THE BRIEF Last year, on a world wind tour of the Mediterranean, one of the stops was in Alexandria, Egypt. This gave me the chance to visit the Pyramids of Giza, located just outside of Cairo. That night was spent at the Fairmont Nile City Hotel, situated on the banks of the Nile River. Upon […]
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THE BRIEF A few firsts for me in my world travels included a vacation in Vietnam and a flight to the country on the national airline. VIETNAM AIRLINES flight 780 would be on an A350-900 from Melbourne, Australia (MEL), to Saigon(SGN), which is now called Ho Chi Minh City. I would transfer to an Airbus
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THE BRIEF I considered mixing my travels up a bit this year and decided to add some cruises to the itinerary. I hadn’t been cruising for many years so I used a cruise agent to give me some ideas. 7771. I would be crossing the Atlantic (the wrong direction for November) and stopping at all
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THE BRIEF During my stay at MARRIOTT PALM JUMEIRAH RESORT, I was informed that buying a New Year’s Eve package was not an option. They don’t want a bunch of drunken tourists on the streets during the celebrations, so to curb this kind of activity they force everyone to buy some form of indoor dinner
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THE BRIEF After my stay at the MARRIOTT AL JADDAF, I had my Ambassador Team snag me a beachfront hotel for Christmas and New Year’s celebrations which would wrap up my trip to the U.A.E. The MARRIOTT RESORT PALM JUMEIRAH DUBAI was the only hotel in the popular area with some vacancies. The resort, at
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THE BRIEF I relied on my Ambassador Elite Team to find decent accommodation in Dubai, UAE, since this was my first trip to the city and country. I was arriving in November and wasn’t aware that this was the high season in Dubai. All of the hotels were booked along the waterfront and this was
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THE BRIEF The original portion of the PRINCESS KAIULANI HOTEL was built in 1955 by the Matson Navigation Company and was sold to Sheraton in 1959. That year they added the Diamond Head Wing and then in 1970, Kyo Ya added the Ainahau Tower. That brought the total number of rooms available to 1140. The
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THE BRIEF This has become my beach hotel of choice as a PRO TRAVEL BLOGGER. The “Pink Palace” as it is known, is listed as a 5-star luxury hotel and the resort has recently been picked up by MARRIOTT. My recent stay was phenomenal and all management and staff delivered service and care that
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THE BRIEF Panama City, or Little Miami as it’s become known, had been on my bucket list for years and years. Finally, in 2022, I booked my flight and hotel for an extended stay. I chose COPA AIRLINES for the flight which you can read about in my review. For the hotel, well that evolved
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UNITED 218 HNL TO ORD THE BRIEF Finally, after a year and a half in one location (all be it a beautiful one in Hawaii), travel restrictions had eased and it was time to check in back home for a while. The best flight out was on UNITED 218 from HNL to ORD connecting to
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