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Hotel Review: Kimpton Palomar Philadelphia

Kimpton PalomarThe Michael W Travels family makes it a point to visit Philadelphia at least once per year. At around two hours drive from home, the city makes for a quick and fun getaway.

On previous visits, we’ve stayed at the Kimpton Monaco and a Fairfield Inn & Suites that reminded us of a Kimpton.

We’ve wanted to check out the Kimpton Palomar for quite some time and finally stayed there recently. Continue reading Hotel Review: Kimpton Palomar Philadelphia

Review: Avid Hotels (IHG Property)- Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Avid HotelsA few weeks back, the Michael W Travels family took a visit to Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

During our visit, we spent a night on a train at the Red Caboose Motel in Ronks, PA. We almost spent both nights there but we were glad that we didn’t.

For the second night, we decided to try a relatively new IHG brand called Avid Hotels. The property, located in Lancaster, PA was in a good location and available at a pretty reasonable price. Continue reading Review: Avid Hotels (IHG Property)- Lancaster, Pennsylvania

This Is The Most Genius Do Not Disturb Sign I’ve Seen At A Hotel

Do Not DisturbA couple of weeks back we took a short road trip to Pennsylvania.

During our visit, we stayed at two different properties; one was a very unique motel and the other was a newer IHG brand called Avid.

When we got to our room, I noticed an extremely genius Do Not Disturb sign. Continue reading This Is The Most Genius Do Not Disturb Sign I’ve Seen At A Hotel

Hacked! 140,000 IHG Rewards Points Were Stolen From My Account

IHG Rewards ClubYesterday I tried logging into my IHG account but ran into some trouble. From what I recall, the last time I checked out my account was just before we left for our month long trip around South Asia (figure mid-July 2019).

When I went to log in through Award Wallet, I got a message that my pin didn’t match! This made little sense but I then attempted to reset my pin. I then ran into another issue. When  I typed my e-mail in for the reset, I received a message that the e-mail didn’t match for my account!

Once this happened, I figured that while we were away, my account must’ve been hacked! Continue reading Hacked! 140,000 IHG Rewards Points Were Stolen From My Account

Hotel Review: Kimpton Eventi New York City

kimpton eventiI recently shared details about what I booked with my last uncapped IHG anniversary free night.

Last year, I used my free night for a stay at the Kimpton Hotel Monaco in Philadelphia. After the stay, I felt the property was worth writing a review about. Check out my review of the Kimpton Monaco here.

This year, I was hoping to use my anniversary free night for a trip being planned. However, nothing really made sense for us so I decided to use my free night for another Kimpton stay.

We booked the Kimpton Eventi NYC for a little staycation. Continue reading Hotel Review: Kimpton Eventi New York City

What Did I Book With My Last Uncapped IHG Anniversary Free Night?

ihgThe time has come to make a booking with my final uncapped IHG Anniversary Free Night.

Unfortunately I had a hard time booking this night. It was of no use during any past or upcoming trips. Between finding availability or finding a property worth using the free night for I kept coming up empty.

We’ve looked forward to using these free nights over the years and to staying hotels which we would never pay to stay at. Continue reading What Did I Book With My Last Uncapped IHG Anniversary Free Night?

Interesting IHG Timeshare Offer I Won’t Be Booking

IHG TimeshareI recently wrote about A Hilton Grand Vacations Timeshare Offer We Couldn’t Refuse. With the offer, we’re essentially getting a free stay in Orlando for a couple of hours of our time!

Last summer, we saved around $300 in Fiji for 1.5 hours of our time.

I recently received an interesting IHG timeshare offer which we won’t be accepting. Continue reading Interesting IHG Timeshare Offer I Won’t Be Booking