After living in San Francisco for almost twenty years, I now frequently visit the city I love. And when I stay at a hotel, the InterContinental San Francisco is my favorite place to stay – it’s modern room and great location, as well as the wonderful ISpa are the main reasons to come back over and […]
This week’s Deal Dispatch features hot deals across the North Atlantic, both ways, but not on discount carriers, but full-service airlines for the summer season. You can go to Paris or Lisbon for $500 or less and from Germany to California from EUR298! Check out the details and how to book them below!
I have lived in San Francisco for almost 20 years and know the hotels in the city pretty well. When I saw a new Hampton Inn opening in downtown, I was eager to try it out and was not disappointed. It offers modern rooms with good service in a great location and is worth considering
As part of my “Battle of the Budget Hotels”, I picked the Comfort Inn San Francisco Airport North for a short stay near the San Francisco airport. It’s an older style motel, but in good shape and good value in one of the most expensive areas of the country. Read my review to find out
During my almost 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, one of my favorite and my most frequent weekend getaway was to the wine country North of the Golden Gate Bridge! Napa and Sonoma Valley are popular the world over and offer hundreds of wineries to explore all California wines have to offer –
This week’s Deal Dispatch brings you more red-hot air fare deals from around the world. You can fly from Germany and Austria to Miami or Boston from €244rt, from the US to Johannesburg, South Africa from only $686 and from New York to Manila, Philippines from $527 – those are all very good prices. And if
When we were visiting friends in the San Francisco Bay Area, we needed a hotel in Menlo Park and picked the Residence Inn for its convenient location. If you have read my review of the Residence Inn Experience, you know exactly what to expect. Marriott is one of the most reliable hotel chains and this
This week’s Deal Dispatch brings you new international bargain fares from my favorite deal sites: You can fly from various cities in the US to Zurich, Switzerland and Frankfurt, Germany from $414 on American Airlines; from Tokyo, Japan, to Milan, Italy from $309 on Etihad and from various cities in Spain to Seoul, South Korea
On a recent trip to San Francisco, we visited friends in Mill Valley and needed a hotel closeby for a night. We chose the Holiday Inn Express Mill Valley, which has a great location by the bay and is one of the nicer hotels in the area. It was a recent conversion from a smaller
San Francisco was love on first sight from the moment I drove into the city and saw the skyline. And with every visit during my one-year exchange program in the Bay Area, that love became deeper. So much so, that one day towards the end of my planned stay when I drove again into the