Shae and I recently spent ten days in San Antonio, Texas over Thanksgiving - you can check out everything we got up to here. Our first three days in the city were spent at the Grand Hyatt, a large conference hotel that's only a block from the River Walk. It's a pretty nice … [Read more...] about Review: Executive Suite, Grand Hyatt San Antonio, TX
Hotel Reviews
Hotel Review: Hyatt Place Corpus Christi, Texas
After leaving Houston, we made our way southwest to stay in Corpus Christi for five nights. In hindsight, I wish we'd stayed in Galveston instead as we loved it there so much when visiting on a day trip, but we'd booked a non-refundable rate at the Hyatt Place Corpus Christi, so … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt Place Corpus Christi, Texas
Hotel Review: Hyatt Place Houston-North, Texas
We're spending a total of 10.5 weeks in Texas on our 5 year, 50 state road trip, with more than half of that time being spent in Hyatt Place properties. There are a couple of reasons for that. The first is that we'd already booked some stays using points as there are loads of … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt Place Houston-North, Texas
Hotel Review: Candlewood Suites Abilene, Texas
Update 1/28/21: We recently stayed at the Candlewood Suites Abilene again and as a result of that stay, I'd recommend avoiding this hotel. Our experience from our first stay wasn't amazing due to all the issues in our room (see the complete review below for more about that), … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Candlewood Suites Abilene, Texas
Hotel Review: Hyatt Place Austin/Round Rock, Texas
Austin is a great city to visit, but hotel stays there aren't particularly cheap. Especially if you'll be visiting when the Formula 1 US Grand Prix is in town. The Grand Prix was the reason we were visiting Austin at that point in our 50 state road trip and we wanted to spend … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt Place Austin/Round Rock, Texas
Hotel Review: Hyatt Place Dallas/Garland/Richardson
The 9th state of our 50 state road trip is Texas, where we'll be spending 10 weeks in total. Our first stop was Dallas for 12 nights seeing as there seemed to be so much to do in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Unfortunately rain meant a lot of our plans were washed out, so we … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt Place Dallas/Garland/Richardson
Hotel Review: Hampton Inn Altus, Oklahoma
After leaving Tulsa (which was surprisingly awesome), Shae and I headed southwest to the city of Altus. Altus is in the southwest corner of Oklahoma known as the Western Prairie. It's home to an Air Force base, but probably isn't high on the list of places people would … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hampton Inn Altus, Oklahoma
Hotel Review: Aloft Tulsa Downtown
After spending five nights at the Hyatt Regency Tulsa using points, we moved about 1/2 mile to stay at the Aloft Tulsa Downtown for four nights. We did this as they had a low paid rate which, when combined with an Amex Offer, meant it was worth paying for those nights rather … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Aloft Tulsa Downtown
Hotel Review: Hyatt Regency Tulsa, Oklahoma
When investigating our hotel options for Oklahoma on our 50 state road trip, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Hyatt Regency Tulsa was a category 1 property in the World of Hyatt loyalty program, which means they require the fewest number of points for a free … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt Regency Tulsa, Oklahoma
Hotel Review: Residence Inn Oklahoma City South
After spending a couple of months in Illinois while on our 5 year, 50 state road trip, our next state was Oklahoma. Our first stop in the Sooner State was its state capital, Oklahoma City. The best hotel option for our budget was the Residence Inn Oklahoma City South as it was … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Residence Inn Oklahoma City South