Hotels
One block away from the center of Times Square is the InterContinental New York. It is nearly everything I want in a hotel but it is most fitting for someone who wants to see Times Square and all the action -and in typical New York Style.
My preferences are almost always for modern rather than antique, location rather than having large rooms and high floors. Given the situation, we were on a floor that was high enough, as the view is what...
Recently I've heard that IHG, who is notorious for denying valid BRGs, has been approving them. A Best Rate Guarantee is a guarantee that promotes booking on one website over another. This is great because 1) given that everyone nowadays has a BRG it makes it easy to snag one and 2) there are some great compensations for calling a hotel out on it's guarantee.
Basically, if you find a lower...
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We visited Hong Kong 3 times in the last year or so and the last time we were there we stayed at the Courtyard Marriott. It was a very pleasant surprise. It managed to be the nicest courtyard, by far, that I've ever seen... with the smallest rooms I ever saw. Tiny! But it was still awesome. There aren't too many Courtyard hotels (that I'm aware of) that are considered 4 star hotels. This one certainly is.
For some reason this hotel has been on my list for a long time. Good branding? The Waldorf~Astoria, in the New York City. Or probably a video I saw once of the lobby. To sum it up, the lobby was amazing and the rooms were 3 star. Let me start optimistic though.
The Waldorf is 50,000 Hilton HHonor points a night (here's a post about all the credit cards that earn HHonors points). Easy come, easy go. Although, now their reward categories are about to change, I thought I'd post...
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