Hotels

Marriott has announced it’s preparing to enter the safari segment in Africa. The international hotel chain as signed an agreement with Baraka Lodges LTD, and the JW Marriott Masai Mara …

Thanks to COVID, our travel patterns in 2020 & 2021 were much different from what we expected. Most importantly, we started to change our mind about vacation rentals, which included …

Hotels spend a lot of time and effort figuring out what guests want. The easiest way to get information is from the post-stay surveys. While these can let a hotel …

There’s so much at the Grand Hyatt Kauai that it was worth more than a single post. I’ve written about our room and how we had one of the best …

I don’t envy people who are in charge of room assignments in hotels. Granted, nowadays it’s computer-based, which makes it easier (this is how they do it, BTW). But there …

“The customer is always right.” Of course, that isn’t always true. The customer may be mistaken. Or have unreasonable expectations. Or inappropriate behavior. There’s a myriad of situations where the …

The atrocious acts that Russia continues in its invasion of Ukraine have been covered by every website and TV station around the world. The list of companies that have chosen …

Most hotels offer a lot of the same amenities. Free bottled water, self-service laundry, Wi-Fi, maybe a gym, etc., are pretty much the norm, more often than not. Other hotels …

When I decided to stay at the Grand Hyatt Kauai, I wasn’t planning on booking a Club Level room. It was only because of my mistake of initially booking the …

When planning our trip to Hawaii, one priority was that we wanted to check out Kauai. We’ve visited Maui, Oahu and the Big Island before so we wanted to visit …