I just finished up another stay at the Fairmont Lake Louise and I thought it was about time I write up a review of the property. Unfortunately, as of today it is no longer possible to apply for a Fairmont Credit Card by Chase and get two free nights as …
So for the longest time I considered the Grand Hyatt DFW to be the best airport hotel in North America. The hotel is inside the terminal, quiet, has classy accommodations, and is available on points (and the annual free night certificate).
On a more recent trip to Canada, during the Labor Day weekend, hotel room rates were absurdly high (over $400 per night) and I decided to just sleep in my car for the entire weekend. After all, it’s just easier to park next to your photography location rather than drive …
While staying in Canmore on my last visit to Banff, my family stayed at an Airbnb located in the Summit at Grand Rockies Condo Complex. As usual Airbnb offers great value compared to hotels especially in popular destinations like Banff during the summer. And there was absolutely no way to …
A recent trip to the City saw me trying to redeem the remaining IHG points in my account from writing out all those post cards before they expired. I was surfing for hotels to stay in NYC and stumbled upon the Hotel Indigo Lower East Side, which looked like it …
I woke up this morning to a very odd email from Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program. If it weren’t for all the graphics and interesting spin to the email, I would actually think it is some kind of spam message from the competition saying the Velocity program is a …
As I gear up for yet another trip to my favorite landscape in North America, the Canadian Rockies, I realized that I have never done a trip report or photography tour of them. Can’t believe I’ve let my readers down so badly despite promising a lot more.
On a recent trip to New Zealand I had the “pleasure” of visiting the incredibly packed United Global First Lounge at San Francisco’s Intl Terminal. The flight to Auckland left at an incredibly late hour when there were no other lounges available in the vicinity.
While connecting at SFO, we stumbled upon the United Arrivals Lounge in Terminal 3 (after customs). The lounge is a rarity when it comes to lounges in the U.S let alone the United lounge network. It is perhaps the only Airline Arrivals Lounge in the U.S unless there is a …
Boarding began promptly at 4:30pm for our flight to San Francisco. We were actually one of the last ones to board the aircraft because the flight was almost empty and because I was busy reviewing the United Club. This flight was on a United 747 (which have since been retired).
