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Hotel WBF Sapporo Chuo / Hotel WBF Art Stay Superior Double Room Review – Non-Smoking

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Hotel WBF Sapporo Chuo Superior Double Room

There are a lot of hotels right in the heart of Sapporo, and most of them are close to public transport. We wanted one within walking distance from the Sapporo TV Tower though, so we picked the Hotel WBF Sapporo Chuo / Hotel WBF Art Stay and booked a Superior Double Non-Smoking room. In addition … Read more

How to get the cheapest accommodation (without skimping on quality)

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Conrad Tokyo Corner Room View

Today I want to share with you my tips for getting the best price on accommodation no matter where you are travelling to, and remember, the cheapest accommodation doesn’t have to be the worst. We’ve picked up deals on 5-star hotels well below half-price by doing our research. Combine that with rewards and even options … Read more

Toyoko Inn Kuko (Tokyo Narita Airport) Deluxe Twin Room 11027 Review (Non-Smoking)

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Toyoko Inn Narita Airport Deluxe Twin Room Beds

If you are travelling to Japan via the Tokyo Narita Airport, you might have already looked at it on a map and discovered that it is a loooooong way from Tokyo city proper. In fact, it’s almost 70 kilometres from the airport to Tokyo Station in the heart of the city. That’s an hour on … Read more

Darwin to Perth Road Trip Day 0 + Darwin Mercure Airport Hotel Superior Queen Room Review

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Departing Sydney for Darwin on Our Jetstar Flight.

To begin our Darwin to Perth road trip (and squeeze as much in between work as possible), we got a late night Jetstar flight from Sydney to Darwin. It departed at 9:00 pm and arrived at 1:05 am in the morning. Hence, since it was so late by the time we left and we were able to do a full day at work as normal before our flight, I figure it hardly counts as a day, and so I call it day 0. Being a Jetstar flight it was not super comfortable, but we were able to get a little bit of sleep on the plane at least. Even so, it was pretty tiring, so we were looking forward to getting into a proper bed and sleeping for a few hours.

I have to admit the Darwin airport is bigger than I expected, but given how late we got there, we were eager to get to bed and didn’t spend any more time there than absolutely necessary. We were quickly outside where we were hit by 27°C temperatures and very high humidity. We expected it, but it was still a shock to the system after our highs at home of 22°C and lows of 5°C from the few weeks before the trip.

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Rydges On Swanston St Victoria Executive Queen Room Review

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I had the opportunity recently to stay in room 120 at Rydges on Swanston St in Melbourne. This room is an executive queen room located on the inside of the building away from the guest elevator and stair well.

It’s location means the view from the window is of the centre of the building which is not particularly thrilling, but this does on the flip side mean it is a very quiet room.

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Review of Rydges Horizons Snowy Mountains Deluxe Studio Apartment

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?I recently spent some time in Jindabyne and stayed at Rydges Horizons Snowy Mountains Resort. We were put in a lovely ground floor room with a gorgeous view of the lake, number 305. One thing I’ve noticed about Rydges previously is that their customer service is fantastic, and this stay was no different. Unfortunately, in the 9 days we were there, we had a number of issues, but a few staff did a great job at resolving them and making our stay as pleasant as possible regardless of the problems. If your bosses are reading this, Kyle, Danni and the night manager whose name I, unfortunately, can’t remember were all excellent!

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Rydges Capital Hill Canberra Executive King Spa Suite

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Rydges Capital Hill Executive King Spa Suite Bed

This weekend my sister leaves from Canberra to make her way to Japan for work. We haven’t had a holiday since January, so we decided to take the opportunity to go away for a couple of days after work on Friday and enjoy ourselves. After looking around it was evident that everything in Canberra is fairly expensive but ironically is cheaper on weekends than weekdays. I guess there are fewer politicians and business people coming through on weekends. A little bit of hunting around though and we found a great deal on Rydges “Weekends and Offers” page to stay at the Rydges Capital Hill Canberra for two nights in an Executive King Spa Suite.

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