We had one night in London, as we were arriving at around 3PM from Bucharest, and were departing the next day at around 12PM to New York. We were going back and forth about whether to stay in the city or near the airport. Eventually we decided to just…
We spent our last night in Romania at the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel. As much as I loved some of the smaller properties we stayed at, I was kind of happy to be back at a major chain hotel for a night with easy access to coffee, a great shower,…
Our fifth (and last) night in Transylvania was spent in the town of Sinaia. Below Tiffany will share why she chose this property, and then I’ll share my review. While I looked at hotels in Brasov, in plotting out our activities and the distances between…
We've invented a new game on this road trip, having exhausted our previous car-ride favorite of Airport Code Jumble, and while I don't have a catchy name quite yet, the theme is "Name Hotels That Were Literally The Worst." I'm not quite admitting to…
Our fourth night in Transylvania was spent in the city of Sighisoara at Casa Savri, which was possibly our favorite hotel of the trip. Below Tiffany will share why she chose this property, and then I'll share my review. I debated whether or not to plan…
The next stop on our Transylvanian road trip was in the cute town of Copsa Mare. As usual, I'll let Tiffany share the booking process, and then I'll share my thoughts on the experience as such. One of the things I wanted to do on this trip was spend…
We spent our second night in Romania in Sibiu, so I'll let Tiffany share why we stayed where we did, and then I'll share my take on the hotel. Sibiu has quite a few hotels, ranging from large conference-style properties to guesthouses with just a couple…
We were spending a total of six nights in Romania, and would be changing hotels every night (apparently that's how road trips work?). Of those six nights we spent five in Transylvania, and a total of four of those five nights were in boutique hotels…
After an awesome weekend in Aspen at the new W Hotel, it was time to head back home. We were flying into and out of Denver, and due to the flight schedules we decided to spend a night in Denver on the way back to avoid a redeye. Neither of us had spent…
The W Aspen opened in late August 2019, and is the first new hotel in Aspen in about 25 years. That's exciting, since this presents an opportunity to redeem points in one of the most popular (and expensive) ski destinations in the US. I'd note that the…
To finish off our trip we spent three nights in Cape Town. To be honest, I really struggled with where to stay in Cape Town: -- In general I value luxury hotels much more highly in secluded places rather than cities, since I don't spend that much time…
We were so sad to leave Singita Boulders after an incredible three days, though the fun wasn't over, as we were then headed to Singita Lebombo, considered by many to be the "flagship" Singita property. As mentioned in the previous installment, Singita…
Spoiler alert: Singita Boulders is my favorite hotel experience ever, and I'm not sure how I'm ever expected to go back to Amans. ;) None of us had ever been on safari before, so suffice to say that we were super excited. When we were trying to decide…
We landed from Paris at around 10AM, and were departing the next morning at 10:30AM. We were in South Africa to go on safari, but rather than continuing to our first camp immediately, we decided to first spend a night in Johannesburg: -- Given that safari…
I had to be in New York for meetings earlier this summer, and decided to take the opportunity to check out some of the new World of Hyatt properties in the city, starting with The Beekman, a Thompson Hotel. The Beekman is a Category 6 property for World…
We had two nights in Paris, and I decided to book the Park Hyatt Paris for that time. I reviewed this hotel a bit over a year ago, so won't be writing a full review this time. Rather I'll focus on the rooms we received (which were different than last…
We had a great time in Santorini last summer, so this summer we decided to visit Mykonos. We decided to book Santa Marina, which is a Marriott Luxury Collection property, using points. Hotel rates in Mykonos are crazy-high in summer. Not because the…
On this trip I had a day and a half in Bangkok. I arrived at around 10AM, and my flight the next night was at around midnight. Bangkok is one of the best cities in the world when it comes to reasonably priced luxury hotels, so I was looking forward to…
I've heard many people suggest that Aman Tokyo is the world's best city hotel. I was skeptical, especially after our disappointing stay at Amanemu. I was also curious how the Aman concept, which is so heavily based on nature and seclusion, would translate…
We had a total of four nights in Tokyo, and decided to split our time between two popular hotels, so I could review them: -- We spent our first two nights at the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo, as I'm trying to review more Ritz-Carltons now that Marriott Bonvoy…
Historically Amans have been my favorite hotels in the world. I used to find that the group consistently delivered unparalleled experiences, and I've gone out of my way to stay at their hotels, and even plan trips around them. Unfortunately my opinion…
