Observations from touring Seoul, South Korea

IntroductionThis is the final section of a set of observations from a short weekend to Seoul, South Korea. The previous posts were observations of our flights, and of our hotel, the Grand Hyatt Seoul. We only had two and a half days in Seoul, so we primarily stuck to closer areas near the hotel in Myeong-dong,…

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Saturday Special: Grand Hyatt Seoul Hotel Review

As a continuation of our short set of observations from Seoul, here’s the hotel portion. Since we didn’t see much of the city the last time we thought it would be nice to stay in a different location that was more convenient to the shopping district.Reason for ChoosingWe chose the Seoul Hyatt partially because we needed the stay…

Observations from Flying @AmericanAir Trans-Pacific

IntroductionA few weeks ago, I took my wife to Seoul, South Korea for a long weekend to celebrate her birthday. We found what I had thought was a great premium fare (later finding out, it wasn’t as great), and figured, why not? Brass ring, right? So we did it.We had been to Seoul before, but…

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…