Hotels
Soaring above the ever growing skyline of one of China's most famous cities, the Park Hyatt Shanghai is located on floors 79 to 93 of the Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC). Both the Park Hyatt and the SWFC are symbols of design, luxury and prosperity in Asia. The location of this great hotel makes it one of the most unique hotels on earth.
From first opening in fall 2008 til the recent opening of the Ritz Carlton Hong Kong, the Park Hyatt remained the tallest hotel in the world and the tallest building in China. The growing buildings of the...
Read moreThis is a post comparing the 8 best hotel rewards programs. It is not a complete list of all hotel programs but these are the main ones and this is designed to help you decide what hotel program to start using, to transfer to points, to sign up for a credit card or it may teach you something about a program you already have points with. (I just want to note that credit cards giving frequent flyer miles are way more valuable than hotel points but for those of us who have all the airline credit cards, well... hotel points...
Read moreLast week I went over different Best Rate Guarantees and while Marriottʼs isnʼt the best it is a very do-able guarantee. Marriottʼs policy is that if you book through Marriott and find a better price elsewhere, your price will be matched and discounted 25%. You must have “a completed Claim Form submitted, within 24 hours of your initial reservation. Your claim must also be submitted no later than 24 hours before your check-in time.” This is no joke. I donʼt even bother with corporate codes.
Simply book your hotel, find the cheaper rate on Kayak or something then fill out their price match form. In it...
Read moreThis week I got wonderful news from my baby sister: she works for a hotel now! Okay, she's not a baby anymore and wonderful might be a bit of an exaggeration. Regardless, she could count on one family member being excited. As soon as she told me I was researching all the details of her benefits... really I mean discounts.
Jenny, A.K.A baby sister, just moved to Arkansas and I have no idea how long she sees herself living there. In any case, I've already brainstormed a few years of vacation time involving Hilton, her new employer. I'll fly her...
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