It can happen to all of us who are travelling. What do you do when you wake up in a hotel fire. When the smoke alarm goes off and you wake up from a deep sleep, what do you do? If you have not thought about this before, a hotel fire will take you by surprise. And there is a chance you will make mistakes that could easily be avoided if you read...
Travel in the United States often involves flying to reach destinations across the country. According to the Bureau of Transportation, almost 1.75 million people board planes every day. Since the 9/11 terrorism, airport restrictions and security are tight. Frequent flyers are able to navigate the entire process with ease. The rest of us? We need a...
The Milford Plaza is a 1,300 bedroomed hotel one block from Times Square and located in the Theatre district of Manhattan. The hotel had been neglected for many years and gained a reputation as a bit of a dive with the previous owners failing to upgrade the hotel since the 1980s. A little bit of history I’m always interested in the history...
I paid €26 for the room!! I just thought I’d mention that at the very beginning. I booked the Hard Rock using the HotelTonight iPad app, a great booking app that does have some unbelievable deals. Rooms go on sale at noon for that night so if you’re looking for that day’s best bargains you need to be checking around midday before the best...
There was only one hotel that I absolutely wanted to stay in on this trip and that was the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas. The last time I was in Vegas the Cosmopolitan had just opened its doors and I was staying in the Planet Hollywood resort at the time, which is just across the road. My room had a direct view of the 6th floor pool area which looked out...
I booked the Palms Place as a last minute deal through HotelTonight, where I got a great rate on a studio suite. The Palms resort targets a younger audience and competes with the Hard Rock Hotel for the same target market. The Palms Place is the newest of the 3 towers in the resort and is a condo Location The Palms is located off-strip, and...
Location The Elara was formally the Planet Hollywood Towers, a condo building attached to the Planet Hollywood Resort and the Miracle Mile Shops. The resort opens into the Miracle Mile Shops (a large 170-store shopping centre attached to the Planet Hollywood Resort). It doesn’t feel part of the resort though, it’s just tucked away in a...
The Mandalay Bay was never really high up on my places to stay in Vegas, it just didn’t have the same appeal as the likes of the Aria, Cosmopolitan and Wynn have. doesn’t have any world famous attractions like the Bellagio fountains or the Mirage’s volcano to lure passing tourists so I had never actually been inside it before...
I’m in Vegas for the CES show but accommodation on the strip on the first night is incredibly expensive with the influx of tech enthusiasts so I decided to locate myself 25 minutes away in the famous lake & golf development, Lake Las Vegas. The room cost €47 for a studio apartment, versus rates of €300+ on the strip for similar...
Now that I’ve taken my flight to Vegas booked through sky-tours.com, I wanted to follow up my experience following on from my previous post here. Within 24 hours of booking through the sky-tours.com website, I had received email confirmation of my reservation which I then checked on British Airways own website, once I seen my name and...
