Winning Travel Contests

Winning Travel Contests I’ll admit it.  I’m a sucker for a good contest.  I’m not sure which came first, my love of travel or my love for winning contests.  It is a chicken/egg mystery.  Lucky for me, there are a ton of contests where the prize is travel.  I have … Read more

Hyatt Zilara Cancun Restaurant Review

Hyatt Zilara Cancun Restaurant Review Hyatt Zilara Check In and Guest Rooms Hyatt Zilara Restaurants Hyatt Zilara Amenities Overview Hyatt Zilara Cancun is an all-inclusive, adults only resort.  This means that all food and beverages are included with your room rate*.  I put the asterisk because there are a few … Read more

Hyatt Zilara Cancun Review

Hyatt Zilara Cancun Review Hyatt Zilara Check In and Guest Rooms Hyatt Zilara Restaurants Hyatt Zilara Amenities Currently I am spending three nights at the Hyatt Zilara Cancun; one of five all inclusive Hyatt properties.  Hyatt Zilara Cancun (as well as the Zilara Rose Hill in Jamaica), are adults only. … Read more

How to Transfer World of Hyatt Points

How to Transfer World of Hyatt Points With the transition from Hyatt Gold Passport to World of Hyatt, the process for transferring points from one account to another became a bit easier.  Here is how to transfer World of Hyatt points from one member account to another. Transferring Hyatt points … Read more

Hyatt House Anaheim Resort Review

Hyatt House Anaheim Resort

Hyatt House Anaheim Resort I find Hyatt’s two “Modern Essential” brands; Hyatt Place and Hyatt House, to be mostly cookie cutter.  The rooms are all the same, the breakfasts are uniform and the staff are reliable.  I’ve stayed at a number of both types of properties and rarely write about … Read more

Grand Hyatt Singapore Review

Grand Hyatt Singapore After spending New Years Eve at the InterContinental, it was time to move to the Grand Hyatt Singapore.  A Category 5 property, I booked my stay on Points + Cash.  I wanted to use a Diamond Suite Upgrade but it was not available. Location: The Grand Hyatt Singapore is located just … Read more

Park Hyatt Sydney Review

Park Hyatt Sydney

The Park Hyatt Sydney is one of only eight Category 7 Hyatt properties.  To redeem an award night at the Park Hyatt Sydney will cost you 30,000 points.  My visit was during the week between Christmas and New Years.  Cash prices were starting around $1100 Australian dollars.  It is quite an expensive property. … Read more

Politics of Advertising

Are companies responsible for where their paid advertisements are placed in this age of digital media? Twitter user @slpng_giants believes they do.  And so do their (quickly increasing) followers. You may have heard about Kellogg’s pulling their ad from website Breitbart for their ties to white supremacists.  It has led … Read more