Traveling For Miles
Review: Grand Hyatt Berlin (a very good hotel in an excellent location)
Berlin is a city that has fascinated me for years. It's steeped in 20th century history from the rise of fascism, to the second world war, to the post-war airlift, to the division of the city in 1961, to the fall of Communism in 1989 and the reunification of Germany...
Frequent Miler
The Ben Marriott Autograph Collection: Bottom Line Review
I’m finally getting around to writing some hotel reviews I should have written long ago. In December, 2025, just after Christmas, my wife and I visited her family in southeast Florida. We spent our first two nights at The Ben, which is in downtown West Palm Beach. We would have...
Traveling For Miles
Review: InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay (small rooms, nice location)
On a recent visit to Singapore, I had planned to spend my three nights at the Grand Hyatt Singapore, but an expiring IHG Free Night Certificate and a great points rate at the InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay (38,250 points/night) persuaded me to split my trip into a 1-night stay with...
No Work All Travel
Hotel Review: Chatrium Hotel Riverside Bangkok
Disclaimer: In exchange for a review, I was invited to stay at the Chatrium Hotel Riverside Bangkok. After a nice stay at the Chatrium Grand Bangkok earlier this year, I was eager to give the Chatrium Hotel Riverside Bangkok a glance. You could say I was looking forward to this...
Frequent Miler
Hotel 50 Bowery, New York City (JdV by Hyatt): The best “value” Hyatt in NYC?
Last month, my wife and I made a brief stop in New York City on our way to a longer trip in the Canadian Maritimes. We both prefer to stay in Lower Manhattan when we’re in the city, as we enjoy the neighborhoods more than Midtown. For awhile now, I’ve...
Live and Let’s Fly
I Paid €24 To Stay In An 8-Bed Hostel In Brussels. What Was I Thinking?
Sometimes I wonder what has happened to me in my old age. What could possibly compel a grown man to book a €24 bed in a n 8-person hostel when a perfectly respectable Hyatt-affiliated hotel was available nearby? Let me at least try to explain the logic. What Is Wrong...
Traveling For Miles
A look at a King Suite at the Andaz West Hollywood
We published a full review of the Andaz West Hollywood in the not too distant past, so I'm not going to go over old ground. That review, however, covered a King Bed Sunset Boulevard View room, so as I recently saw the inside of one of the property's suites, a...
