GETAWAYS • Palm Springs
At first glance, Drift Palm Springs — the new outpost of the design-forward, all-suite boutique hotel brand Drift Hotels — might seem like just another cliché “desert chic” place to stay. But with so many established hotels and resorts in the Palm Springs area riding on (and charging a lot for) tired reputations rather than bringing something new, it can be hard to differentiate between the mundane and the special.