Hotels

When Keri suggested going to Hershey, PA, we searched for hotels in the area.  Even though we would have loved to stay at the Hotel Hershey (and I would have loved to spend all day drinking those peanut butter cup martinis), we decided to be cost effective and use some …

Keri and I took a trip to Hershey, PA on a day where “showers†were predicted.  We planned on running into Hershey Park in between light rain spells. But these light rain spells turned out to be torrential downpour. We quickly iterated our plans and headed to the Hotel Hershey …

While wandering around my room at the Grand Hyatt Tampa this weekend, I was really pleased to see this in the closet:   I’ve experienced not one—but two massive weather related power outages while at hotels.  (And both at Hilton Garden Inns!) While power outages are a huge cost and …

This is one post in a series on visiting Paris: 1. Surprising Someone With a Trip to Paris 2. The Newark Lufthansa Senator Lounge 3. Lufthansa Business Class from EWR-FRA 4. The Hilton Frankfurt Airport 5. Roaming Frankfurt Wild 6. The Radisson Blu Le Metropolitan Hotel, Paris Eiffel 7. The Park Hyatt Paris Vendôme 8. Dining in Paris: …

Club Carlson is currently having a deal where they are offering 25% off select Radisson properties.  While they caveat this with “select properties,” I’ve found they offer up many of their properties with these sales and haven’t had trouble booking where I want to go. The new Mall of America …

I just received an email that as of yesterday, TopGuest will no longer earn points for MLife: Talk about lots of notice 😉 I previously mentioned how you can earn tons of points through TopGuest by going from casino to casino.  Not so much anymore. C’est la vie!  

The Snow Village in Montreal is one of those ice hotels that have become quasi-trendy.  I say quasi because they are popping up in different places, but people don’t really actually stay there.  But I expected that ice hotels would be, you know–freezing. This hotel partner of the Intercontinental in …

If you were planning on paid stays at a Marriott anyway, United is currently offering a bonus for gift card purchases: You can earn up to 7,500 award miles  through the following methods: Anyone taking advantage of this? Disclosure: I don’t really stay at Marriotts.  It isn’t anything against them.  …

I often have to remind myself–you cannot get what you want if you do not ask for it. If it isn’t possible, you learn that it isn’t possible.  If it is possible, surprise! You get what you want. And sometimes things feel impossible to resolve.  I came home to my …

Stephanie Rosenbloom of the NY Times outlined multiple ways you can use social media to save on vacations. One of these sites, EasyNest makes me more feel more un-easy than at ease. EASYNEST You know the drill: you want to stay in an upscale hotel but you’re traveling on your …