A bedroom at the Hyatt Regency, Dubai The Hyatt Regency Dubai is a large hotel in Deira, Dubai. It has over 400 rooms and is a 15-minute or so drive from the airport. The hotel is about 30 minutes by taxi from Dubai Mall (a very important measure for me when choosing a hotel in…
Bedroom at Four Points Points by Sheraton, Lagos Four Points by Sheraton, Lagos, part of the well-known Four Points by Sheraton chain of hotels is located in Victoria Island. The hotel has over 200 rooms, one main restaurant, a lobby café, about 3 bars, a gym, a swimming pool and a spa – quite a…
I love to travel but I particularly love to travel cheap. I do like my comfort though so I’m always on the look-out for ways to travel first-class on an economy budget. Here are a few of the tips that have helped me travel in style:
The bedroom at Four Points by Sheraton, Barcelona Four Points by Sheraton, Barcelona is part of the famous chain of hotels and I liked the hotel before I got there. I had a ton of questions about the hotel before I arrived (like how to get to it from the airport and so on) so…
A room at Terrou-Bi hotel, Dakar Terrou-Bi is a large hotel about 15 minutes’ drive from the International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. Senegal is a French-speaking country but some of the hotel staff speak English which is a plus. Due to a late flight, I arrived at Terrou-Bi in the middle of the night making…
The bedroom at the Hilton Miami Airport There are many Hilton hotels in Miami but the Hilton Miami Airport like the name suggests is the closest to the Miami International Airport – it is only a ten-minute car ride away. The hotel is also only a 20 minute taxi-ride away from South Beach and downtown…
An executive/ single room at Axari Hotel Axari is a medium-sized hotel about 15 minutes drive from the Calabar International Airport. It is a reasonably-priced hotel – single rooms cost N13, 500 per night and the rooms are clean, large and decently-furnished. I’m not sure you can find such a room at that price in Lagos.
A single room at the Holiday Inn Holiday Inn is a chain of budget hotels found in many countries across the world. However, why it is regarded as a budget hotel is beyond me. A single, one-occupant room at the Holiday Inn in Sutton, Surrey costs over £200 per night. But I’m getting ahead of…
The bedroom in Movenpick Hotel, Bur Dubai Movenpick is a chain of hotels with Swiss origin. In Dubai, there are 4 Movenpick hotels: in Deira, Bur Dubai, Jumeirah and IBG Battuta Gate. I stayed at Movenpick Bur Dubai. The first thing I noticed about the hotel was
Lily’s Apartments is a new hotel (I was told by staff that operations began in January 2012). The hotel is located on a quiet street in Gwarinpa, Abuja and is about 30 minutes drive from town so it might not be the place for you if you like to be in the thick of things….