When a hotel determines your destination

 As funny as this may sound, there are times that I will choose my destination based on the hotel. As you can see from some of our Saturday Specials, here, here, and here, we try to stay in hotels that we have status at.To that end, I’m planning a trip for later this month, and my wife…

Saturday Special: Grand Hyatt Bali Hotel Review

We’ve been to Bali, Indonesia twice, and stayed at this hotel for both of those visits (most recently in May, 2013). Because of those first two experiences, its very likely that our next trip will mean a return to this hotel.Reason for ChoosingThe Grand Hyatt Bali is roughly a half hour from the airport.We decided…

Saturday Special: Renaissance Seoul Hotel Review

Note: Every so often I’ll try to highlight a hotel experience and share my thought process for choosing the hotel.Last year my wife and I took a trip to Seoul, South Korea and chose to stay at the Renaissance Seoul Hotel.  It was an easy, competitively priced, and had a lounge. We have since been back to Seoul…