Hotel Review: Holiday Inn Bangkok (Ploenchit Road)

Exterior of the Hotel

Lobby

Superior room

The Holiday Inn Bangkok is suprisingly luxurious and modern.  The interior is warm and welcoming.  Staff are very enthusiastic and always willing to assist.  The rooms are spacious and very comfortable.  After an 18hour flight, the bed was so good:)  LCD tv's in every room with a good array of channels.  Breakfast was divine, enjoyed the food thoroughly.

Its located on Ploenchit Road which has an overhead tram service.  Its brilliant to get around Bangkok.  The stations are simple and cost effective.  Ploenchit Road also hosts the Siam Paraggon mall and other high end brand retailers along the road.  The Intercontinental is situated on the same property.  A little pricey though.

Across the road, theres a Starbucks and Mcdonalds just in case you dont like the local food.  All in all an exceptional experience.

The hotel comes in at $100 per night.  Outstanding price and quality.  I would call it a 4 star hotel anyday.

Priority Club - New Point Breaks released

The new Priority Club pointbreaks have been released.  Rush to priorityclub.com to make a booking between 7th October 2010 and 31st December 2010.  Some lovely hotels up on offer.  For just 5000 points per night, this is the best value for money offer by any hotel group worldwide!!!

Planning to go to Johannesburg this December ?

Johannesburg is a bustling city, but during the month of December most residents prefer to go the coastal regions such as Durban and Cape Town.  This makes the hotels in Johannesburg cheaper in December than other periods. 

May I suggest you take advantage and stay in top class hotels such as the Incontinental Sandton Towers for very low rates (+-$100) which are otherwise impossible to secure and simply enjoy the luxuries that life has to offer.

Hyatt Offer - 50% off the third night...

Stay 3 nights at Hyatt Summerfield Suites™ and you'll get even more out of your holidays. When you stay two nights at the Hyatt Daily Rate between November 20th and January 3rd, you'll receive 50% off the third consecutive night

Well this is probably the best of the Hyatt offers currently available and its offered during the peak season.  They also have a free blackberry smartphone offer which is crap and doesnt make sense.  Its like taking out a 24 month contract plan with your current service provider, so why is Hyatt involved again?

Hotel Review - One World Hotel Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

One World Hotel - Malaysia (Superior Room)

One World Hotel - Malaysia (Restaurant)



One World Hotel - Malaysia (Lobby)



This week we stayed at the One World Hotel in Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.  The hotel is rather popular for conferences but an excellent choice for leisure travel no doubt.  The standard is high, with modern and clean rooms.  Service is on on par with the 5 star rating it has.  Although I dont normally travel to hotels that dont belong to an international consortium, I find this hotel somehwhat charming and alluring.  Good value for money and easy access to shopping centres and tourist attractions.  Everybody has a different experience but I can safely say that I will visit again...

Average Price per Deluxe Room per night is MYR325 ($96).

Le Meridien Offer - 10 hours left

Sorry for the late info, book participating Starwood Hotels in the next 10 hours for validity until January 18, 2010 and you will receive up to 50% off the rack rate.  Sounds pretty good to me so if you planning your December holiday, then dont miss out.

Heres the link

Update: Sale has just been extended to November 17, due to lack of bookings popular demand, Enjoy:)

Space Hotel to open in 2012

The 1st hotel in space is going to open its vacuum filled doors in 2012.  Guests will be able to see the sun rise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes. 

So out of 200 interest parties, 43 people have signed up.  Yes its true.  The cost of a ride on Virgin Galactic is $250000 excl. hotel accomodation.

Virgin Galactic is offering their own package if you not too keen on the hotel idea.  They will offer a trip which takes approx 3 days to return to earth.  They have already received monies from 300 people for their flights which can accomodate 4 guests at a time. 

Image Via [Galactic Suite]

Marriott Hotels - Promotion Codes..

Enjoy a break in Mexico at participating hotels for 25% off the leisure rate + some lovely extras such as upgrade on availability. 

Or Stay 2 consecutive nights in Paris over a weekend and get a FREE night.  To qualify all you have to do is book online and enter the following codes in the promotion box, the system will automatically discount the rates.

Promotion Code Mexico:  EMK

Promotion Code Paris:    B4F

Hotel Review: Marco Polo Hotel - Dubai

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I travelled to Dubai recently and stayed at the Marco Polo Hotel in Dubai.  It is located in Deira Dubai (Old Dubai).  I wouldnt know where to start, this has to be the crappiest hotel I have ever stayed in my life.  It is graded as a 4 star hotel but damn the UAE grading system.  This hotel wouldnt even get a 2 star rating from me.  The room is dirty with a slightly stained bathroom.  Ultra noisy, old decor, bad breakfast and a long list of other negative factors. 

The hotel on a one way street so taxi drivers love to cart you down the road before they can make a u-turn which costs atleast $1-2 each time.  You have to take the taxi across the road everytime you leave the hotel.

I recommend the Sheraton on the same road if you choose the area for any particular reason or the Radisson Blu Hotel situated on the creek, about 5 minutes away.

Travel Tip - Hotel bookings

When looking for accomodation online it can get a bit frustrating as there are many hotels to choose from within a certain radius.  Heres a solution, just go onto a hotel booking site such as http://www.hotels.com/  and key in your information.  When you find what you looking then go directly to the hotel website such as http://www.holidayinn.com/ and make the booking there. 

1.  I prefer making bookings directly with the hotel.
2.  It will be the lowest internet rate guaranteed.
3.  You will save on site booking fees normally exceeding 15% which by the way is only shown just before you input credit card details.
4.  Save on travel agent commission.

Get smart and travel for less. Rather use the extra money for spending.

Hilton & Visa - 25% off normal rates

 

The latest offer from Hilton hotels is 25% off the normal rates if you have a VISA infinite or signature card.  They have an online verification system prior to booking to ensure that you not cheating.  I just tried a platinum visa and it works so go ahead and make your booking now.  We just secured our December holiday booking for a fantastic rate.

Click on the link to go through to the Hilton Hotels booking page:
Hilton Visa Promotion

PS.  We dont get a kickback for endorsing any products, just incase you were wondering.  We love sharing discounts:)

Hotel Offers - Priority Club - PointBreak Discounts

For those that travel alot, you probably have a priority club account.  For a limited time they place hotels on their website that can be redeemed for just 5000 points.  If you have to purchase these points its the equivalent of $67.50.  Thats a bargain especially since some Crowne Plaza and even Intercontinental Hotels are on offer.  If you have to redeem any other time then the redemption could cost anything from 10000 to 40000 points per night.  I normally book my holidays around these discounts.

Bookings are valid until 31st January 2010.  We cant list the entire list here, suffice to say that choice is huge.
For a list of hotels in your region click on the link Priority Club Pointbreaks


You welcome and theres more to follow:)