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”
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.”
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”
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 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.”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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.”