Gdansk, Poland is the first European city ‘free walking tour’ I actually planned to attend out of my free walking tours in five different cities during the past year. Timing helped as I learned about the free guided walk at
Best Western Bonum Gdansk is one of several Best Western hotels in the Gdansk-Sopot-Gydnia Baltic Sea towns of Poland. The hotel is located close to Old Town Gdansk. Hilton Gdansk is about two blocks away on the waterfront and Radisson
My last two trips to Poland were exploratory missions to see if other cities had the same vibe we found in Krakow on trips to Poland last summer and Christmas. A Polish friend of my wife’s suggested Wroclaw, Warsaw and
United Mileage Plus members can access numerous routes across several countries in Europe for under 10,000 miles one way in economy. There are some basic parameters to know when searching for low cost award travel. Nonstop flights on Miles &
Hotel Aquarius Venice, Italy is a member of Choice Hotels Ascend Collection and arguably has been the best deal available for Choice Privileges points worldwide during the past few years. In April 2022 Kelley and I booked a 6-night stay
Most bloggers on BoardingArea focus on credit card sign-ups as the route to premium travel on airlines and high-end hotel stays. Being pampered is not my style of travel. I am satisfied with economy flights and hotels that I can
I returned last week from my fourth trip to Europe since June 2022. Since Kelley retired last June we have taken four 3-week trips to Europe. In Europe we stayed in 9 countries, 14 cities and 22 different hotels. We
On our November-December 2022 trip to Poland we flew LOT Polish from Gdansk GDN by the Baltic Sea to Krakow KRK in the south of the country for a 10 night stay. LOT Polish round trip tickets Gdansk-Warsaw-Krakow-Warsaw-Gdansk cost 478
Hotel Rezydent Sopot is an Accor MGallery Hotel in the center of the city between the train station at the shopping mall and Bohaterów Monte Cassino, the main shopping, entertainment and mostly pedestrian traffic lane in the beach resort town
Last week I saw a travel blog comment on a points purchase sale where some reader wrote, “I never buy hotel points.” To each their own. I bought 240,000 IHG points for $1,200 this week. This post is a summary
