Inn on Cape Cod named 'best bargain' by TripAdvisor

NEEDHAM, Mass. -- The SeaCoast Inn in Hyannis, Mass., was named the "best bargain in the world" in TripAdvisor's annual "Travelers' Choice Awards."

The inn, located on Cape Cod, is lauded by consumers posting on TripAdvisor as "fantastic," ''immaculate," ''comfortable," and "quiet," with a perfect location and friendly innkeepers. The inn is closed for the season, but rates on the inn's Web site at http://www.seacoastcapecod.com are listed as $98-$148 summer, and $68-$108 spring and fall (higher for holiday weekends),

Other winners in the TripAdvisor awards were Los Altos De Eros, in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, named best luxury hotel in the world; Signature at MGM Grand in Las Vegas as best luxury hotel in the U.S.; the Ritz-Carlton in Berlin as best luxury hotel in Europe; Arcadia Residence, in Prague, Czech Republic, as best bargain in Europe; Residence Inn SeaWorld/International Center in Orlando, Fla., as best hotel for families in the U.S., and the Foxfield Inn in Charlottesville, Va., as best B&B in the U.S.

For the complete list of 325 hotels in all categories, visit http://www.tripadvisor.com/travelerschoice.

The winners were determined based on the popularity of a given hotel as measured by both the quantity and quality of postings on TripAdvisor and across the Web, along with traveler ratings of certain attributes such as cleanliness and value.