Kimpton Buchanan Hotel San Francisco Review The Kimpton Buchanan Hotel is one of two (soon to be three) Kimpton properties in San Francisco. The building was originally a 4-story office building before they added on an additional 4 floors and converted it to a 131 room hotel. It reopened as … Read more
How to Win Travel Contests Over the years I have won some really great contests. Amongst my friends it has become a joke: “How are you so lucky?” Upon reflection, I am fairly confident that I do not possess some supernatural power. Instead, I have some strategies that increase my … Read more
What makes for a good hotel shower? One of the most variable features of a hotel room is the shower. I also would say it is one of the more important parts of a hotel room to get right. Which is why in all of my hotel reviews I mention … Read more
Staybridge Suites The Hague Parliament Review Before flying home out of Amsterdam, I decided to visit The Hague as I wanted to try another city in the Netherlands. It is a quick 30 minute train ride to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport which makes the Hague an easy alternative to Amsterdam as … 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
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