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The Parisian Dream – Grand Hotel du Palais Royal

by Jerry July 6, 2017

When: June 2017

Where: Paris, France

Length of stay: 3 nights

Room booked: Deluxe Room

Price per night: 560€

Travel companions: Wife

Status / collaboration: AMEX Platinum booking / Collaboration with hotel

At first the task of finding a hotel from Paris seemed daunting. It would be easy with a bottomless wallet, but for the rest of us, this might not be as easy as one could imagine. Our criteria were the following:

A city center hotel, from where you can easily walk around the city without using the metro or taxis
Price under 500€/night (went slightly over)
Beautiful rooms that are big enough for us
Good customer service according to reviews like the ones found on TripAdvisor.

I was having trouble finding one, but thankfully got some help from my Amex Platinum Concierge, who recommended that we stay at the Grand Hotel du Palais Royal Hotel (yes, a long name, but you’ll get the hang of it after a while). It’s a Small Luxury Hotel property located right next to the Louvre, which was perfect for us. At first I thought getting a hotel from Champs Elysee would be best, but after seeing the area I knew I was wrong. The location of our hotel was far better for us.

July 6, 2017 1 comment

Hotels Japan

Ritz-Carlton Okinawa – The Service

by Jerry April 16, 2017

In collaboration with Ritz-Carlton Okinawa

This was taken from our balcony. The terrace on the left was our favourite spot in the hotel

So far I’ve written about the rooms and food in Ritz-Carlton Okinawa, but now is the time to tell you about the most important part of any hotel – the people and the service.

THE SERVICE

Ritz-Carlton is renowned for its fantastic customer service that is just out of this world. This is why a hotel review of Ritz-Carlton Okinawa isn’t complete until I write about this part of the experience. Because we had a whole week to see how Ritz-Carlton Okinawa handles customer service, I think we got a pretty good idea of the general state of it. I didn’t know what to expect, but I had only heard great things about the hotel chain in general. The only thing I was slightly “worried” was if they would have been too formal in a way that makes us uncomfortable. I can assure you that this wasn’t the case at all.

April 16, 2017 2 comments

Destinations Hotels Japan

Ritz-Carlton Okinawa – The Food

by Jerry March 5, 2017

In collaboration with Ritz-Carlton Okinawa

I’m sitting in a big bungalow-like Lounge with high ceilings and glass walls that have been opened to let in the nature surrounding the hotel. An incredibly warm and pleasant wind is blowing behind my back while I watch the different shades of spectacular blues of the ocean under the hill. I’m sipping an ice-cold local Orion beer. This, my friend, is paradise.

March 5, 2017 1 comment

Destinations Hotels Japan

Five star paradise – Ritz-Carlton Okinawa

by Jerry November 21, 2016

*Photo from Ritz-Carlton

When: October 2016

Where: Okinawa, Japan

Length of stay: 7 nights

Room booked: Premier Deluxe Room

Price per night: 57 000 yen (approximately 490€ at the time)

Travel companions: My wife

Status / collaboration: Ritz-Carlton Rewards Gold / Collaboration (after arrival)

When planning our upcoming honeymoon, I wanted to figure out a way to combine city life with some paradise relaxation. Our all time favourite city Tokyo gave us the needed shopping opportunities, neon lights and big crowds, but Okinawa was the right place to sit back and enjoy the sun and the sea. And for such a special occasion the hotel had to be the best of the best, which is the Ritz-Carlton Okinawa, because how else could you make paradise even better? By slapping 5 stars on it!

November 21, 2016 6 comments

Destinations Germany Hotels

One of the best hotels in Berlin – Waldorf Astoria *****

by Jerry August 1, 2016

When: April 2016

Where: Berlin, Germany

Length of stay: 3 nights

Room booked: King Junior Suite

Price per night: 230€

Travel companions: Fiancée, my parents, my big brother, his wife and their 0,5 year-old daughter

Status / collaboration: HHonors Gold / no collaboration

I visited Berlin for the first time in April 2016, when we arranged a surprise trip for my father in honor of his retirement. Because I wanted to take the reigns regarding the actual arrangements, it’s no surprise that I chose a hotel that seemed like one of the best ones in Berlin. Actually I realized that Berlin is full of great hotels with relatively low prices, but as it usually is with these things, I got more and more excited browsing the hotels, so the final price wasn’t the cheapest possible.

August 1, 2016 0 comment