A staycation and travel addict who tries to toe the balance between living the atas life and maintaining some resemblance of financial sanity.
It was between Ritz Carlton Tianjin and Ritz Carlton Suzhou for the 2026 family trip and after taking into consideration the logistics of getting there, Tianjin won. And not that its was any bad choice – I mean look at this breathtaking official picture!
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This was the default choice for a long awaited trip back to this city after many many years ago as I needed to clock more nights + need a Club Lounge to chill in.
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This was a deliberate staycay to try out what is currently the most expensive Marriott Bonvoy property in Singapore, with cash price hovering around $700+ and above. UGH. So I found a decent redemption weekend rate for Bonvoy points 92,000 for the night and decided to bite the bullet for an experience in this all-Suite property!
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This was a natural choice for using my 2x FNA due to its location and club lounge facilities for 2nights, plus online reviews were very decent!
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] The Westin Perth”
So I finally got my One World Sapphire (OWS) status after completing the Trip.com x Japan Airlines Sapphire Fast Track. While I am happy to finally see my status reflected, there were issues with Japan Airlines telling me that my Sapphire status is only valid until 31 March 2025 versus the campaign’s official T&C of 31 Dec 2025 – a 9 months difference! Eventually it got sorted out (and hopefully stays that way!), I figured why not start planning to try out my newly minted status.
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New city, new-ish property!
Decided to hop over to Yokohama from Tokyo for 2nights since I haven’t been here before – and it helps that this property is new in the city and I was excited to experience the first club lounge of my trip!
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I was excited about this stay as this property only re-opened a few months back after closing fully for an extensive renovation – so everything would be relatively new. This 5-night stay would also fit in nicely with the plans of using my balance of 5x Suite Night Award so I applied them about 3 weeks prior.
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] SUITE DREAMS – The Westin Grand Frankfurt”I stalked this place for too long planning for a maybe Shenzhen trip and it happened! Yay. Thanks to my bro who was there for work over the Labour Day long weekend and we decided to go and keep him company.
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I’ve dined at this SPG property in Singpore countless times and always loved how nice the property seems and how impeccable everything seems. The location itself (32nd floor lobby!), the not-crowded buffets (SPG points!), and seemingly romantic lobby lounge (where I get to order my fav avocado ice cream too). All these add up to a certain level of expectation for the rooms itself.
I almost managed to stay back in 2014 but some family thingy happened and we cancelled the staycation. Bummer.
Fast forward to this year, lucky me chanced upon their flash sale (see below) and booked for 1 night. Was super excited about it – finally!!
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] The Westin Singapore – Executive Sea View King”
