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Around the World Award Ticket

July 23, 2022September 17, 2015

In the world of travel blogging, I am still one of the new kids on the block. While I have been collecting miles for 15 years, I only got serious about it less than a year ago. After many credit cards and flights, I decided it is time to book … Read more

Weekend in Beijing – Part 2: 44 Hours

July 23, 2022May 28, 2015

Weekend in Beijing This post is continued from an earlier post. Read Weekend in Beijing – Part 1: Getting to China My flight landed in Beijing at 2:00pm local time on Friday evening. My return flight was to take off at 10:00am on Sunday. I knew I didn’t want to … Read more

Weekend in Beijing – Part 1: Getting to China

June 20, 2021May 27, 2015

Weekend in Beijing A few months back I got in on the sub-$500 round trip ticket to Beijing from Washington DC in American Airlines Business Class. I purchased the tickets; and then purchased my positioning flight to DC from Seattle which ended up costing (slightly) more than the ticket to … Read more

Park Hyatt Beijing Review

July 23, 2022May 25, 2015

I stayed at the beautiful Park Hyatt Beijing for two nights on my quick mileage run to China. I debated between the Park and Grand Hyatt. The Grand Hyatt is located near Wangfujing; the pedestrian street with shopping and food stalls and not far from the Forbidden City. The Park … Read more

Hyatt Flash Sale – SE Asia Summer 2015

May 19, 2015May 18, 2015

For two days, you can book a room at Hyatt South East Asia properties during the Hyatt Flash Sale at up to 40% off. Full payment is due at booking and reservations are non-refundable per the Terms and Conditions. Deal ends May 21 at 11:00pm Singapore Time (11:00am EST/8:00am PST). Good for travel through August 31, 2015. Use offer code SEAF when booking.

It seems that most (all?) of the prices for the Hyatt Flash Sale include breakfast. Although I haven’t stayed at the Hyatt, Siem Reap is a great city to visit if you want to see the temples of Angkor Watt. For $174 a night (with availability for most of the summer) this is a good deal for this high end property, however you can find rooms for much cheaper if you avoid chains in Cambodia.

Make sure you compare it to other offers when booking: you may be able to find a cheaper rate (although it may not include breakfast, but if you are a Diamond member you already get free breakfast). For example, at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok I found a night in July that was cheaper with the “Special Escape” rate than the “Sea Flash Sale”. This is definitely a case of “Your Mileage May Vary”.

More info at hyatt.com

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Solo Travel to Cambodia

April 8, 2015

One way to approach solo travel is to plan a trip to a location where a friend lives. This way you can experience the best of both worlds; having a connection to base your travels off of while at the same time getting to explore in your own way. This is how I approached my solo travel to Cambodia.

Solo Trave to Cambodia — Angkor Wat Temple

A friend of mine moved to Cambodia in 2010 to teach English to college students. I had been to Vietnam (on a group trip) a few years before and was interested in seeing Cambodia. Visiting my friend was a win/win — I was able to spend some time with her while also being able to stay at her apartment and have her show me some of the country.

I planned a two week trip. The first week was over her school break and the second week was while she was working. My plan was to spend the first week with her; seeing Phnom Penh with an ex-pat local. The next week I would do some travels on my own while she was back at work — including a trip to Siem Reap to see the Temple of Angkor Wat.