Hyatt Regency Kiev Review After my visit to Krakow and stay at the Hotel Indigo, I flew to Kiev for a night. I used my Chase free night certificate as the Hyatt Regency Kiev is a Category 4 (typically 15,000 points). While Kiev is a very inexpensive location, the average … Read more
Hotel Indigo Krakow Old Town Review Krakow is a fantastic medieval Polish city and the jumping off location for visits to Auschwitz. The Hotel Indigo is a modern hotel. I booked my four night stay using IHG points. Typically the rooms are 30,000 per night. However I have the IHG … Read more
Párisi Udvar Hotel Budapest Review The Párisi Udvar Hotel in Budapest opened in June 2019, less than a month before my four night stay. Housed in a 100+ year old former office building and shopping arcade, the property went through a four year renovation to reopen as the hotel. The … Read more
Imperial Hotel Tallinn Review Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia located on the Baltic, has a rich history. Throughout the years it has been ruled (or occupied) by Denmark, Sweden, Germany and most recently Russia before regaining independence in 1991. The old town is the charming area that most tourists … Read more
Hotel Indigo Helsinki Boulevard Review After arriving in Helsinki on the Silja Sympony, I had two nights before heading out on to Estonia. During an IHG sale I was able to book the Hotel Indigo for around $90 per night. It is hard to place Hotel Indigo in the IHG … Read more
NOFO Hotel Stockholm Review After three nights in Oslo at the Thon Hotel Cecil, I flew to Stockholm for two nights to explore the city. Chase was running a promotion where I could earn 5x Ultimate Rewards on hotel bookings and decided to try out the NOFO Hotel, a Best … Read more
Thon Hotel Cecil Oslo Review There are very few chain hotels in Norway. The main two are Raddison and Thon Hotels. A few months back I did a status match to Discovery Loyalty Black, their top tier elite status. Thon Hotels is part of Discovery Loyalty. For my three nights … Read more
Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Downtown Review Editor Note: This is the first post by a Single Flyer guest writer! Thank you Lauren for this contribution. I’ve been encouraging my mom to catch up to my number of US states visited, so we planned a trip to Indiana and Kentucky, to snag … Read more
Luxor Tower Premium Room Review I’ve stayed at the Luxor previously in a Pyramid room and overall was not impressed. I had a great offer for a Luxor Tower Premium Room over Memorial Day and decided to give it a try. The rooms are much more modern and recently renovated. … Read more
Caesars Palace Augustus Premium Room Review During my first stay at Caesars, I stayed in a Julius Tower room. For this stay, I paid $20 per night to upgrade to a room in the Augustus Tower. These rooms are the biggest of the base room types at Caesars. Built in … Read more
Hilton Madrid Airport Review With a morning flight departing from Madrid’s airport, I decided to book a room at the Hilton Madrid Airport. I was able to book a room for €107 prepaid, non-refundable. The hotel opened in 2009 and has 284 rooms across their two buildings located a short … Read more
Don’t Rule Out Independent Hotels If you are like me and closely follow other travel folks on Twitter and read FlyerTalk regularly, then you are well aware of the big, national hotel chains: Marriott, Hilton, IHG, and Hyatt. I have branded credit cards and collect points with three of the … Read more
Conrad Algarve Review After two nights in Lisbon, I drove with my mom down to the Algarve. I had an expiring Hilton free night so booked the first night in the region at the Conrad. I had previously stayed at the Conrad Seoul, a business oriented hotel. The Conrad Algarve, … Read more
Casa do Barão Review After a night at the Holiday Inn Express, I moved to the Rick Steves‘ recommended Casa do Barão located in Chiado. A boutique hotel run by two cousins, Casa do Barão is in a refurbished 18th century mansion. Location Casa do Barão is in the quiet … Read more
Holiday Inn Express Lisbon – Av. Liberdade Review The Holiday Inn Express (HIX) chain has become my budget go-to hotel. Outside of the USA, they offer updated properties in good locations. I was pleasantly surprised by the HIX Brisbane. I needed a room for just my first night in Lisbon … Read more
