Trips
Today we got upgraded to the biggest room in the Radisson Suites Bangkok. It's an awesome room I must say.
I pretty much followed all the steps I gave in my post on how to get room upgrades at hotels.
We checked in at 1pm again and I'm only staying 1 night, unfortunately. Though I'm seriously considering doing a bait-and-switch, as they say. They give you the upgrade possibly because you're only staying one night and therefore they can still sell it the next night. But if I book another night, usually if you book the same type of room...
Read moreI knew this day would come but it was more stressful than I would have imagined. A perfect storm I guess. And when I make mistakes, they tend to be big. But... maybe I’m overreacting. Judge for yourself.
Right now (as I’m typing) we are suppose to be landing in Bangkok. Then we will wait and meet my wife’s college roommate from freshman year. I have yet to meet her but that exchange should be done soon instead of my sitting here in Sri Lanka. The ticket was purchased using British Airways miles on a Cathay flight and there isn’t...
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In many business cities Marriott owns apartment-like hotels, often booked for longer periods of time. Although they are Marriott owned they come with considerably less perks for reward members. Therefore, if you are booking longer stays you have to choose between an apartment-like room, complete with kitchen and a washing machine or the perks you get as a rewards member.
A room at the Mayfair Executive Suites in Bangkok is commonly priced $110-200 for...
Read moreIt's been hard to update since we landed in Sri Lanka a few days ago for a number of reasons, mostly the strikes. In fact, it's been hard to take public transit because that was on strike up until yesterday. But today we are moving freely about the island and I hope it will be over by the time we need to fly out in one week.
Essentially the people of Sri Lanka are in agreement that the goverment is crazy. They tell me so. But the when the government, who controls the price of petrol raised prices nearly 50% the...
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