Hotels

Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a retired British ocean liner that was originally built for the Cunard Line of cruise ships. Launched in 1967, she was the last oil-fired passenger …

You’ve probably heard about it and I KNOW you’ve experienced it – EVERYTHING is more expensive nowadays. Whatever the reasons – COVID, the Great Resignation, some employers finally offering living …

It’s a question that’s been going on for decades – if you stay overnight at a hotel, how much should you tip hotel housekeeping staff? We intended to find out. …

While our hotel room at the Grand Hyatt Kauai may not be our favorite room ever (that title still belongs to our suite at the Goldener Hirsch in Austria), it …

Some of Airbnb’s rules have always been, for lack of a better word, “fluid.” For example, for the past several years, Airbnb has had ongoing problems with their rented homes …

It doesn’t take a whole lot of searching to find restaurants that have health and safety violations. Most are basic violations that can be easily fixed, such as not having …

Anyone who has traveled more than a few times, or just done a really good study of review sites like TripAdvisor, realizes that some hotel chains are simply better than …

When Legoland Florida opened in Winter Haven, Florida in 2011, I was shaking my head. Located 1 hour from all of the other Central Florida themeparks, I wondered how many …

A while back, we posted a piece about why, at the time, CNN was played on so many airport televisions. It made for a lot of (happily, respectful) discussion about …

Marriott sets the bar pretty low regarding perks for elite members. However, some hotels manage to underperform and not provide the few things that are promised. With our Platinum status, …