For the second part of our recent trip to Singapore, we stayed at the Marriott Orchard hotel. It’s a very upscale hotel in one of the most popular areas of Singapore for leisure and business travelers alike. It’s a very nice hotel with great service – and that comes at a price! Read my review […]
Singapore is an expensive city to visit. Fortunately, with hotels like the Holiday Inn Express Clarke Quay, you can stay in the heart of the city in a stylish room at a reasonable price. I’ve stayed there twice, enjoyed it each time and recommend it as a great value option!
You have earned lots of hotel points with your favorite hotel rewards program or credit card and now you are planning to redeem them for some well deserved free nights? Well, that sometimes is not as easy as it sounds. The smaller hotel chains may not have a property at your vacation destination or there
Hyatt is the core brand of the Hyatt Hotels group. While the Hyatt group has a total of 599 hotels worldwide, only 31 properties are Hyatt Hotels, the remainder belonging to a range of other brands. I will focus in today’s post on the Hyatt Hotels, but most of my comments also apply to the
For my first night in Krakow on my Baltic Explorer trip, I selected the Hampton Inn, part of the Hilton Group. I was planning to gain HHonors Gold status with a “Fastrack” offer (read about my promotion success) and this brandnew Hampton is one of a handful of Hilton Hotels available for only 5,000 points! Find
My “Travel Made Easy” posts are meant to provide easy access to new destinations, hotel groups or airlines, with a quick summary and links to more in-depth information you might be interested in about the brand. Today’s post provides a summary of all the information around the Starwood Hotel group, their brands, the experience you can expect
UPDATED 2018: HotelQuickly has discontinued operations – read more here! Recently, I reviewed hoteltonight a last-minute hotel booking app for smartphones that pioneered that idea in the US. Today, I’m reviewing HotelQuickly, an app that was “inspired” by hoteltonight and focuses on hotels in Asia. Read my review to find out if it is worth
aloft has been one of my favorite brands in the Starwood portfolio ever since my first stay: They offer modern rooms with all the technology fittings and breakfast at a reasonable price! It’s a mid-scale, select service brand and I had good experiences around the world with them. Read on to find out what you
This week’s Deal Dispatch alerts you to a coming devaluation of your Marriott and Starwood hotel rewards points. After my recent report of InterContinental hotels changing award levels and hotel categories, now Marriott and Starwood are doing the same. If you have plans to stay using reward points, you should read and make your bookings
Among all the Thai beaches I have been to, Ko Samed in the gulf of Thailand, just 200km South of Bangkok, remains my favorite. And my favorite hotel on the island is Villa Samed Resort, a small resort with a handful of bungalows under the palm trees, just steps from the ocean and with its
If you are planning to visit Manila, the gateway to paradise, with a family or plan on an extended stay, a serviced apartment might be a better option than a hotel – you get a lot more space for the same amount of money and give up on some of the hotel services you may
Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) is the rewards program of the Starwood Group of hotels and one of the most popular among US business travelers and US bloggers. While I’ve been a member for many years, enjoy some of their brands and reached the top-level Platinum status in the past, the more I traveled globally and