TL;DR – Stay at the Crowne Plaza in town instead Introduction We stayed here at the end of November 2015 for 3 nights. I was torn between this or the Doubletree which is literally next door. I decided to go with the Hilton since they had cash+points availability, and I wanted the more prestigious […]
Introduction We were in Sydney at the end of November 2015, when it was the start of summer-time there. The exchange rate at the time was 1 USD to 1.36 AUD. We stayed at the Park Hyatt Sydney – review here. Here’s what we did and where we ate. 1 Day Tour of Blue […]
Introduction I realize yesterday I wrote about how I don’t like to stay at AirBnB while I’m traveling… well I broke that rule on my last trip. But there are good reasons – 1. there was no chain hotel where I was looking and 2. the AirBnB was so nice that I’ve coined it AirBnBallin’ […]
I was looking for a hotel in Auckland and was too frugal to drop 60K HH points on the Hilton. Plus with the $50 off $100 Amex Airbnb offer, I figured I’ll try Airbnb. I found a nice whole apartment that is located in the downtown CBD (Central Business District) area that was about $150 […]
Introduction Okay, this won’t be an all roses review of the illustrious Park Hyatt Sydney, so I’m giving you fair warning. Don’t think that I have DYKWIA syndrome; I just have high expectations at expensive places and expect close to perfection. We were here for 2 nights in late November 2015. I used my wife’s […]