Hotels

I’ve been a Hyatt Diamond for a while.  At one point, I spent 1/6th of my year in a Hyatt. Interestingly, the new Hyatt changes ask you to do just that to continue with top status on Hyatt. Read more about the changes to Hyatt’s elite program here. It is now …

Tired of hearing about the election coverage and just need a break? Then you should consider staying at the Hotel Commonwealth in Boston. Not only will they block all news channels from your television, but they will clip all election coverage from your daily newspaper. From the hotel’s website: Feeling …

I just came across this awesome hotel that really blends into the background. The Mirrorcube is part of the TreeHotel and is covered with mirrors so it blends into the background.  The beautiful background of the forest it is located in. From the website: The Mirrorcube is an exciting hide-out among the trees, …

I might just take up snorkeling–I’ve finally found a cause. Bolongo Bay Beach Resort hides bottles of Cruzan Rum in the water so that while you are snorkeling, you have a chance of discovering a bottle of rum. From news.com.au: At Bolongo Bay Beach Resort on the idyllic island of St Thomas, a …

In the frequent travel world, you’ll hear “it doesn’t hurt to ask” a lot.  This is even more true in Vegas, where many things are negotiable. Someone was just asking me about my experience with getting upgrades at hotels.  While I have status at various hotels in Vegas, my major upgrades …

I’m a huge Hyatt fan, and I want to make sure that’s stressed before I start talking about their website.  Because being a great hotel company that gives great experience is better than having a good website, in my opinion. But I’ve continually run into things about their website that …

About a few years ago, I decided to start applying the lemon law to my hotel stays. The lemon law, originally conceived, provides “a remedy for purchasers of cars and other consumer goods in order to compensate for products that repeatedly fail to meet standards of quality and performance.”  (Thanks, …

Once, I stayed in a hotel suite so big, I found a new room on the last day of my stay. I was on a work trip in Las Vegas, and we got a suite at the Encore Tower Suites to use for hospitality and entertaining.  (The Encore is attached to …

So this is some Lord of Rings… er, shoot. There’s a mountain that has a freaking geyser in it that you can stay in overnight. And it’s an actual hotel. This hotel, located in Chile (not to be confused with a similarly named one in Costa Rica), has a rustic …

This just happened to my friend, but don’t let it happen to you. You leave your hotel room.  You hear the door *click* closed.  You’re fine, right? My friend thought so.  He let his hotel door close all the way and figured he was fine.  What he didn’t know was …