Hyatt Regency Tysons Corner Review
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[…]
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Hyatt Regency Monterey: A Dose of Mediocrity.
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[…]
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Andaz Napa Review
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[…]
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Recent Stay Update
Since returning from the Maldives, we’ve been on a few adventures. All of these hotels I have already reviewed, however, so I’ll share only a select few highlights. Hyatt Carmel Highlands: August 5th-6th, Points +Cash[…]
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The BIG Question: Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa or Conrad Maldives Rangali Island
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[…]
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Dubai and the Maldives: Trip Summary & The Numbers
15 Hotel Nights, 45 and a half hours in the air, and over 18,000 miles, our trip was one for the books. Prior to our trip we spent $1920 for 104,000 Hyatt points, $750 for[…]
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Day Twenty-Four: Hyatt Regency San Francisco Embarcadero Review
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[…]
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Day Twenty-Three Part 2: Turkish Airlines Business Class B777-300 IST-SFO summary.
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[…]
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We applied for HOW MANY credit cards this week!?
My number #1 rule of vacationing is to never start a vacation without having the next one in the works. We’re coming up on this years “big one” pretty soon, and I’m excited to share[…]
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Day Twenty-Three Part 1: Turkish Airlines IST Lounge Summary, 6 hours in Istanbul.
Given all we had planned for the day, it was nice to feel well rested after an overnight flight on Turkish Business class. Almost as nice was that we’d be able to drop off unneeded[…]
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