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What used to be standard among hotels was when you could check-in and when you had to check-out. Usually check-in was around 4pm and check-out was at 11am the next morning, meaning that their was 5 hours in between with no guest in the room. No hotel room should take 5 hours to clean, and…
A Flyertalk.com thread started in 2009 in the Starwood Preferred Guest forum has recently resurfaced and the topic of the thread is “Hall of Shame – Worst SPG experiences“. It asks where have you had the most revolting experience? So where did Flyertalk posters say that they would not stay again? Before we reveal the…
Forbes Life published a list earlier today compiled by the Forbes Travel Guide editors of what they are calling the “26 Most Anticipated Hotel Openings In 2015“. The list included some hotels already opened in 2015 and some yet to open. In order to make the list the hotel has to have a good location,…
Check out this press release from W Hotels. Apparently, W Hotels is teaming up with will.i.am and The Coca-Cola Company to bring EKOCYCLE branded sheets to all it’s North America Hotels first and then roll them out globally. EKOCYCLE sheets are made from rPET which is polyester partially made using recycled plastic. This sounds very interesting, indeed.…
Las Vegas is consistently one of the top tourist destinations in the USA, with almost 40 million visitors last year alone. Last week The Motley Fool – the multi-media investment advice company – took a look Las Vegas hotels and casinos on Yelp and TripAdvisor and found that these four were among the worst rated…
IHG is offering a flash sale on redeeming points for awards nights at The Venetian and The Palazzo for 25,000 points a night, which is half off the regular redemption rate of 50,000 points a night. You can even use cash-and-points bookings to extend your stay. Booking must be done online or via a mobile…
Skift Travel came out with a story today focusing on the most expensive hotel locations around the world for U.S. travelers in 2014. I though of the obvious cities that are generally the most expensive cities in the world: London? No. Tokyo? No. Paris? No. Sydney? No. So where are the hotels with the highest…
Shop Marriott launched an on-line enter to win contest yesterday where you could win a 5 night Marriott stay OR a Marriott Foam Bed with Bedding, but in a twist – Marriott Rewards members win BOTH. Grand Prize: Marriott Foam Bed and Bedding Set OR 5 Night Marriott Stay – or both First Prize: Marriott…
Yesterday Hyatt announced that it would be launching a new brand of lifestyle hotels in the summer of 2015 called Hyatt Centric. It’s already jokingly being called an Andaz Jr., but it seems like a more hip version of a Hyatt Place hotel. Since the roll out is in just a few months, speculation is…
Now that the major hotels have all released their 2015 hotel promotions we thought it would be good to put them all in one place so you can evaluate which hotel promotion works best for your travel schedule. The roundup includes double points, large & mega bonuses for meeting certain night thresholds, Marriott MegaBonus Promotion…
I’m at the Park Hyatt in Seoul this week. I am both a points-and-miles junkie as well as a cocktail junkie, so I always have a tough time choosing between the Hyatt Diamond food-and-beverage amenity and the points. I usually take the food-and-beverage at Park Hyatts and the points at other Hyatt hotels. Park Hyatt…
I am spending a few days this week at the Park Hyatt Seoul in South Korea. This is one of the 22 properties that are increasing in category on the Hyatt Award Chart for 2015. The nice thing about Hyatt is that when they announced the Award Chart changes in early December 2014, they announced…
Looking for a winter getaway or romantic Valentine’s destination? The Inn On Biltmore Estate is offering 50% off in-season weekday rates and suites during the months of January, February and March! I’m actually considering booking this for a Valentine’s gift for Mrs. Weekly Flyer. Valentine’s Getaway? Inn On Biltmore Estate Offering 50% Off Suites **All rates are…
Thinking about heading to Phoenix for the Super Bowl but, don’t have a place to stay? Well, with the Super Bowl, The Pro Bowl AND…the PGA Waste Management Phoenix Open (WMPO) all taking place in the Phoenix/Glendale area in the same week; you may find it challenging to book a reasonably priced hotel room. That said,…
The Bed Bug Registry was founded in 2006 and says that it, “is a free, public database of user-submitted bed bug reports from across the United States and Canada,” and “the site has collected about 20,000 reports covering 12,000 locations.” It even shows an interactive map where it’s easy to spot the geographic areas that…
Every year, SPG publishes a year end summary called “A Year To Remember” with some of the most interesting statistics of the Starwood Preferred Guest program. The most noteworthy of the bunch in 2014:Yes, one member earned over 21 million Starpoints in 2014. So the question quickly becomes, “how did they do that?” Some possibilities:…
Looks like Hilton Honors has partnered up with DIRECTV and are offering a nice little promotion where you can get 2 free weekend nights at Hilton when you sign up for DIRECTV. So, if you are considering signing up for DIRECTV service, you may want to consider this promotion as it looks like you could…
Hyatt is in the middle of opening six new properties in just over ten days – dating back to December 10th of last week to December 20th of this week. Two are on the higher end of the newly created “all inclusive” end of the Hyatt chain, while three are Hyatt Place hotels on the…
On the heels of the announcement that InterContinental Hotels Acquires Kimpton Hotels, I got to thinking what Kimpton property would I be the most interested in using my IHG points for once the integration or at least cross redemption integration of points programs is complete? Top 7 Kimpton Hotels To Use IHG Points So, immediately I started…
One of the reasons why Hyatt is overall my favorite hotel chain is because I like Hyatt Place hotels on the value end of the brand, and I love Park Hyatt hotels on the luxury side of the scale. I’ve been able to redeem Hyatt Points and Cash + Points at six different Park Hyatt…