Hyatt

Love Hyatts?  Love them so much you wish you could rappel down the side of one? Well, you’re in luck.  Hyatt-loving thrill-seekers will have the chance to rappel down the side of the Hyatt Regency Crystal City for charity. From ArlNow.com: Over The Edge, an organization that helps raise money …

Recently, Hyatt’s Gold Passport system was down for a few days to update their database systems.  Updating a database near the end of the year seemed a little risky to me–this is the time when a lot of people are trying to re-qualify. I haven’t been too worried about it …

Each year, Hyatt runs a contest where students can design the labels for their house brand of wine, Canvas. The winning designs net a $5,000 scholarship for school, plus make their way onto the Hyatt bottles of wine. This year’s winners are especially good.     And my absolute favorite …

I keep running into the weirdest Hyatt bugs, but this one would have been particularly bad.  This has also happened to me at least once before and luckily I noticed it after booking and Hyatt was able to undo it.  In this case, I noticed during booking. I was looking …

When I’m in Austin, I always try to make sure I’m staying at the Driskill if at all possible.  It’s got the Texas flavor and kitsch-factor I’m looking for. And because since so many people took up residence in it, it supposedly is very haunted! I’ve stayed many times in …

I’ve come across another strange Hyatt booking bug. I think it only happens in Chrome, but I keep trying to book award stays that never go through.  When I click *book*, it says my session has timed out. I think I found a common thread to whenever I have this …

Hyatt posted their award chart updates. 22 properties went up in categories, but 48 properties went down. Some highlights: Hyatt Place Orlando Airport 2 1 I actually really enjoyed this Hyatt Place property and it is really convenient.  I’m surprised (but glad) to see it go down in category. Excalibur …

I got the chance to stay at the Park  Hyatt New York in a suite and I took the opportunity to take a bunch of pictures of the experience. First of all, the aesthetic of this hotel is very modern.  While the suite at the Park Hyatt Paris Vendome was …

Sometimes I see this extra tab and shake my head. (to ruin the funny, it always seems to be spillover from the previous tab.  But come on!  Prepay and save, only 1,312 Euro).  

Earlier, I wrote on what a $20 tip got me in Vegas.  Now, I’m going to show you what a $15 room looks like. Not a $15 tip.  A $15 room rate. When I saw a $15 room rate at the Excalibur, I had to jump on it.  For science I …