Twenty years ago, I had a day tour of Capri on my Italian Bus Tour with the Senior Citizens. I remember waiting for the funicular to ride to the top of the town and skipping my tour of the streets lined with shops to go to the Faraglioni Rocks. That […]
When my “pre-arrival” email showed up yesterday from the hotel, I realized I hadn’t done any research for the weekend trip. So I clicked the “concierge” button and was taken to the hotel’s standard internet site with attractions listed. There wasn’t an email link anywhere to contact the hotel other […]
Exiting Penn Station, I pushed through the New York City crowds and tried not to get my eyes poked out from the plethora of umbrellas on the street as I walked a few blocks to the Hyatt Place New York Midtown-South. The rain was unending and unavoidable, it started in […]
For me, Paris is about art, history, design and food. I wanted to find a hotel that encompassed all of this – a boutique hotel that I could love – a new way to see and stay in Paris. With the Paris Air show in town during our stay, all […]
Arriving in Melbourne after my epic journey Philadelphia – Chicago – Seoul – Singapore, I just wanted to get to the hotel, it was my finish line and would signal that my vacation had begun. The Melbourne airport has a shuttle bus for $16 AUS that would take me to […]
On the way to Melbourne, I would have a few stops along the way on my award ticket. My second stop would be Seoul where I chose to stay at the Hyatt Regency Incheon, an airport hotel, for the overnight layover. Not familiar with Hyatt, I had no idea what […]
Everyone dreams of luxury but what is luxe to one person may not be to another. For me, I try to use loyalty points/miles to stay in luxury hotels, fly long haul business class and use the savings to upgrade my experiences along the way with private guides, helicopter […]
There is a reason I’ve never stayed at a Doubletree Hotel – I’m a cookie addict! The signature amenity of the Doubletree chain is the free cookie at check-in (or as I learned, a free cookie every time you ask at The Morrison Hotel) and according to the twitter gods […]
This week’s theme of FriFotos is “A Room with a View” and for the most part my view is usually the back alley, a brick wall or no view at all on the inside cruise cabin. Traveling solo, I’m usually more interested in saving money so I rarely get a […]
Nothing about my “living like Oprah without her money” vacation was cheap. Despite the pay for 2 nights, get the 3rd free promo, the Peninsula Chicago was still an expensive stay but worth every penny! I wasn’t concerned that I was forgoing points by staying here, I wanted to treat […]