully immerse themselves in the details, atmosphere, and sense of place of every property. These visuals are paired with professionally written narratives that highlight each contributor's philosophy, creative process, and unique point of view. The result is a sophisticated, magazine-style presentation that balances imagery and storytelling, offering a rich and engaging experience that honors the artistry of the world's most exceptional hospitality professionals and destinations.
What’s Inside the Volume
A Signature Edition From Aureum Books
This Signature Edition is a definitive showcase of the properties, designers, and hospitality visionaries shaping the world's most inspired stays. Thoughtfully curated into a cohesive volume, the book offers a seamless and immersive editorial experience that highlights the full spectrum of hospitality design excellence across disciplines.
For participating properties and professionals, inclusion offers meaningful and lasting value: elevated brand perception, increased guest and client credibility, alignment with the industry's most respected names, and the long-term prestige of being featured in a permanent, ad-free editorial record. Each profile is crafted with journalistic integrity and artistic vision, creating a powerful platform for visibility, media opportunities, and enduring recognition.
Meet Our Publishers
Extraordinary Stays currently has two volumes in production. Extraordinary Stays Southeast with managing publisher Kara Price, as well as Extraordinary Stays United Kingdom with managing publisher Konstantina Kralj (Koni).
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Managing Publisher
Kara's diverse background in marketing, publishing, community relations and project development has led to a long and successful professional career. No matter the project, Kara brings an easy communication style and strong attention to detail to ensure client satisfaction.
As Managing Publisher for Aureum Books, Kara elevates the content of our publications. Working closely with our chosen editorial partners, she ensures the use of compelling photography and creative narrative that resonates with our discerning readers.
Kara leads by example as she encourages her friends and family to "Keep moving, keep learning and keep having extraordinary experiences!"
The Details That Define It
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Aureum Books gives your work the space and artistry it deserves. Rather than limiting your project to a brief magazine spread, we craft an expansive, multi-page feature that blends sophisticated layout, thoughtful editorial narrative, and striking photography—presenting your work with museum-quality intention and care.
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Our books are designed to endure. Each volume becomes a lasting representation of your property's or firm's excellence — an heirloom-quality showcase you can share with guests and clients, include in your portfolio, and revisit as a defining moment in your story.
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Extraordinary Stays reaches your audience twice — once through the guests already in your world, and again through the travelers who haven't found you yet. As a guest experience piece, the book lives in-room, in your gift shop, and in the hands of VIPs, media, and travel advisors — turning every stay into a lasting impression. As a retail title, it reaches new travelers through boutique booksellers, hospitality and tourism partners, and online promotion across the US and UK — building recognition long before they ever arrive.
At Aureum Books, every detail is intentional. Our publications are built on a selective editorial process, museum-quality production standards, and a deep respect for the craft of home design. We showcase firms not just as contributors, but as visionaries—presented with the clarity, beauty, and narrative depth their work deserves.
To be published with Aureum is to be represented at the highest level. Your projects are photographed, written, and designed with the same care as a luxury art book—ensuring your firm stands apart, elevates its credibility, and reaches an audience ready to appreciate excellence. This is more than exposure; it’s legacy-building.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How will the book reach potential guests?
Extraordinary Stays reaches your audience through two channels: as a guest experience piece — living in-room, in gift shops, and in the hands of VIPs, media, and travel advisors — and as a retail title sold through boutique booksellers, hospitality and tourism partners, and online promotion across the US and UK.
What is the process for being published?
The process is simple and collaborative. After submitting your inquiry, our editorial team will review your work and reach out with next steps. Selected firms participate in an interview and project review, followed by professional writing, art direction, and layout creation. You’ll have the opportunity to approve the final spread before printing. Our goal is to create a feature that represents your firm with clarity, artistry, and intention.
How can I be accepted into Extraordinary Stays?
We seek properties that exemplify exceptional guest experience, a distinctive sense of place, authentic character, excellence in hospitality, and memorable storytelling. Our curation process is intentionally selective — Extraordinary Stays is curated, never commodified, ensuring every featured property meets the same standard of excellence.