Last year in 2020, Jetblue had a giveaway where you could nominate a healthcare worker to win two roundtrip flights. One of my friends, a public health nurse, that I nominated won a pair and with the tickets expiring at the end of 2021, we were brainstorming where to go and decided on New York …
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On the morning of the third day, I finished packing and left my suitcase outside my door for it to be collected and placed on the bus. Your tour director gives you a luggage tag to attach to your bag to make it easy for it to be collected and placed on the correct bus. …
Continue reading Central Europe (A Globus Tour): Vienna, Austria
When I arrived at my hotel in Budapest, my tour group already finished their introductory meeting and was headed into the hotel restaurant so I missed all their introductions and review of the itinerary and optional excursions. Luckily, my parents had arrived in the morning so they got all the information otherwise I would have …
Continue reading Central Europe (A Globus Tour): Budapest, Hungary
Back around Black Friday last year, Delta was having a sale on flights from LA to San Diego and since my favorite Italian restaurant is in San Diego (and I just really like San Diego in general) I decided to a round-trip ticket for February. This is of course a very short flight. I believe …
One of my good friends recently finished medical school and is moving out of state for her residency so we wanted to plan a short trip as a sort of last hurrah. We had a few destinations in mind: New Orleans, Nashville, Seattle and Portland. We also knew it would probably be only a 3-day …
Continue reading New Orleans: Renaissance New Orleans Pere Marquette Hotel
Last week, I took a 4 day trip to the Hawaiian Island of Maui to attend a friend's wedding. Since their wedding was in the Wailea area of Maui, my friends and I decided to stay at the Wailea Beach Resort - Marriott. The resort is right on the water next to both Wailea Beach …
After an early morning flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Gimpo Airport in Seoul, I checked into L7 Myeongdong. This is actually my second stay at the L7 Myeongdong located in the Myeongdong area of Seoul (probably obvious from the hotel name). On previous trips I have stayed in Gangnam but found myself spending …
THE PRELUDE About a month ago, I attended the Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show at the LA Convention Center in Downtown. While there, a friend and I wound up at the Wyndham Vacation Ownership booth (or I should say we wound up at one of many of their booths there that day). When you're …
So, for my Tokyo & Seoul trip, I'm going to break it down in various posts, from the hotels, the flights and the various activities. To begin with, I wanted to start with my first hotel in Tokyo. THE BOOKING At the recommendation of friends, I decided to book a twin room at the Hotel …
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