This is the second of three posts covering my November 2019 trip to Rio de Janeiro. You can read about the origin of this trip here, and my last post, covering my flights down on Delta, here. I’m not going to do a full report on what I did in… Read more »
In March, I spent two nights in Palm Springs after visiting some friends in Los Angeles. I ended up staying in two different hotels, the Triada, a Marriott Autograph Collection property, and the Hilton Palm Springs. The hotels were radically different, and I much more preferred the former. I’ll review… Read more »
This is the second in a series of reviews from my late December 2018 trip to London. You can read my last post, on my Air France journey over, here. I ended up staying at three different hotels in my three nights in London, utilizing free nights/points for all three…. Read more »
This is the fourth in a delayed series about my August/September 2018 trip to Manchester, England and Scotland. You can read a preview of the trip here. There are tons of hotels in Edinburgh, and I had initially booked myself into the Hampton Inn Edinburgh West End, before deciding to splurge… Read more »
This is the third in a series about my August/September 2018 trip to Manchester, England and Scotland. You can read a preview of the trip here. As a large city, there is no shortage of hotels in Manchester, with all the major international and European chains represented. The city is super-walkable,… Read more »
This is the fourth in a series of posts covering my June/July 2018 trip to Iceland. You can read an overview of the trip here. There are three Hilton-family properties in Reykjavik, all managed by the same company. The oldest is the Hilton Reykjavik Nordica, which is a traditional Hilton, has… Read more »
This is the eleventh in a series of posts chronicling my January 2018 trip to Colombia. You can read an overview/preview here. I stayed at two different hotels over my three nights in Bogota, the Artisan D.C. (a Marriott Autograph Collection property) and the Hilton Bogota. Both stays were very positive,… Read more »
This is part 13 in a series about my summer 2017 trip, which took me to Norway, the Netherlands, and Malta. You can read an overview of the trip here. My plans for accommodations in Amsterdam went through several iterations, including Airbnb, one night at the new Hyatt Regency, one… Read more »
This is part 10 in a series about my summer 2017 trip, which took me to Norway, the Netherlands, and Malta. You can read an overview of the trip here. I only spent two nights in Rotterdam but split the stay between two hotels in order to take advantage of… Read more »
This is part 11 of my series exploring my March 2017 trip to South Africa and Namibia, which started here. Windhoek has a pretty solid range of hotel options, including two Proteas. The Hilton Windhoek, though, had very good reviews, and seemed pretty well-located. I had originally booked it for 30,000 Hilton… Read more »
