This post has been pending for 6 years for some reason, so I figured it was time to get it moving and out there. I made the booking for the hotel via Agoda.com, and after looking around for a while I settled at the GrandVrio resort for my 48 hours visit. However, I was arriving at 5 am, and checking out at 2:30 am, so I had to book the room for 3 nights to be sure it was available.
Continue reading “Review – Hotel GrandVrio resort, Saipan”Review – Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, Hong Kong, November 2021.
Having completed 21 days quarantine stay at 4 Points by Sheraton in Tung Chung a couple of months earlier, I decided to book 4 nights at this hotel to finally get some status with Marriott. I only needed 4 more nights to become a gold member – not the biggest deal in the world, but some status is always better than none 😀
Continue reading “Review – Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, Hong Kong, November 2021.”Review – 4 Points by Sheraton, Da Nang, Vietnam, September 2023
When I traveled to Da Nang in September 2023, I stayed 2 nights at the 4 Points by Sheraton, Da Nang. A full trip report can be found here. I booked a standard room online through the Marriott Bonvoy app, and the total price for 2 nights came to 5.230.000 VND (around 200 USD.).
Continue reading “Review – 4 Points by Sheraton, Da Nang, Vietnam, September 2023”48 hours in Da Nang, Vietnam, September 2023
This was my 4th time visiting Vietnam, and first time visiting Da Nang. I spent most of 2023 traveling to the Philippines to see my family there, but a couple of times I was not able to find suitable tickets on my days off to go there, so I had a few chances to explore other destinations instead. This trip gave me 48 hours to explore Da Nang, Vietnam, a place I didn’t know much about before I went there, but I was very pleasantly surprised!
Continue reading “48 hours in Da Nang, Vietnam, September 2023”2024 – a year of travel in review.
2024 was a year when travel around the world finally was hassle-free again, and a lot of old routes and frequencies were re-installed. Traffic volume at HKIA was also steadily recovering, and there were lot of options for traveling. However, I still wasn’t able to complete a lot of my travel goals, so hopefully I will be better at it this coming year, but probably not.
Continue reading “2024 – a year of travel in review.”Quick re-cap – living at the Cordis hotel Hong Kong
As part of my covid-restriction and reaction I was living in hotels from January 2022 onwards, and one of the hotels I stayed at was the Cordis Hotel in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Living in a hotel is very different from being a short term guest, and as such I will not make a review, but rather post a few pictures for my own memories only.
Continue reading “Quick re-cap – living at the Cordis hotel Hong Kong”Review – Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Luxury Collection, January 2023
With Covid restrictions finally lifted in Hong Kong in October 2022, it was time to go traveling a little bit again (although mostly to see my family), but I did manage a quick trip to Bangkok to meet up with a good friend there as well.
Continue reading “Review – Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Luxury Collection, January 2023”Hotel Review – Manila Marriott Hotel, September 2024
I had finally reached Ambassador status with Marriott Bonwoy, and that came in handy for this trip. I had some business to attend to, so had booked one night (for 38.000 points) at the Marriott Manila hotel from September 1 to 2, 2024. However, late at night the day before I was traveling, I got an email saying my reservation was canceled with no explanation.
Continue reading “Hotel Review – Manila Marriott Hotel, September 2024”Quarantine hotel review – 4 Points by Sheraton, Tung Chung, Hong Kong, 3 nights in a suite, August 2022
This was my 3rd time doing quarantine in Hong Kong, and while most of the world had already moved on, in August 2022 Hong Kong still insisted on 3 nights in quarantine for all arrivals.
-Date of stay: August 22-25, 2022
– Room booked: Standard room with City Views
– Room given: One=bedroom suite with ocean / airport view, rooms 1621 and 1623.
– Price: 1050 HKD per night, including 3 meals.
As I have more thorough review from my earlier and longer stays at the 4 Points during the quarantine-era in Hong Kong I will just limit this review to the room itself.
Continue reading “Quarantine hotel review – 4 Points by Sheraton, Tung Chung, Hong Kong, 3 nights in a suite, August 2022”Quick Hotel Review – JW Marriott Hong Kong, June 28th – July 2nd 2022.
I was at this time a long term resident at the Renaissance Harbour View in Hong Kong, but due to a delegation of VIPs coming to Hong Kong for a visit, the hotel was not available for us plebs during those four days, so I was asked to move to either the Sheraton in TST or the JW Marriott in Admiralty instead. As the Sheraton was under renovation and warned there might be a lot of noise, I choose the JW Marriott for the 4 nights that was needed. The price was a special rate of 1200 HKD plus 10% service charge, so in total 1320 HKD per night.
Continue reading “Quick Hotel Review – JW Marriott Hong Kong, June 28th – July 2nd 2022.”