wpv-fv domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home1/swolko1/dev.philatravelgirl.com/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131uael domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home1/swolko1/dev.philatravelgirl.com/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131One rarely mentioned quirk that I have, that my friends know about me (and tease me), is my OCD like behavior in hotels. The first thing I do after taking photos for the blog is open the bar of soap and wash my hands then get a tissue (or ten) to pick up the television …
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One of my favorite travel indulgences is hotel room service. Landing in a new city, arriving at the hotel and perusing their room service menu gives me a sense of the hotel, the food culture and a bit of sticker shock (burgers are quite expensive!) I anticipate the knock at the door to announce the …
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For many they have to wait more than a year to stay at Zion Lodge in Zion National Park so I consider myself quite lucky to have booked a room only two weeks ahead of my stay. To be fair it was a November visit, not quite high season but the bonus was that I …
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There’s a table full of Scottish shortbread cookies (and healthy apples) that I was drawn to in the lobby at check in – I knew I was going to like it here. Here was the Edinburgh Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa located in Festival Square. My weekend trip to Edinburgh was a quick one with …
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At the World Travel Market in London, the speaker spoke about the boutique hotel experience and “how it makes you feel”. He noted that the experience starts the minute you arrive (or often times before that on social media and the hotel website) – the design, smell and people make all the difference. Do you …
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There are some hotels that make you happy and others that make you sad. The latter category is usually reserved for an overnight stay when I don’t stay in the room that long and want to save money. I had the choice for my weekend in New York to pick a hotel that made me happy …
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My last minute weekend in London for my British Airways status qualification trip gave me a great opportunity to try a new hotel, the Hoxton Holborn as I wanted an affordable hotel stay. The Hoxton hotel has been on my radar for a few years now since it first opened in Shoreditch in 2006 and …
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Traveling to London for work, I’ve stayed in a variety of hotels throughout the city over the years, it wasn’t until I discovered the Firmdale chain of boutique hotels owned by the UK designer Kit Kemp that I found my home away from home, albeit a much more stylish, luxurious and colorful home than my …
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After laughing outside of The Elephant Camp tent by the sheer size and realizing that my first night in Botswana was an actual tent you buy in the store – I tried to be a bit more calm with the guided tour of my room at this boutique luxury camp in Zimbabwe near Victoria Falls. …
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I won’t lie, when I heard that my group was assigned to the Holiday Inn Miami West – Hialeah Gardens, I wasn’t thrilled. I was hungry and wanted the cookies at the Doubletree Hotel where other passengers were assigned. My inner hotel inspector (snob) was skeptical ranking Doubletree above a budget Holiday Inn by a …
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