After landing in Chiang Mai, we got a taxi through the taxi desk at the airport. The ride to Le Meridien took about 20-25 minutes and took us directly through the Old City of Chiang Mai. The hotel sits right outside the Old City across a small river.
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Hotel Review: Thompson Chicago
We stayed one night at the Thompson hotel in Chicago’s Gold Coast. This was a spontaneous night away from home, as I realized I had a free night certificate for a Hyatt hotel, due to expire in December.
Hotel Review: St. Regis Bangkok
The St. Regis was our home base while we were in Bangkok. This is another installment in our Thailand trip report. We stayed here for four nights including our first night when we arrived at 3am. We ended up staying in a regular room the first two nights and then in a suite the other two. And oh, was this hotel impressive! Continue reading “Hotel Review: St. Regis Bangkok”
College Football Weekends Can Get Expensive Too
A few weekends ago, we went back to my Alma Mater for a college football weekend. Similar to wedding weekends, a short weekend getaway can add up quite quickly between flights, hotels/AirBnB, football tickets, rental car, meals out, bar tabs…the list goes on. Normally, we like to plan these trips out way in advance, as small college towns fill up quickly around football weekends. This time we didn’t know we were going until about 3 months before the game.
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Mariott Sweepstakes still going and some nice wins!
A few weeks ago I wrote about the Marriott Sweepstakes that is running through November 8th. Well I wanted to provide an update on where we are standing right now. As a reminder you can play every day. Overall I have been pretty good about playing once a day for Elli and myself.
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