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The Attorney General of the District of Columbia (D.C.), filed a lawsuit against Marriott International on July 9, 2019 over deceptive business practices amongst other things. The lawsuit was filed in the D.C. Superior Court . In this lawsuit, the General alleges that Marriott affiliated properties that charge “resort, destination” fees, and the like, are…
✏️ April 2026 Update — A lot has changed since I first wrote this! As many of you may know, I ended up living in Rio de Janeiro for almost 4 years — 3 years in the city itself, and almost a year just outside in the state of Rio. In that time, I visited…
As many of you may know, I am very big on loyalty programs with both hotels and airlines. I am like this for many reasons. I like the benefits that come from being loyal, I like having consistency with a certain brand, and there are just certain brands that I really like! Delta is MY…
You book a flight on Delta. You end up in a seat on Air France. Your miles land in your Delta account. Your lounge access still works. Your bags still get priority. Nothing breaks. That is an airline alliance doing exactly what it was designed to do — and most travelers have no idea how…
Let me start off by saying I was very excited to stay at this property as it was listed as #2 hotel in all of Bangkok on TripAdvisor, when I stayed. I stayed last year, now I see that it is rated #1 on TripAdvisor. I am always excited to stay in “Top” hotels in…
As many of you may already know, Marriott International merged with Starwood Hotels a few years ago, and over the past few years we have seen drips and drops of integration and combination. A few weeks ago, we saw what I feel is pretty much the last step in the merger, The roll out of…
Tony, “How do you travel so much” or, “How do you do it?”, I get asked this ALL THE TIME! As a matter of fact, the reason I started this blog a few years ago was because of this exact question! Sometimes people are rude about it, other times people are genuinely curious, well ,…
I have to start off saying that although this hotel could be fabulous, and probably is for some people, for the loyal SPG Elite, or leisure traveler that isn’t a VIP, its simply just a nice, pretty hotel. As part of my birthday trip to the UAE ,I of course had to try out the…
This review is a harder one to do, because this hotel actually has like three hotels within one compound. There is the Le Meridien , the Le Meridien Club, and the Le Royal Club, I stayed at the Le Royal Club. Although I made the reservation at the Le Meridien, for a standard room, I…
Let me just start out by saying that the Sheraton North Houston at IAH is NOT your “typical” airport hotel. The hotel is not fancy, or bougie by any means, but its the staff and all around culture of the hotel that makes it great! The Hotel itself is on the older side, and in…
hAmerican Airlines is doing it again, offering an extra 25% bonus miles if you transfer certain hotel points to them. This promotion is going on until May 31, 2018. AA has done this before, and I have taken advantage of it! As a matter of fact I used this promo to help me on my…