How we check
A pool feature shows on this site only when the hotel lists it as its own. If it isn't listed, we say "not listed".
What gets listed
Any hotel or resort with a pool on site. Vacation rentals, cabins, condos and RV parks are left out: we list places you book as a hotel.
Water parks, lazy rivers, slides, wave pools, splash pads and kids pools are tags. They put a hotel at the top of its town, but a hotel with a plain pool is still listed.
Where the facts come from
Each hotel's Google Hotels listing: the amenity list ("Lazy river", "Waterslide", "Water park", "Indoor pool") and the hotel description. When a description sentence is our evidence, we quote it on the hotel page.
A water park NEAR a hotel never counts. Descriptions often say "2 miles from Wet 'n Wild" or "overlooking a water park"; our checks drop those sentences.
The pool drawings
When volunteers have traced the hotel's pools on OpenStreetMap, we draw that real outline and work out the water area in square feet. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
When nobody has, we draw an illustration from the features the hotel lists. It is labelled "illustration, not to scale" and is not the real layout.
Pool season
Monthly average highs come from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals 1991 to 2020 for the nearest weather station. We highlight months at 80°F or warmer as comfortable for an unheated outdoor pool.
When a town gets a page
A town needs 4 or more hotels with a pool. A page such as "lazy river hotels in Orlando" needs 4 or more hotels with that feature.
How we earn money
The "Check prices" buttons go through Stay22 to Booking.com, Expedia or Hotels.com. If you book, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Hotels cannot pay to be listed. Affiliate disclosure.