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JW Marriott Vancouver Executive Lounge for Marriott Rewards Members While staying at the JW Marriott Parq Vancouver Hotel, we decided to check out the executive lounge. You can read my review of our standard room water view here! Marriott Rewards – Huge Changes Ahead Marriott recently announced some huge changes coming to the program as
Booking The JW Marriott/Free Night Promotion From The Parq Casino I decided to tag along with my grandma who received a complimentary room valid for either the JW Marriott or The Douglas Hotel which are both connected to the Parq Casino in Vancouver, BC. The promotion is put on by the Parq Casino and is
JW Marriott Singapore South Beach Introduction When planning this trip to Singapore, I was originally considering staying both nights at The Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel on Orchard Road, though unfortunately that property didn’t have availability on my second night. Luckily the JW Marriott Singapore South Beach Hotel did have space, which would provide a great
Exciting News – Travel Hacking Meetup In Vancouver! We’re excited to announce we’ll be hosting a travel hacking meetup in Vancouver on April 29, 2018 in Vancouver, BC at The St Regis Hotel. This is in response to an overwhelming demand from our readers, and an opportunity to partner with another great local travel hacking
Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel Introduction Singapore is one of my favourite places in the world, but it’s super expensive. It’s not uncommon to see luxury hotels price out at $500+/night, so redeeming points for free-night stays can represent really decent value, and free up a lot of money for other activites, such as eating
Update 2019-02-26: Please note that the Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) American Express Card Canada is no longer available. It has been replaced by the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card. Get the details here! Yesterday we heard some big news about the changes to the Marriott Rewards program coming in August, 2018, and I have to
Japan Airlines Boeing 777 First Class Introduction It had been a couple of months since my last international trip and I had a bunch of Alaska Miles itching to be used since redeeming 360,000 Marriott Reward points on a Hotel+Air package for our spring break trip to Maui. I knew I wanted to fly the
Introduction My United Airlines flight from Vancouver arrived in San Francisco shortly after 8am, giving me a whopping 7 hours or so to take in all the Japan Airlines Sakura Lounge San Francisco had to offer. Unfortunately (or fortunately), the lounge doesn’t open until the afternoon, and I still needed to get my boarding pass,
Marriott Wailea Beach Resort Maui Introduction Let me preface this review by saying that I really wanted to love The Marriott Wailea Beach Resort Maui. Since Fairmont announced the end of the Fairmont President’s Club, I’ve been a bit of a free agent for loyalty, with Marriott being the natural choice given the Gold status
Update 2019-02-26: Please note that the Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) American Express Card Canada is no longer available. It has been replaced by the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card. Get the details here! Changes To The American Express Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card It looks like we can expect some changes to The American Express
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