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Hotel Aficionado: Omni La Mansión del Rio San Antonio

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Recently a friend of mine and I decided we needed a getaway just for the night. Not just any getaway – a luxury getaway. We decided that we deserved the best hotel, the best service, and most of the all, the most comfortable beds we could find so we could sleep. Yeah, I know, how [...]

February 16, 2011 0 comments READ MORE →

Hotel Aficionado: Relais Fontana di Trevi

Hotel Aficionado: Relais Fontana di Trevi Getting a flight to Croatia from the United States was not as easy as one would think. They were either exorbantly priced or required overnight layovers. I finally settled on the plan of flying into a major European city and catching a local Croatian Airlines flight. This landed me [...]

September 26, 2010 0 comments READ MORE →

Hotel Aficionado: Library Hotel, New York City, Midtown Manhattan

An English friend of mine wanted to meet me in New York City while I was living in Newport, Rhode Island.  I happily agreed to take the train down from Rhode Island to see my friend and one of my most favorite cities in the world.  Deciding on where we were going to stay was [...]

May 14, 2010 1 comment READ MORE →

Hotel Aficionado: Copper and Lumber Store Hotel, Antigua, Caribbean

Living and working in a hotel in the Caribbean can spoil you. I know I’m ruined. When I lived in St. Martin, Dutch West Indies, Caribbean, not only did I work at the hotel, Mary’s Boon, I also lived in a room right off the beach-lucky room 13. It also doesn’t help having lived on [...]

May 13, 2010 1 comment READ MORE →

Hotel Aficionado: Westin Miyako Kyoto‎ Japan

During my two weeks in Japan, I spent one week in Tokyo and one week in Kyoto.  I had an amazing experience taking the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto even though I took the wrong train and lost my reserved seating having to sit in the smoking car all the way to Kyoto. Since I [...]

May 12, 2010 1 comment READ MORE →

Hotel Aficionado: Claridge Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina

After every long trip I take I like to stay one or two nights in a luxury or boutique hotel. The prior portions of my trips I’m usually staying in hostels so when I arrive for the last leg of my trip at the luxury hotel I probably haven’t had a proper bath or shower [...]

May 11, 2010 2 comments READ MORE →

Hotel Aficionado: Hotel Valencia Riverwalk San Antonio

For as long as I can remember I’ve been obsessed with hotels. I have memories of playing hotel when I was 8 years old. With a registry tablet containing scribbles of names of hotel guest reservations in front of me, I’d make my friends pretend to check-in to the hotel. I’d say, ” yes, Miss [...]

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May 10, 2010 1 comment READ MORE →