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by Ric Garrido
When the SAS Hotel in Bergen, now the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Bergen, was constructed in the late 1970s beside the Bryggen UNESCO World Heritage Site, local groundwater began leaking into the hotel construction site. Groundwater beneath historic Bryggen maintained foundational strength and a waterlogged oxygen-poor soil environment preserving cultural artifacts from the thousand year…
After two nights of a 3-night stay at Farris Bad spa Nordic Choice Hotels in Larvik, Norway in a downgraded room from what I had booked in July, the manager was trying to figure out how I was going to pay for my room with points when there were no Choice Privileges points in my…
Communication Breakdown The words I did not want to hear upon arriving at Farris Bad, Ascend Collection Hotel Larvik, Norway on a Saturday afternoon after paying $42 for a 3-hour train trip south of Oslo were, “I am so sorry, we have no reservation for you in our system.” There was a line of weekend…
Thought I would give an update on Norway now that I have completed six days of my 13 day trip. Six days in Norway and $6 spent on food so far. I have not been lying awake at night with hunger pangs either. The duvet overheating me is what wakes me at night. Nordic Choice…
If Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano does not blow its top preventing air travel between the USA and Europe, then in a couple of weeks I will be hotel hopping in Norway with $6,000 in free Choice Hotels on points. This is a great deal for $850 in Choice Privileges points that were available for purchase in the Daily…
Best Western Hotels offer far more choices in rural Norway than Radisson and Choice Hotels when traveling away from the major cities in the fjord country and northern Norway. Assuming you want to spend points for your rooms rather than $200+ per night for many hotels, Best Western Rewards, Choice Privileges and Club Carlson provide…
In June I wrote about a Club Carlson offer for 20,000 bonus points for a two-night stay from Thursday to Sunday at participating hotels in Europe, Middle East and Africa. With my travel plans taking me to Scandinavia, I did not even bother checking rates around Norway for a Club Carlson Europe weekend 20,000 points…
There are 22 Choice brand hotels in the vicinity of Oslo, Norway. The Thief, Oslo’s top ranked hotel on TripAdvisor.com, is a member of Ascend Collection and 20,000 Choice Privileges points per night. I checked periodically over the past couple weeks and I do not see any reward nights for The Thief during my trip…
My Norway trip planning for a two-week itinerary has me considering low cost flights to travel to another country in Europe for a few days. This trip option has me looking at potential destinations outside Norway using low cost carriers to travel from Oslo for under $200 round trip. This post explains how I use…
In about 45 days I will be arriving in Oslo, Norway on United flight UA38. My arrival and my flight departure from Oslo 13 days after arrival are the only confirmed portions of my two week trip. Time to start Norway trip planning and put in place some Choice Privileges and Club Carlson hotel nights…
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