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The Mission Pacific Hotel (along with its sister property next door the Seabird Resort), is one of the newest hotels in the California Hyatt portfolio. Not one to miss out on a…

I had been to Monterey, California, several times in the past but I never had the opportunity to stay there overnight. That changed this summer when we stayed at the Hyatt Regency…

As you may know, we travel to Sequoia National Park about three or four times a year on average. With that said, we don’t really have a “go-to” hotel for when we…

Having spent the previous night at the Thompson Seattle, we moved on up the street to checkout the Destination-branded Motif Seattle (another Wold of Hyatt property). Review: Motif Seattle (WA) Location The…

On a recent trip to visit some good friends in Seattle, WA (a truly great town), we had the opportunity to stay at the Thompson Seattle. Review: Thompson Seattle (WA) Here is…

With the addition of the Hounds Tooth Inn in Oakhurst, California,  and now the El Capitan Hotel in Merced, California, Hyatt has made some positive inroads into the gateway entrance markets that…

One of the great things about visiting  the Ventana Big Sur, an Alila Resort, is its prime location in the pristine Ventana Wilderness which just so happens to include some of the…

A couple weeks after our stay at Ventana Big Sur, An Alila Resort, we returned to Big Sur, California, to checkout the Ventana’s sister property, Ventana Campground. The Ventana Campground is a…

During a recent epic road trip out to California’s coast, we decided to “go big” and end in style at the Ventana Big Sur, an Alila Resort, in Big Sur, California. The…

For months, I tried and failed. No matter when I looked, I couldn’t find any available dates to book the Alila Marea Beach Resort Encinitas on points. That changed recently when I…

Hyatt had my curiosity when I discovered the World of Hyatt was expanding its portfolio to cover the area around Yosemite National Park. Hyatt had my attention when I discovered World of…

On our way up to backpack the Lost Coast Trail (LCT), we made a stop in NorCal wine country for one last buzzed hurrah before hitting the backcountry. I am embarrassed to…

This is a room walkthrough video of a “Vineyard Oak Studio With King And Outdoor Tub” room at Carmel Valley Ranch in Carmel, California. Read the full review here: Review: Carmel Valley…

For our first trip to California’s wine country, I wanted to go big. Having just checked out the Hyatt Regency Sonoma, it was on to one of the newest jewels in Hyatt’s…

Early in 2021, World of Hyatt offered its members the chance to earn expedited status with just half the usual required numbers of stays. Taking them up on that offer required me…

If you haven’t heard the news, Disneyland has officially reopened! Well, reopened on a limited basis. I recently made my way down to OC (Orange County. California) to check out the Hyatt…

Having  had the pleasure of staying at Andaz Peninsula Papagayo and Andaz Singapore, I’ve been clamoring to check out more Andaz locations closer to home. I finally got that chance with the…

There is a whole lot of great news going on right now for World of Hyatt members, and even more great news for holders of the Chase World of Hyatt credit card.…

As we left the Bay Area, and headed for California’s Redwood Coast on our “National-Park-during-the-pandemic” road trip, we again needed a quick place to stay the night at a clean and safe…

Our “National-Park-during-the-pandemic” road trip took us from Bend, Oregon, to Boise, Idaho. Knowing our longest drive of the road trip would be the next day (the drive between Boise and Missoula, Montana),…