Hotels

I recently wrote about how an email from MGM Rewards offering comp rooms got me to book a trip to Las Vegas. This offer made me look at other casino…

It doesn’t take a whole lot of searching to find restaurants that have health and safety violations. Most are basic violations that can be easily fixed, such as not having…

The Marriott Bonvoy program’s Terms and Conditions webpage scrolls on seemingly forever. When your program encompasses dozens of different brands worldwide, there are endless exceptions and carve-outs that need to…

Anyone who has traveled more than a few times, or just done a really good study of review sites like TripAdvisor, realizes that some hotel chains are simply better than…

When Legoland Florida opened in Winter Haven, Florida in 2011, I was shaking my head. Located 1 hour from all of the other Central Florida themeparks, I wondered how many…

A while back, we posted a piece about why, at the time, CNN was played on so many airport televisions. It made for a lot of (happily, respectful) discussion about…

Marriott sets the bar pretty low regarding perks for elite members. However, some hotels manage to underperform and not provide the few things that are promised. With our Platinum status,…

The saga over mini-toiletries in hotel rooms has been going on for years. It started when hotels decided to do away with the little bottles in favor of bulk dispensers.…

I’ve been able to score countless upgrades in hotels using this trick. It’s totally legal, amazingly easy to do and doesn’t throw off my moral compass. Even those who are…

When you go on vacation, there’s always a possibility that you might come down with something. Even before COVID started, lots of people would catch a cold while they were…