The location and customer service are really all this hotel has going for it. My advice is to look at alternative hotels as part of your research.

I had a birthday year ending in a ‘0’ late last year, so decided to plan something a little bit special to celebrate – a one night stay at the Park Hyatt Sydney was in order. Ever since I toured the place that I wrote about a few months ago, I was pretty keen to … Continued

It was time for a mid-winter break. In order to use up some of the remaining benefits of my year’s Priority Privilege membership, I booked a couple of nights at the Crowne Plaza in Newcastle on a 2 for 1 rate, into their highest room type – a King Spa Harbourside suite. After a decent … Continued

I’d managed to arrange a last minute trip up to the Coffs Coast to go check out Rally Australia. Part of the trip was funded through work, but I had to enable to flights – the perfect use of points for flying domestically given the last minute booking (plans were only confirmed on Wednesday for … Continued