Courtyard

Marriott has done a great job of establishing Courtyard by Marriott’s place in the travel market. A favorite of business travelers, with a spacious lobby with plenty of seating, including…

When we were flying home from Iceland to JFK Airport, we weren’t scheduled to arrive until 7 PM. It would be almost impossible to arrange for a connecting flight to…

As it’s been said before, IT is hard. Between human error, tech glitches, and unforeseen loopholes, travelers have learned over the years how to hack the system. Some of these…

While you’re sitting at home and dreaming about travel, it makes sense that you’d spend some time looking at how much those trips will cost. While dream trips used to…

The purpose of these “look back” posts at the end of the year is two-fold. They give you a reminder about our trips of the past year but more importantly…

Happy Sunday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like,…

We’ve stayed at several hotels in Manhattan around the theater district. We’ve gone fancy, like the time we stayed at the Waldorf=Astoria and we’ve gone for the best value when…

We just finished our first stay at a Courtyard by Marriott as newly minted Marriott Bonvoy Platinum members. Not being accustomed to having any type of status, I checked the…

Here we are, at the end of 2018. When looking back at our hotel stays from the past year, I get a sense of how we traveled and how it…

Sharon and I have stayed at some really fancy hotels. A few of them even made my list of the most memorable places we’ve ever stayed. While all of these…