World Traveller 73 About
An executive based in Vancouver, Canada, he enjoys maximizing the use of airline and hotel award points in order to “Upgrade Your Travels”. His travels have led him to over 75 countries and over 1,000,000 miles flown. When he’s not on the road, he can often be found in his second adopted home in Whistler, Canada. He chronicles his personal and business travel adventures, advice, upgrade tips, tricks and secrets here…
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The Nines – A Luxury Collection Hotel had been on my list of properties to try for quite a while; well back to the days of the Starwood Preferred Guest program. However, perhaps I waited a little bit too long into the Marriott Bonvoy evolution of the loyalty program in order to test this property out. My stay was marked with getting locked out of my room during an event; read on… Read More
My first day of wine tasting in the Willamette Valley of Oregon was marked with a call to Argyle Winery. The commercial facility was large enough to accomodate walk ins without an appointment, and also offered a variety of decorated Wine Spectator rated wines. With a long winery history, Argyle Winery became my first exposure to tasting experiences of Oregon’s World Class Pinot Noir wines. Argyle Winery, Willamette Valley: Tasting Oregon Pinot… Read More
This is a brief story of a quick extended weekend trip that occured close to my home town in Vancouver, Canada. I ended up planning a last minute weekend getaway to Mount Hood, Oregon, United States of America to get in a little summer skiing. This was quite an impromptu trip where I decided to head off just two days prior to the trip itself. This trip would allow me to re-experience… Read More
After a reward trip on Singapore Airlines Business Class, we had one last positioning flight to return home. The last flight of our trip had returning to Canada on a last Air Canada transborder segment departing out of Los Angeles. Our Air Canada flight was on their newest Boeing 737 Max product in Air Canada Business Class. Read on to see how our transborder business class experience was… Review: Air Canada Business… Read More
Within the technology app space, there are quite a few applications for your smart phone that make travel easier. One of my recent favourites has been “App in the Air”, which allowed for airline tracking much like Trip It. Unfortunately, we’ve received news that App in the Air has decided to cease operations. This takes effect almost immediately, with another thirty days provided to export your data. App in the Air’s Final… Read More
My return to North America was on Singapore Airlines Business Class on their newest Airbus 350-900. Much like my flight into Singapore, the flight had many highs and lows. The highs included a great food and beverage list, world class service and great entertainment. Whereas, the low points included a very cumbersome and dated seat, along with ergonomics that were just simply challenging and puzzling. Review: Singapore Airlines Business Class A350-900, Los… Read More
Our departing flight on Singapore Airlines from Singapore afforded us access to Singapore Airlines’ flagship business class lounge at Singapore’s Changi International Airport. With a number of lounges available to it’s travellers, Singapore Airlines offers its best business class lounge offering with this Singapore Airlines SilverKris Lounge. Our visit to the Singapore Airlines SilverKris lounge allowed us to explore its wonderful features, which includes an extensive buffet, a terrific cocktail list, and… Read More
With the Ko Samui – Thailand airport offering a duopoly choice between Bangkok Airways and fly Scoot Airways operated by Singapore Airlines, we ended up flying Bangkok Airways Singapore to Ko Samui return. We would experience a mostly old school no nonsense flight experience, that included complementary seat selection, a free meal with wine, and free checked baggage. Read on to see how her experience was on “Asia’s Boutique Airline“. Review: Bangkok… Read More
Bangkok airways is described as “Asia’s boutique airline”. As an independent carrier that’s not attached to any international airline alliance, we would get our opportunity to fly them for the first time on our flights to and from Ko Samui, Thailand. Bangkok Airways operates a business lounge network called the Blue Ribbon Lounge. Our experience would allow us to test out the Blue Ribbon lounge courtesy of Priority Pass at their departing… Read More
The Mu Ko Ang Thong Marine Park is located just off the island of Ko Samui. Marking an archipelago of 42 individual islands, the Ang Thong marine park offers many areas to explore, along with some neat geographic features. We visited the Ang Thong Marine Park on a day journey from Ko Samui, taking in a solid swim, several beaches, a kayak and several viewpoints along with a hike up 450m in… Read More
The island of Ko Samui has a historic fishing area called Fishermans Village – Ko Samui. It’s become the islands dining pedestrian oriented street where you can get all kinds of restaurants, shopping experiences and the occasional Thai massage. Our visit to Fishermans village had us enjoying two different dinners at sunset. This write up of our experience shows you what to expect when you visit Fishermans Village. Dining at Fisherman’s Village,… Read More
The W Ko Samui would mark our second stay at a W Resort in the South East Asian Indian Sub Continent zone. Our six days stay at the W Ko Samui would have us enjoying a terrific Marriott Bonvoy upgrade to an Ocean Front Haven Villa, a large private space that we could relax in for complete privacy, and a villa that was located steps from pleasant beach along with nearby beach… Read More
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