Hotel Reviews

Hotel Reviews – Hyatt Regency Orange County
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Hotel Reviews – Hyatt Regency Orange County

Business takes me to Orange County, California at least a couple of times a year and often many times more.  As such, I’ve become overly familiar with many of the properties affiliated with the four loyalty programs I regularly participate in.  But I like to play favorites and the Hyatt Regency Orange County ends up…

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Hotel Reviews – Hyatt Regency O’Hare

The Hyatt Regency O’Hare is like an old college friend with whom you share distant memories – great for a night of catching up, but not something to plan a vacation around.  I’ve had many stays at this property over the years – sometimes planned, sometimes due to irregular operations.  I’ve found the property to…

Hotel Reviews – DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport
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Hotel Reviews – DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport

If you are looking for Don Draper, you just might find him hiding out in the mid-century modern lair that is the DoubleTree byHilton Hotel Seattle Airport. From arrival to departure, I found myself longing for a sweet vintage dress that would do this property justice. No sarcasm intended – read on…. Arrival I arrived…

Hotel Reviews – Manohara Resort Center of Buddhist Study
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Hotel Reviews – Manohara Resort Center of Buddhist Study

Sometimes it becomes necessary to go far from my typical hotel path. A unique visit to Borobudur was one of those occasions. Yogyakarta is the nearest city to the 8th century Buddhist temple site and over an hour away. One of the unique experiences for this UNESCO World Heritage site is to climb up pre-dawn…

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Hotel Reviews – Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego

One of the benefits of my Hyatt Diamond status is my Hyatt Concierge.  She is the bombdiggity.  I feel that I owe this entire stay at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego to her so it’s worth mentioning that upfront. I was headed to a conference and the hotel was sold out so reservations could only be…

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Introducing Master Pages

I don’t know about you, but I hate having to dig for things on the internet.  While the Googley people love nothing more than to dig for treasure, I prefer to spend my screen time reading. I have a large trip coming up and want to be able to write about it without having to…

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Hotel Reviews – Four Points by Sheraton Sacramento International Airport

The Four Points can be a variable brand – from older properties with a branding-only refresh to new builds, the chain has slowly been building consistency.  This stay at the Four Points by Sheraton Sacramento International Airport highlighted what the brand “could be” with the right hard furnishing. Arrival I pulled into the parking lot…

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Hotel Reviews – TownePlace Suites Richland Columbia Point

I know a hotel stay won’t be dull when I’m greeted by a gentleman walking around the hotel lobby in his boxer shorts.  That was unexpected and also the first impression I had of the TownePlace Suites Richland Columbia Point. As I would quickly learn, nothing about this property was in the realm of the “expected”. …

Hotel Reviews – UPDATE – Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel
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Hotel Reviews – UPDATE – Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel

Last night I had a bit of travel disruption and I ended up in Cleveland instead of Columbus.  I fortunately know my Hyatt and Starwood options here fairly well and as those are the two programs I’m focusing on for Q4 (Hyatt to requalify for Diamond status, Starwood on my quest for nights to make…