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Despite moving all around Canada, and heavy travel across the North American business travel circuit, the picturesque town of Lake Louise had escaped my travel patterns for a substantial period of time. When my travel plans took me to Calgary for a week, and since MrsWT73 had never visited Lake Louise, it seemed like a great opportunity to rediscover Lake Louise, Canada with a stay at the Fairmont Château Lake Louise. Review:… Read More

In honour of a local girls weekend in celebration of a special birthday, I ended up at the Fairmont Pacific Rim for a weekend stay. The Fairmont Pacific Rim is one of Vancouver’s most luxurious hotel properties, and is the crown in the Fairmont portfolio for the city of Vancouver. We would end up having a luxurious stay, complimented by almost every imaginable amenity. Read on to see what a stay at… Read More

The Fairmont Hotel Brand doesn’t always get a lot of love from frequent travellers thanks to its less than engaging award program. It used to have a stand alone award program called Fairmont President’s Club, until it was absorbed by Accor which has a stronger European foot print. Despite its stand alone independent nature, we ended up with a three day stay at the Fairmont Kea Lani in beautiful Wailea, Maui in… Read More

For our three day stay in the Maasai Mara, we selected the Fairmont Mara Safari Club. We did this as they were easily accessible by air, were able to be partnered with our pre-safari lodging at the Fairmont Norfolk, and thanks to the Fairmont brand, we knew we were going to have a quality stay experience. This post is one chapter on our trip to South Africa, a Safari in the Maasai… Read More

We had a one night stop over in Nairobi, Kenya on our way to the Maasai Mara for a safari. With limited hotel choices in town, we opted for a quality stay with the luxurious Fairmont Norfolk. This hotel was quite impressive for a classic hotel, and exuded everything you’d expect from old world colonial luxury. This post is one chapter on our trip to South Africa, a Safari in the Maasai… Read More

For convenience, we decided to stay at the Fairmont Vancouver International Airport hotel. The hotel is located immediately above the Vancouver International Airport US Trans-Border departures gates. The hotel is super convenient for early morning departures, which are all too frequent from the Pacific Northwest to other parts of the United States. This post is one chapter on our trip to Costa Rica. This trip was booked and credited to Air Canada… Read More