Category: Reviews

As part of our quest to achieve Explorist status for 2018 and to achieve a “Brand Explorer” award, KimPro and I made reservations for three separate hotel stays.  The first was at the Hyatt Centric[…]

As the end of the year approaches, we’ve made the decision to mattress run for Explorist Status with Hyatt.  This will get us 4 passes for club lounge access which we can use over the[…]

I’m confident my reviews of this hotel are getting sordid, so here are the basics of our stay this time around: We booked 2 days in advance so we could get out of town (Sacramento),[…]

While planning a trip to visit family in Northern Virginia this year, I decided to book 2 nights at the Hyatt Regency Tysons Corner. I booked this category 3 hotel using a points+cash rate at a[…]

My first experience with Hyatt Globalist Status was an unexpected trip to the Hyatt Regency Monterey.  We utilized our Hyatt Visa annual free night on this same-day booking.  We pay an annual fee for that[…]

While I’ve been eyeing the Andaz Napa for quite sometime, I could never quite justify it for a stay.  Reviews on the property have been lackluster, and rates typically high.  I decided to pull the[…]

Kim and I went back on forth while planning our trip to the Maldives on whether we’d visit the Conrad or the Park Hyatt. On one hand, Conrad boasted lots of activities including whale shark[…]

From the lap of luxury and exotic locales, we found ourselves back on solid ground at San Francisco International airport. Our shuffle through baggage claim and then through customs was fairly painless, maybe in part[…]

Our re-admittance to the airport went a lot more smoothly than our exit.  After going through security right at the entrance, we found our way back up to the main terminal, and were able to[…]

We arrived at the gate approximately 30 minutes before departure time. I was discouraged by the crowd that had already formed, thinking I would be relegated to boarding behind everyone. But lo and behold the[…]