Category: Hotels, Inns, B&Bs
Find Hotels in Britain – Best Online Hotel Sites
Find a great hotel in London, Edinburgh, or throughout the UK. Here are some of the best internet sites for finding hotels, inns and bed and breakfast and vacation rental accommodations. Apartments Barclay Web London Guest Suites Regent Suites Vacation Rentals By Owner CraigsList – London
Six Unique Undersea Hotels
If you’ve ever dreamed of residing under the sea among the brilliantly colored sea life, your opportunity is at hand. We’ve found wonderful underwater hotels that offer the exhilarating experience of sleeping among the fish. In the best of circumstances a lodging is a destination in and of itself. This is absolutely true of these [...]
Quardruple Your SkyMiles
Here’s a great promotion from Delta Airlines and Hilton Hotels to begin the New Year. Anyone staying at a Hilton Hotel in Africa, Australia, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Nordic, United Kingdom and Ireland through the end of February can quadruple the number of Delta SkyMiles earned. When you book your reservation, you must quote promotion [...]
Save Big Bucks – Rent a Timeshare!
Thanks go to Gary for telling me about RedWeek.com a terrific website for finding Timeshares to rent directly from their owners. We’ve all heard about timeshare owners trading space, but now it’s just as easy to find a timeshare offered for rent. So why rent a timeshare? Easy, they are condo-style accommodations complete with fully [...]
Beware Hotels Under Construction!
This past summer was a hotel construction nightmare for me. It began in June with the Wyndham Hotel in Burlington, VT. An organization I belong to had their Regional Conference at the hotel, which was planned two years in advance. We were assured the hotel construction would be finished. Not only was it not completed, [...]
Trouble in Paradise? Thousands of Hawaii Vacation Rentals Could Be Shut Down
One of the great delights of traveling to Hawaii has always been the abundance of vacation rental properties in non-touristy areas. Just scan any vacation rental site (VRBO.com for instance) and you will see hundreds of listings on every island. Well, not everyone is delighted with the proliferation of rental properties throughout the islands. Increasing [...]
OMG, I ended up in jail on my birthday!
Growing up just outside of Boston, my Mother would caution my older brothers, “You’d better behave yourself or you’ll end up in the Charles Street Jail”. This brought to mind the worst horrors of being incarcerated in a dungeonous jail cell in a dilapidated penal facility – think Alcatraz style cat walks over crumbling cell [...]
How To Rent A Villa For Less Than a Hotel Room
Or, how we hit the villa rental jackpot in Hawaii! If you’ve ever dreamed of owning a vacation villa in a faraway paradise, now’s the time to realize your dreams (temporarily at least) by renting a villa instead of staying in a hotel room. The internet has thrown the doors wide open for finding wonderful [...]
Trip Report – Searsport, Maine
Tales of a merry yuletide weekend at Inn Britannia in Searsport Maine. This year we decided to head north to Maine in search of a snowy Christmas instead of flying out to Denver to be with the boys. GOOD CHOICE OR WHAT? You may remember that the Denver airport was closed for days, stranding thousands [...]
