Review: Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro

We arrived early into Rio de Janeiro, roughly 6am, and made it to the Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro around 8am.  We were greeted at the front door and escorted to the check – in desk.  Once they had my Hyatt Passport number we were shown up to the Grand Club to finish checking in.  Even…

Review: Grand Hyatt Singapore

Introduction Starting Out and American Airlines’ Flagship Lounge – Chicago Review: Japan Airlines First Class 777-300ER Chicago-Narita Review: Japan Airlines First Class Lounge – Haneda Review: Japan Airlines Business Class 777-200 Haneda to Bangkok Review: Thai Airways Orchid Spa and Royal Orchid Lounge Review: Thai Airways 787-8 Business Class – Bangkok to Denpasar-Bali Review: Grand Hyatt…

Review: Hyatt Regency Mainz

Intro: Visiting the Christkindlemarkets of Mainz Review: Hyatt Regency Mainz Wandering Mainz, including the Christkindlemarkets Review: Lufthansa First Class Terminal and Lounge (yes, both!) Review: Lufthansa First Class 747-8 – Frankfurt to Washington Dulles Conclusion: Visiting the Christkindlemarkets of Mainz As I mentioned in the Introduction, we arrived late into Mainz, roughly 6pm, after a full day…

My Year in Travel

It’s that time of the year again, where you look back at the year behind, and look forward to the year ahead. A whole lot of flying–even for meThis year I flew 159,029 miles. All of it either funded by myself or through miles. Here’s that travel charted out:My travel brought me to 12 countries,…

Hotel Etiquette – Should Hotels spell it out for you?

Over the past couple of months I haven’t traveled as much as I usually do, but the few times I have stayed in a hotel, have been really surprised from a few aspects. Hyatt Chesapeake BayHaving stayed at the Hyatt Chesapeake Bay a few weeks ago, I was surprised to find quite a few signs laying out…

Hotel Spa vs. Beach side Massage – Who wins?

This past weekend I visited the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake.  I’ll have the review posted in the next week or so, but while I was there, I chose to indulge in a massage. Most of my massages have been beach side in Thailand or Indonesia, or in an airport lounge like JAL’s in Haneda But this…

Review of Park Hyatt Dubai

Reason for choosing:The Park Hyatt Dubai is close to the airport and we thought it might be nice to try someplace new, as we had a few days in Dubai.  We also needed the stay credits to help with maintaining our Hyatt diamond status for next year.  Though the reviews were mixed we ended up…

Review: Grand Hyatt Doha

The Grand Hyatt Doha is roughly an hour from Doha’s Hamad International Airport. Taxi fare was between 55 and 70 QAR. We selected the hotel primarily because it was a Hyatt, had a cash and points option, and because we hadn’t stayed there yet.Overall, our impressions were that the hotel was beautiful. Its only 5…