Let me start off as clearly as I can about our hotel reviews. Long time readers may notice I am usually pretty positive about the hotels I stay at. In fact that is by design: I research hotels, sometimes agonize on the decision of which hotel to stay at. Sometimes I even travel to a…
We had the opportunity to visit the Hilton Seychelles Northolm when we took advantage of an Etihad Mistake business fare from the Seychelles to Dublin. Reason for choosing:We chose the Hilton Seychelles Northolm for a few reasons, the first was that at the time, the only options we had on points were 2 Hiltons, and 1…
This is part of our Thanksgiving Round the World trip, you can find my initial thoughts / intro here, Flying All Nippon Airways Square Class, The Grand Hyatt Tokyo review, and The Grand Hyatt Beijing review. Reason for choosing:Through many lessons learned, we were able to change the flight home around such that we got a 23 hour…
This is part of our Thanksgiving Round the World trip, you can find my initial thoughts / intro here, and The Grand Hyatt Tokyo review here. Reason for choosing:We chose this hotel primarily because of its location. Its only a few blocks from Tiananmen Square, and there’s an attached mall. We were also rather keen…
This trip was planned in one way, shape and form for more than 9 months. In fact, the miles we used for this trip had been earmarked for a trip to Maldives this past May, but we instead decided to change that to a trip that would be on 2 Emirates A380s. The links:You can…
Reason for ChoosingMy wife and I have been to Singapore at least 3 times. Each of those times we stayed at the Marriott (roughly, a block away, if that). We wanted to try the Grand Hyatt Singapore (@GrandHyattSing), and we were able to get a cash and points rate that worked for us (and still…
Reason for ChoosingWe’ve stay at the Grand Hyatt Dubai a few times now, including on our most recent trip around the world and every time it has been a short but fantastic stay. It is close enough to the Dubai airport that you don’t feel like you are rushing to get out of the hotel…
In April 2014, we took a weekend trip with my parents to celebrate my mom’s birthday. We all wanted to go back to Key West and figured it would be easier and cheaper to fly Southwest down. They have since cancelled service directly into Key West.Reason for ChoosingLocation, location, location. Really it is in a great location.…