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Novotel Hotel Bangkok Airport (review and video)

Bangkok / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / Novotel / Thailand / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips

Novotel Hotel Bangkok Airport (review and video)

…d our flight back to London just after midnight. It was very reasonable to book a room for a night and we decided that it was definitely worth it than hanging about the airport. The hotel runs a shuttle bus service from the airport, and it only takes about 5 minutes. The hotel is large. It has this vast reception atrium. It is massive, and it looks like a large percentage of the bedrooms face into the atrium. The bedrooms were fine. The king size…

Hilton Hotel Zurich Airport (Review and Room Videos)

Hilton / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel

Hilton Hotel Zurich Airport (Review and Room Videos)

…to have been modernised fairly recently and are designed with the business traveller in mind. Amazingly comfortable beds, pillows and duvets are the highlight. The large desk with internet access and a panel that takes all types of plugs (Swiss, Euro, UK and USA) is a great touch. The bathroom is really nice with grey slate style floors and trendy basin (with large mirror with lights in). There is a lot of cupboard space, and very good dressing go…

Royal Plaza Hotel, Montreux, Switzerland (Review, Video and Photos)

Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / Montreux / Switzerland / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel

Royal Plaza Hotel, Montreux, Switzerland (Review, Video and Photos)

…ce I was at. The rooms are small but comfortable and well equipped for the traveller who is not going to spend much time in the room – and has large desk to work at. Bathroom is pleasant but small. The hotel has wireless broadband but it is costly. The place is not that soundproof as you could hear all the noise as people came and went from their rooms. The rooms were very hot from the winter heating. The food in the hotel is good and reliable wit…

ATHENS, GREECE: Observations and top tips for visitors

Athens / Greece / Top Tips

ATHENS, GREECE: Observations and top tips for visitors

…0 years and start at 9.15 each morning and last about 3 hours. You have to book the day before. There are 4 tours you can choose from with the 1st two the best to get a good overview and hear the history. a. Tour 1: An exciting trip through history (which focuses on the Acropolis); b. Tour 2: The Best of Athens (which focuses on a mix of modern and old and is designed to give you an overall feel for the city) c. Tour 3: Culture & Pleasure (also gi…

Taipei, Taiwan. Observations and tips for visiting this city unused to heavy tourist trade

Destinations / Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan. Observations and tips for visiting this city unused to heavy tourist trade

…at strange and so posted on a very helpful site called travbuddy.com where travelers post reviews and such and you can ask for help. I asked and eventually got only one reply from someone from Taiwan saying, there is not a lot to do as a tourist, listing 4 places (National Palace Museum, Taipei 101, Lung-Shan temple and Shi-Ling Night Market), and saying I would love the city and they were pleased I was coming! Here are my tips for travellers visi…

Taiwan : Taipei 101 (2nd tallest building in the world)

Destinations / Taiwan

Taiwan : Taipei 101 (2nd tallest building in the world)

…ve design and look about it that makes it very striking. I will post more about the building over the next few days but meantime here are 2 short video clips. One is of the graphic of the lift – which is the fastest in the world (authenticated by Guiness Book of Records) and the other is a view of the observation deck and the view. On the lift video I forgot I was filming it in vertical format so it will look like we are going horizontally when yo…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / Journeys / Queen Mary 2 / Transatlantic Crossing / transportation

Transatlantic Crossing Observations On Queen Mary 2: The Ocean in Motion and Seasickness

…. I am sitting in the Grills Concierge Lounge on Deck 9 while Mark, who is travelling with me, sleeps off the effects of the seasickness injection that he had to have this morning. The TV screen in the lounge is showing that we are in the midst of a Force 8 Gale, and the sea is classified as “very rough”. The ship overall is very quiet. So, I suspect that many others are suffering from the effects of the enthusiastic motion of the ocean that start…

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Do Real Travellers Use A Hop-on Hop-Off Bus Tour?

…l for any traveller. Swallow your pride. Stop being snobbish. Real travellers really should embrace hop-on hop-off bus tours. Please do this short 10 question survey about Tips for Travellers to help me give travellers like you content you really want and need. Thanks! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/tipsfortravellers…

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What 10 things can you expect a cruise butler to do on-board a ship?

…ole will be as responsive as you want it to be. They seem to be very resourceful and actually enjoy doing the more unusual! To read, listen to and watch all of my content about MSC Preziosa visit tipsfortravellers.com/MSC Please do a short survey about Tips for Travellers to help me give you content you really want and need. Thanks! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/tipsfortravellers…