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What really annoys me when checking in to a hotel I stay at a lot…

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What really annoys me when checking in to a hotel I stay at a lot…

…of computers, networks and databases. So my pet hate hotel service is the Pullman Rive Gauche (formally Sofitel). I have stayed here so many times I even know more or less which rooms in this 600 bedroom hotel I like and do not like. Plus I am a member of the loyalty scheme and every booking has that on…. And yet EVERY time I go, they ask me to complete address and other details. It drives me nuts. Yet, when checking into a Starwood Hotel they kn…

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I Went On a $5,000 Off-Ship Machu Picchu Excursion. Here’s What Happened

…man who brought these ruins to world attention in 1911. It’s a 1920s-style Pullman coach train with mahogany panels and brass fittings. It carries just 84 guests in two dining cars, with a Bar / Observation Deck Carriage too. It felt luxurious and up-market. They served a gourmet lunch of Peruvian beef and chocolate mousse for dessert. The bar carriage was buzzing with a live band. As I sat there enjoying the views of the Urubamba River and the st…

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I Take A 12-Hour Day Trip on “Britain’s Most Luxurious Train”

…itish company. So, it’s separate to the Orient Express. The train uses old Pullman coaches all turned into and revamped into these glamourus plush carriages for when the Northern Belle went into service in 2000. The Link With Cruising Very much like cruise lines, trains used to be very glamorous, and the Northern Belle is designed to kind of bring back a lot of that glamour, and so they run these very exotic day trips all around the UK. The link b…

Travel Plusses and Minuses 2008

Eurostar / London / Paris / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel / tripadvisor

Travel Plusses and Minuses 2008

…fly for work on short haul, it is really not at all glamorous or pleasant. Pullman Rive Gauge Hotel in Paris Issy les Moulineaux Closest hotel to our offices in Paris, this 600 room hotel lacks customer service. I stay here a great deal and still they have no way of acknowledging that I am a very repeat guest even on greeting. Housekeeping is very slap dash and the food is terrible. And… don’t get me started! If you have any suggestions on Plusses…

Hotels and making you feel welcome. Especially if you stay there a lot……

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Hotels and making you feel welcome. Especially if you stay there a lot……

…I spend a lot of time in Paris and stay at many hotels there – and at the Pullman Rive Gauche (Issy Les Moulineaux) a great deal.. I always moan about the hotel (mostly about the way they treat even the most regular customer like me, for example asking if you stayed there before, making you fill out your address every time like it is the 1st time etc). Now they even have a machine check you in and out. In recent stays I have not even been spoken…

Napa Wine Train, Napa California (review and photos)

Attraction review / California / napa / Rovos / train / travel / usa

Napa Wine Train, Napa California (review and photos)

…g which now only an occasional freight train may run. He then acquired old Pullman coaches mostly from the 1940s, restored them and (to much opposition from locals along the route) got his service going. It seems locals really did not like the idea of the service and in the end he had to limit his trips to a lunchtime one, a dinner one most evenings and the odd special event. It was, however, a big hit with tourists.Unlike the stunning (and costly…

Orient Express: Blogger outreach and my observations

Orient Express / Tips for Travellers / travel

Orient Express: Blogger outreach and my observations

…already a fan of the company based on my experience on the amazing British Pullman Train “Golden Age of Travel” trip earlier in the year (see my review here) before attending the event. And, for years have been hankering to go on the actual Orient Express train, but not quite got to it yet. So I was intrigued about the event, and what they would have to share and discuss. Other than having some tasty canapés and a few glasses of tasty Peach Bellin…

Rovos Rail South Africa (Cape Town to Pretoria): a most remarkable & special experience (review)

Destinations / Rovos Rail / South Africa / transportation

Rovos Rail South Africa (Cape Town to Pretoria): a most remarkable & special experience (review)

…alf a carriage. The Deluxe suites which are 3 to a carriage, and then the. Pullman suites which are seats in the day and beds at night (more similar to first class carriages today but with individual bathrooms). We were in a deluxe suite. It is quite a “wow” on entering. Not only because you feel a sense of entering the past, but the size and layout. There is a double bed that is huge and stretches right across the suite. As it is quite high it is…