The Numbers don’t lie. I checked, and except for the one year when I was traveling for work and staying at Hiltons (because that’s where work put me, and as …
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The best of the best. That’s what usually comes to mind when you think of luxury hotels that have the best ratings. Everything about those hotels – the property, service …
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Decoding Hotel Towels: Why Some Are Plush While Others Feel Like Sandpaper
by joehegby joehegHotel towels can be quite confusing, as we’ve discovered through our travels around the world. We’ve stayed at fancy hotels that provided towels that felt like sandpaper, while some basic …
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The Global Hyatt Brand is owned by the Pritzker family. What eventually became Marriott International was started, and is still run, by the Marriott family. Although it’s changed hands a …
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Sharon and I disagree about the optimal temperature of a hotel room. While we’ve reached an agreement on the daytime and evening thermostat temperature at home and if/when we’ll turn …
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Erick Tseng is a former Google executive, where, as the Lead Product Manager, he helped launch and grow Android. He then became a bigwig at Facebook; he was hired to …
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If you’ve been reading our blog for a while and haven’t realized it by now, we love staying at interesting hotel properties. Sometimes, that only means that we’ll stay at …
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Exploring Room Configurations: How Two Rooms in the Same Hotel Can Be So Different
by joehegby joehegIt’s become commonplace for people to book their hotel reservations online. Regardless of whether you’re booking through the hotel’s website, a travel portal, or an online travel agency like Expedia, …
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Unless you’re at a hotel that charges hourly rates via cash only and expects payment upfront (you know the kind of place I’m talking about. NOT Marriotts, Hiltons, Hyatts, etc., …
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When you arrive at a hotel and head to your room, there are certain amenities you’ve come to expect. For example, if you’ve booked a room through the hotel’s website …