After spending a couple of nights at the Hana-Maui Resort and then driving the Road to Hana, we spent the rest of our week on Maui at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa. The hotel was fine and had some great features, but there were also lots of frustrating elements that … [Read more...] about 10 Things I Hated About The Hyatt Regency Maui (& 6 Things I Loved)
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Hotel Review: Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa, HI
For the start of our month in Hawaii, we spent a week on Kauai at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa. It's a popular place to stay for people with World of Hyatt points and I'd only ever heard good things about it. Having stayed there, it's not hard to see why. It's a … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa, HI
Hotel Review: Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino, NV
When planning out our time in Nevada for our 50 state road trip, I'd originally planned to have us stay in Ely, Reno and Las Vegas. As time went on though, Shae and I decided to include a few days in Lake Tahoe. That turned out to be a fantastic decision because we ended up … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino, NV
Hotel Review: Hyatt House Anchorage, AK
After visiting Fairbanks, Healy and Wasilla, our next stop in Alaska was Anchorage. Accommodation in Alaska during the summer doesn't come cheap, but thankfully we had World of Hyatt points we could redeem for a 12 night stay at the Hyatt House Anchorage. It ended up being a … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt House Anchorage, AK
Hotel Review: Spirit Ridge Resort In Osoyoos, Canada
After spending a month visiting Washington state, it was time for Shae, Truffles and I to make our way up to state 45 of our 50 state road trip - Alaska. Along the way we stopped for six nights in Osoyoos, Canada to stay at Spirit Ridge Resort - a property I'd had my eye on for … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Spirit Ridge Resort In Osoyoos, Canada
Hotel Review: Hyatt Place St Augustine/Vilano Beach, FL
2024 is the last year of our 7 year, 50 state road trip and we kicked it off by heading down to Florida. Our first stop was St Augustine which we'd only heard good things about. Accommodation wasn't very cheap, but we got lucky that a brand new Hyatt Place had opened up only … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt Place St Augustine/Vilano Beach, FL
Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From New Jersey
For almost two months over November and December 2023, Shae and I stayed in New Jersey. I was going to say we visited New Jersey, but overall we didn't do very much "visiting" there! Those two months are an extremely busy time for me work-wise with one of my other websites, so … [Read more...] about Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From New Jersey
2.5 Weeks In & Around Boston: Here’s What We Did
In mid-September we stayed five nights in downtown Boston then, after spending a month in Maine and Vermont when my parents came to visit from the UK, we returned to the Boston area for almost two more weeks. We crammed as much as we could into our five days in downtown Boston … [Read more...] about 2.5 Weeks In & Around Boston: Here’s What We Did
Hotel Review: Hyatt Regency Boston (Executive Suite)
Just before my parents came to visit from the UK, Shae and I spent five nights at the Hyatt Regency Boston (the one downtown, not the one at Boston Harbor near the airport). Cash rates for a base room were ~$650 per night which is far more than we'd ever pay for a hotel. … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt Regency Boston (Executive Suite)
A Quick Getaway In New York City
When doing some planning last year for what we wanted to do in the summer of 2023, we booked a two week stay in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Soon before our stay there, we discovered that two different sets of friends would be in New York City on the same weekend which … [Read more...] about A Quick Getaway In New York City