I visit Albuquerque a few times a year for both business and family reasons. One of my consistent frustrations has been the (previously) lack of good Hilton properties. I’ve stayed at the Convention Center Doubletree a few times, and it’s fine, but it’s definitely a convention center property. The Embassy […]
Hotel Reviews
The Sound Seattle Belltown Review 2019
Going with a bit of a blast from the past to this past fall, I wanted to take a moment to review a great hotel in the Hilton collection, The Sound. Typically I’m confined to airport hotel boringness on work trips, but for this one I was able to secure […]
NYC Conrad Midtown Review One Bedroom Suite 2019
A few months ago I needed to travel to New York last minute for some personal business. In scanning hotel fares, I saw that the Conrad Midtown had “standard” awards available. I put standard in quotes because it was an eye-popping 95,000 points. I knew this property’s place on the […]
Washington City Center Conrad Review 2019
Mrs. PTI and I had the pleasure of attending the Hilton Concert Series Fitz and the Tantrums concert at the Conrad Washington, D.C. Although we’re locals, we thought it might be fun to stay the night, so I grabbed a rewards night redemption and we made it happen. We had […]
The Royal Crescent Hotel Bath Review
For this trip to the United Kingdom, we were staying in Bath, England, an incredibly charming town known for the ancient Roman Bath constructed sometime around the start of the common era. Our accommodations were the luxurious Royal Crescent Hotel Bath. The Royal Crescent is a series of 30 homes […]
Barcelona Hotel Alexandra Review: Modernist Room 2019
The last leg of our trip was four days in Barcelona, at the Hotel Alexandra, located in the Eixample neighborhood of Barcelona. This followed our awesome stay at the Conrad Algarve, by way of Lisbon Airport, where we got to check out the TAP Premium Flagship Lounge. Now, back to […]
Conrad Algarve Review: Deluxe King Room 2019
Following our flight, Our first stop on our latest adventure was to the Conrad Algarve. The Conrad hotel chain has a special place in our hearts – we’ve had some tremendous memories and this would mark our 10th Conrad together. We had three nights there for the first leg of […]