As I've mentioned before, this trip was more about the destinations than anything else, so our main goal for hotels this time around was striking some semblance of value, while avoiding BYOS (bring your own sanitizer) properties. Given the overall focus of this blog on high-value points redemptions, I hadn't really planned on spending a…
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I think your first sentence is flipped. Isn't it about the destination not the journey?
Great post and really helpful to see reviews of properties in locations where the usual suspects aren’t available! I stayed in the Singular just outside Puerto Natales last year but at ~$1000 per night it’s on the more extravagant side
I'm going to be harsh - if Tiffany and Ben are approximately(?) 900% better at taking pictures of hotel rooms - then they should be posting - why even bother? This and the previous - is TDP worth it? (when you didn't plan it well and blamed the crowds and your expectations) are examples of how the writers can be all over the place on this blog.... I mean how is getting twin beds a con when you booked last minute? And yes Puerto Natales is a destination in itself, or didn't you research the trip? I guess you can say you have been to Patagonia now. Good luck to you all.
The Singular at Puerto Natales is beyond spectacular! We enjoyed a lovely stay there in Jan with brilliant views and 1 hour ride from Torres Del Paine
I found this helpful despite the lack of pictures. Thanks for posting it, and keep em coming!
It's a nice effort to showcase hotels from places where chains have little or no footprint. But I think we need more reviews of chain hotels with hundreds of room please.
Nice reviews @Steph. Thanks for sharing. I admit to quickly falling back to chain hotels and struggle with destinations like a trip to Panama a few years ago where they were not readily available outside the big cities. That used to be my wife's job and she was very good at it! So, any intel on non-chain hotels is helpful to those of us who care.
@_ar you should feel free to skip posts you don't like rather than being nasty.
@AD - If I read a post and don't find it especially useful and feel like saying something I'm going to say it. If anyone needs to admonish me it's Steph, not you - it's not your blog or your post. I already said I was going to be harsh. it's up to her whether I'm being nasty or being constructive. I'm sorry your standards are low.
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I completely disagree. I like to read, and benefit from, posts of trips when the planning hasn’t been perfect/ the experience less than stellar ( not from any schadenfreude perspective, except for Ben’s rare failures, but rather because it’s good to see the ‘warts and all’ view of things)
I found this series interesting and rewarding, although my experience of Patagonia is limited to Bruce Chatwin’s book.
@_ar *saying* you're going to be harsh is not a free pass to be harsh or rude, which is what you were. Comments can be negative and constructive or negative and rude. You were the latter.
I commented because we are ALL responsible for making this a better place to be. Next time be constructive. And here's a hint, if you start by saying you're going to be harsh, you're not being constructive. One can provide feedback and still be nice. Imagine that you're talking to someone you know and care about and who knows who you are and then write your feedback.
@Steph: At least once you are referring to a hotel rate “with tax”. Why did you pay tax on hotel accomodation in Chile? Foreign visitors are excempt from VAT on hotel accomodation in Chile. All you need to do is to show your passport and the PDI slip you received at immigration when checking into your hotel.