Last May half term, I stayed at the Meliá Cala Galdana hotel in Menorca. It was a great hotel in a fabulous location with top notch service in The Level. Now, as a standard member, points are earned at the rate of 10 per € spent. There is a multiplier as you go up the… Read More MeliáRewards – what are they and how can they help get you cheaper Avios?!
We had booked a stop over in Doha to break up the journey home, and I chose the Hilton because they offered day rooms. The flight from Perth landed at about 0530, so I wanted to be sure that we could get into the room, take a shower and relax as soon as we arrived.… Read More Review: Hilton Doha – a shocking start and a suite end
To continue on my theme for this trip of using redemptions for hotel stays, I chose the InterContinental in Melbourne for our one night stay. I originally booked this using a free night voucher from the Barclaycard credit card, but cancelled and used 55,000 points for this instead because the InterContinental Hong Kong was charging… Read More Review: InterContinental Melbourne
The Pullman Port Douglas Sea Temple Resort was one of only a few chain properties in the area and looked like the best. They had a promotion for a wellness package which included bed and breakfast, two 60-minute massages, a picnic lunch and some welcome amenities. Our four-night stay cost about £800 but this was… Read More Review: The Pullman Port Douglas Sea Temple
The thing about an InterContinental is you know what you are going to get – comfortable surroundings, decent location and attentive staff. Being an Ambassador member means late check out and usually an upgrade to a better room, and being part of the IHG Rewards Club allows pretty decent redemptions. All in all, it is… Read More Review: InterContinental Hong Kong
Every now and then I get round to updating my miles and points redemptions. I have been keeping track for almost 5 years and the results are pretty amazing to me! The breakdown is here, but the headline figures are 118 flights and 47 hotel nights for a total of just over 1.3 million Avios… Read More Miles and points takes me round (and round and round and round) the world
The Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri, set high on the hills surrounding the city is, as I found out, the perfect place to recuperate following an appendectomy. I had booked the hotel using a Barclaycard free night voucher from the Hilton Honors credit card, and had paid for an Imperial Room to give access to the… Read More Review: Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri
There is always something to be said for the Friday night get away from work, whether is it to Rome, Stockholm or, this weekend, back home, to stretch out time and relax. With Inverness as my destination, but unworkable flight times, I took a route I’ve travelled before, consisting of a late flight up to… Read More Aberdeen – the perfect Friday night getaway gateway
In looking for a hotel for my school trip, I needed to find one with as many separate beds in a rooms as possible to reduce costs. Many American hotels will have 2 doubles, but I wanted more, and the Yotel was the answer to my searching. Located on 42nd and 10th, it is in… Read More Review: Yotel New York
In the last year, Madrid has become a common transit point for me. It benefits from being the home station of Iberia’s extensive route network, and so was the perfect place to pick up an exEU trip earlier this year to St Martin via Miami, as well as to get onto LAN’s 787 Dreamliner service… Read More Review: Hilton Hotel Madrid Airport
