On the face, this looks like a nice, caring things that Marriott is doing. “The Envelope Please” Initiative, which is actually A Woman’s Nation initiative created by Maria Shriver, is designed to: Encourage and enable hotel guests to express their gratitude by leaving tips and notes of thanks for hotel room attendants in designated envelopes…
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.…
We incorporated stays at the Hyatt Regency Delhi at the beginning and end of a short 74 hour trip to India in September, 2013.Reason for ChoosingI hate to say it, but as I recall, this was the only available Hyatt in Delhi, and we were looking to retain Diamond Status. That said, even though we…
Right on the tail of yesterday’s post asking if Marriott Rewards was the red headed stepchild of hotel points and elite seekers, reader TJ mentioned IHG’s point’s breaks nights, which brought to mind Marriott Rewards’ new Flash Perks programMagic of Miles broke this story last month, but I guess I missed it until now. Marriott…
(Ed. Note: I wrote and scheduled this before the onslaught of the 70k Marriott Rewards Premier offer “expiring soon” – I didn’t even know when the offer would be going away).“Hi, I’m Trevor, and I am a Marriott Platinum member of 5+ years.” I say that tongue in cheek, but really, if you look at the blogosphere,…
We took our first trip to India because I needed 25k American Airlines’ Elite Qualifying Points (EQP) for my status match from United 1k to American Airlines Executive Platinum. We found a good upgradable round trip fare on BA from Washington DC to New Delhi. Originally we had thought to fly to Chennai (I’d hit the…
We’ve been to Bangkok, Thailand three times. Back in May, we stayed at the Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel. It was the first Marriott that we’ve stayed at in Bangkok. We wanted to stay at a Marriott property this time and we usually stay at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok Hotel a block or so away, so…
IntroductionI shared last week, that I have a trip to Asia at the end of the month, but couldn’t decide where. In that post I narrowed things down to Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, and China. Well, based on a variety of comments and a bit of searching based on this post I revised the list slightly to include…