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We don’t often make a point of staying at Four Points by Sheraton hotels in our personal lives. I get a pretty steady frequency of them on my work travel circuit around various towns throughout Canada. I needed 2 last nights for renewing the next year’s Marriott Bonvoy status. When I looked at the cheapest Marriott Hotel property in the Vancouver area, this property or the Four Points by Sheraton Vancouver Airport… Read More

There is a silver of warmth in British Columbia in the southern center of the province called the Okanagan. The center of this warmth is the city of Kelowna, which sees vacationers inundate the area during the summer months. The winter seasons see cool weather and occasional snows. While there are a variety of family motels and lower end hotels, the Delta Hotels by Marriott is the only major resort franchise in… Read More

We had an overnight on our trip back thanks to a routing via the East Coast of the United States. With Star Alliance occupying most of the territory in Newark, we ended up overnighting in New Jersey for a brief 10 hours. We ended up at the Marriott Hotel located at Newark international Airport. While it wasn’t an exotic experience, it was pretty straightforward and the most convenient option available. This post… Read More

Our time at the Westin Playa Conchal was divided between the resort area and the beach area. For our time spent at the beach area and areas around the hotel of the Westin Playa Conchal, please follow along here. For our experiences spent at the hotel area, please see the Westin Playa Conchal Resort. This post is one chapter on our trip to Costa Rica. This trip was booked and credited to… Read More

Our time at the Westin Playa Conchal was divided between the resort area and the beach area. For our time spent at the hotel and resort area of the Westin Playa Conchal, please follow along here. For our experiences spent at the beach area, please see the Westin Playa Conchal Beach and surrounding area. This post is one chapter on our trip to Costa Rica. This trip was booked and credited to… 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

With the year in 2020 coming to an anticipated close, as it some times happens, I was short a few night credits for renewing next year’s Marriott Bonvoy status. Even though Marriott was offering roll over elite status for the year 2021, I was only a few nights short of qualifying for Titanium status again. Not knowing how Marriott was going to calculate status for 2022 as a result of the worldwide… Read More

On our way back from the United Arab Emirates and the Maldives, we had a two day stopover in Qatar. You never know when your travels will bring you back so it’s important to take advantage of these opportunities if you can. We ended up at the Marriott Doha Hotel located near the old Doha International Airport for a convenient two day stay. While not the newest property, it make up for… Read More

Among life’s bucket list items are unique experiences that you can only do every now and then. My travel list happened to include staying in an overwater villa. The Park Hyatt Park Water Villa was built over top of a thriving house reef packed with coral fish. It was an excellent stay experience and something to experience at least once. This post is one chapter in our trip to the United Arab… Read More

Our time at the Park Hyatt Maldives was exotic, contemporary and idyllic at the same time. At one time, The Park Hyatt Maldives was one of the only points properties in the Maldives and is still well worth the effort to get there. I’ve split up our stay experience into three parts, the Resort and and Park Villa (this review), the The Park Hyatt Maldives Overwater Villa (and the world class house… Read More

We set off our arrival in the Maldives by a short stay at the Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort and Spa. While this was a convenient resort to the airport, it wasn’t necessarily the experience that you’d expect when travelling all the way to the Maldives. Despite this, it was a great transfer hotel and we’d easily stay here again if the rates were competitive. This post is one chapter in our… Read More

With two nights in Abu Dhabi, we were looking for some well placed accommodation that also offered resort like features. We ended up at the dated Sheraton Abu Dhabi, which is situated just off the corniche. The hotel was satisfactory for a leisure stay, but wasn’t all too inspiring as compared to the many other hotels in Abu Dhabi that were likely more interesting. This post is one chapter in our trip… Read More