Category: Reviews

Orlando Layover at Wingate Hotel

Orlando Layover at Wingate Hotel

Our most recent flight arrived in Orlando at 530pm and our next flight wouldn’t leave until the following day at 11am so we booked a room at the Wingate by Wyndham. We were able to use their airport shuttle twice which proved to be quite…

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The Inn at Montpelier

Inn at Montpelier

We stayed at the inn during a layover on our way from Montreal to Springfield, MA. Montpelier was the halfway point and we’d never visited the town before so we thought it would be a fun day trip. Embracing the quaintness of the New England…

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Sweet Retreat Cabins, Quebradas, Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica

Sweet Retreat Cabins

We were the first people to stay in the Sweet Retreat cabins hosted by Margoth and Wilbur. We knew them from our past trips to Quebradas and were excited to stay in their new resort-style cabins! There are 3 cabins on the property that share…

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One of the Comfy Chairs at Sino House

Sino House Phuket Hotel

When we searched on Booking.com for a place in Old Phuket Town we were looking for a room that had a kitchen so we didn’t have to dine out for every meal. We knew there would be some days that we would just stay in…

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House of Tomorrow in Chizu Japan

House of Tomorrow

We just wrapped up our month long trip to Chizu, Japan. Chizu is a small village in the Tottori prefecture known for rice and vegetable agriculture as well as cedar tree forestry. What brought us there you ask? We had just visited Kyoto and were…

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Basement Apartment in Manchester, England

Rachel's Basement Apartment

We have friends that live in Manchester and we wanted to stay near them. Rachel’s place worked out so well! The place felt enormous with an eat in kitchen, living room, separate desk area, large bedroom and bathroom. The bedroom was nice and dark at…

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Residence Les Cretes, Torgon, Switzerland

Residence Les Cretes (through RCI)

Unfortunately this timeshare didn’t provide a great first impression but it’s worth sticking it out because it ended up being a great stay! The floors were pretty dirty and so was the coffee maker. Our television remote was broken but the maintenance crew promptly replaced…

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Kitchen and Dining Room of Daniel's Place

Daniel's Place

Some friends recommended that we visit Sion when traveling from Lago Maggiore in Italy to Torgon, Switzerland. They told us it had history, castles and grapevines, so we were sold on the idea. Having never been to Sion, we didn’t know where to search for…

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Kitchen, bathroom and bedroom of Lily at the Lake Maggiore

Lily at the Lake

After spending a few weeks in another part of Italy, all of the technology at Lily’s place was well appreciated! Her place had an air conditioner, dishwasher, washing machine, electric blinds to darken the bedroom, and a shower with lights and a radio. There were…

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Entrance Sign to La Roche

La Roche Hotel-Apartments

Beautiful views and lots of convenience We came to Aosta Valley to visit a friend of ours who highly recommended La Roche. It was near his house and he’s had many people stay there before. We’d be staying for three weeks so the kitchenette was…

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Maria enjoying a huge falafel sandwich

Beehive Mediterranean Restaurant

We finally made it out to Beehive Restaurant after seeing the ads in Ballena Tales magazine. We were on our way back to San Isidro after a nice weekend at the beach and hoped that it might be open. The restaurant made us feel Pura…

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Flower Bouquet, Entrance Sign, and a Sunset over the Main Building

Hacienda de los Sueños

We took an impromptu trip down to Ojochol over the weekend. The night before we left, we figured we shouldn’t leave our lodging up to chance so we hopped on Booking.com to see what might be available. We were hoping to finally get out to…

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Prerogative Entrance and all the delicous food we ate

Prerogative Kitchen

Staying in Red Lodge, MT for the weekend and happened upon this restaurant for dinner on our first night. Saw that there was wine and a cheeseboard so we knew we’d be happy but had no idea how amazing it would be! We chose a…

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Candlewood Suites Entrance

Candlewood Suites

We chose Candlewood Suites in Cleveland for a two night stay. We’d be meeting up with some friends for dinner but the rest of the meals we figured we’d benefit from having a kitchen. It worked out great to have the fridge and two burner…

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Neil by the Hayday Tricycly, Maria snacking out front, and our yummy food

Hayday

We’re always on the search for a cool coffee shop to hang out, do a little work and enjoy a fancy cup of coffee! We found HayDay on one of our first days in Atlantic City. They not only have all kinds of delicious coffee…

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Bathroom at the Surf Inn Playa Hermosa

Surf Inn

On our way back from Monteverde, we were hungry and looking for a beachfront place for some lunch. We stopped at Bowie’s Point for a fish wrap and a burger. Sitting there and gazing out at the Playa Hermosa waves was serene. We were both…

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All kinds of food from Jardines Café

Jardines Café Emma

Jardines is a delicious cafe located in the Esterillos Town Center Plaza! We visited them about a half dozen times during our recent visit to Esterillos. We tried their breakfast and lunch and they are open for dinner too. We were drawn to Jardines because…

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The Spot's outside common area

The Spot

We were on our way to Monteverde and remembered that a friend of ours was staying in Esterillos. In order to spend some time with him, we searched Booking.com to see what kind of inexpensive lodging might be available around there. That’s when we found…

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The beach and water in front of Cabinas Jimenez

Cabinas Jimenez

Booked a three-night stay based on its location and reviews on Google Maps, and after staying two nights, we extended our stay another three nights! Just a fantastic hotel to enjoy in Puerto Jimenez, directly on the water. We enjoyed watching the boats from our…

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Iguana at Casa Lina

Casa Lina

Really not a great place if you’re looking for R&R This is the 15th place we’ve stayed in Costa Rica, so we are familiar with rentals here, and have spent about a year total in this country over the last five years. The day we…

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