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Marriott’s Custom House Boston

I chuckled inside the other day when a pre-teen boy pointed to the most distinctive historic building on the Boston Waterfront skyline and asked, “Mom, is that Big Ben?” Marriott’s Custom House Boston Boston’s first skyscraper was built between 1913-15

Six nights at The May Fair London for 210,000 Club Carlson points

The appealing aspect of The May Fair London for me is location. The hotel is centrally located near the Royal Parks of The Green Park and Hyde Park, about 15 minutes walk south to Buckingham Palace or north to Selfridge’s

Skt. Petri Hotel Copenhagen, Nordic Choice Ascend Collection

One of the hotel stays I most looked forward to on this summer’s trip to Europe was Skt. Petri Hotel Copenhagen, an Ascend Collection member of Nordic Choice Hotels. The abbreviation Skt. puzzled me, until I learned it stands for

WOW Air Boston to Iceland flight review

WOW Air is the Iceland-based low cost carrier airline with service out of Boston and Baltimore BWI airports to Reykjavik KEF, Iceland. The airline launched Boston route ticket sales last October 2014 with $99 one way fares to Iceland for

InterContinental Boston History Walking Tour

Downtown Boston has changed significantly since I went to graduate school in Massachusetts in the early 1990s. The InterContinental Boston Hotel where we stayed on one of our IHG Into the Nights promotion free nights earned last fall is a

Delta Bags on Time 20 minute guarantee claim for 2,500 miles

Delta Airlines is an airline I rarely fly – until 2015. My flight yesterday was probably my first Delta flight since 2007, when I did two round trips to Buenos Aires in two weeks. The 30 hours or so I

Ritz-Carlton Orlando Grande Lakes for locally sourced experiences

There was a luxury hotel press tour I was able to squeeze into in Orlando at the US Travel Association IPW convention last month. There were nine of us working in media taken on site visits to Ritz-Carlton Orlando Grande

AAdvantage of British Airways to South Africa for $939 vs. Delta $853

Long haul airfare deals abound today and Delta at $853 from Los Angeles to Johannesburg, South Africa is as low as I have seen in past few months. San Francisco is $875 for departures from late October into February 2016.

New Hyatt Carmelo Resort and Spa Uruguay

Four Seasons ended its management contract with the Carmelo Resort & Spa on March 31, 2015 and now the property has rebranded as a Hyatt Resort & Spa in Uruguay beside the Rio de le Plata, two hours ferry ride

My fantastic American AAdvantage elite fast-track offer

American AAdvantage sent me an email for a fantastic targeted elite fast-track offer. Currently, I do not have any elite level membership with AAdvantage. In 2013, I was American AAdvantage Platinum elite and I flew US Airways to San Francisco