Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
by Ric Garrido
Grand Hyatt San Francisco at Union Square Grand Hyatt San Francisco, Grandviews Restaurant, 36th floor view I exited BART at Montgomery Street and it was a four block walk to the Grand Hyatt. Powell Street might be one block closer. I don’t know. Powell Street tends to be one of the most crowded sections of the downtown…
by Ric Garrido
InterContinental Hotel San Francisco I stopped by the new InterContinental San Francisco on Friday, March 21. The neighborhood coming from Market down Sixth Street was an interesting site at 10am with the homeless in doorways. Groups of men drinking on the sidewalk concealed their brown bagged bottles when the street cop rounded the corner. Reminded me…
Hyatt Regency at the Embarcadero, San Francisco, California San Francisco days, San Francisco nights. Hyatt Regency San Francisco sculpture Equinox Hyatt March Madness or How I Spent my Economic Stimulus Checks for America The President and Congress decided it would be great if we spent some money to help the economy. So what to do? Should…
by Ric Garrido
I usually refrain from talking about credit cards, but this looks like a pretty good deal from British Airways for the Visa card new member offer. You can find the offer on the British Airways homepage. I think this is an especially attractive offer if you are planning to go to Europe this summer (if…
I want my, I want my, I want my HDTV.42″ LG HDTV in Hyatt Place room, Fremont HDTV image from Hyatt Place stay set the mood for what was to come that night. On my freeway drive home from Hyatt Place Fremont on Friday night I won two tickets from KFOG radio to Bruce Springsteen…
view of lighted sign atop Huntington Hotel and Nob Hill Spa San Francisco, California member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World (picture taken from corner room, Westin St. Francis) The Luxury Institute reported “High Net Worth Consumers Rank Small Luxury Hotels of the World as top luxury hotel group, followed by Ritz-Carlton, and Four…
Frequent travelers know that staying with your preferred hotel loyalty program is difficult at times. Hotels may be sold out, some chains are not present in an area (the nearest Starwood hotel to Monterey is 75 miles away while two Hyatts are within a few miles of my home), or the price is just too…
by Ric Garrido
I was looking back at an article I wrote in October and I used the JW Marriott Ihilani as my example hotel for saving cash by just buying marriott Rewards points. This is text from my article in Hotels-and-Points October 2007. The 12-page newsletter can be downloaded as an Adobe PDF file. It is about…
I was looking at Marriott’s website today. The home page for reservations has an ad for Sand Dollar Hawaiian Vacation Packages. I decided to analyze the deal for hotel and car packages. Flight inclusive packages are also available and perhaps this research will help you assess the value of the package with a flight, if…
by Ric Garrido
Fuel surcharges on award tickets has been a common complaint this past year. Air France/KLM Flying Blue is the program about which I have heard most of the complaints. The taxes and fuel surcharges add up to make many award tickets nearly as pricey as paid tickets (which generally have the added value of earning…
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