Love Hyatts? Â Love them so much you wish you could rappel down the side of one? Well, you’re in luck. Â 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 …
Read More »Hyatt Update Glitch May Affect Your Account’s Stay Credits
Recently, Hyatt’s Gold Passport system was down for a few days to update their database systems. Â 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 …
Read More »Hyatt’s Gorgeous Wine Bottles Designed by Students
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 …
Read More »Another Big Hyatt Website Bug
I keep running into the weirdest Hyatt bugs, but this one would have been particularly bad. Â This has also happened to me at least once before and luckily I noticed it after booking and Hyatt was able to undo it. Â In this case, I noticed during booking. I was looking …
Read More »Staying at the (haunted) Driskill in Austin, TX
When I’m in Austin, I always try to make sure I’m staying at the Driskill if at all possible. Â 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 …
Read More »Thoughts About (another) Weird Hyatt Booking Bug
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. Â When I click *book*, it says my session has timed out. I think I found a common thread to whenever I have this …
Read More »Hyatt Award Chart Updates More Good Than Bad
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. Â I’m surprised (but glad) to see it go down in category. Excalibur …
Read More »The Park Hyatt New York’s Suite Life (The Suites at the PHNYC)
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 …
Read More »Hyatt’s Website Doesn’t Understand Savings?
Sometimes I see this extra tab and shake my head. (to ruin the funny, it always seems to be spillover from the previous tab. Â But come on! Â Prepay and save, only 1,312 Euro).
Read More »What a $15 Hotel Room Looks Like in Vegas
Earlier, I wrote on what a $20 tip got me in Vegas. Â Now, I’m going to show you what a $15 room looks like. Not a $15Â tip. Â A $15 room rate. When I saw a $15 room rate at the Excalibur, I had to jump on it. Â For science I …
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