Trip to the Maldives – the flights part 1 Trip to the Maldives – the flights part 2 Conrad Lounge in Mali and Seaplane to Rangali Island Beach Villa at the Conrad Maldives Euro swimsuits and Turtles The main pool and snorkeling Our luggage arrives, Vilu, and the Quiet Zone The employee strike The strike…
Hi dear readers – I have a free weekend night certificate for Intercontinental Hotels that I am giving away for free. It expires September 2011. The certificate is valid for one complimentary room night on the second night of a paid Ambassador ‘Weekend rate’ booking and may only be booked on intercontinental.com/ambweekend or by contacting…
Delta is running a summer promotion (no registration required) where you can get a 50% mileage discount when you use your miles for a BusinessElite upgrade. You must purchase a Y, B, or M fare in order to be eligible. A normal upgrade from US to Tokyo costing 25,000 miles for example would only be…
At about 4 am in the morning, we were woken up by the sounds of cheering and shouting. We occasionally heard the employees playing soccer on a private field in the middle of the island surrounded by tall retainer walls, but it seemed odd to be playing a game so early in the morning. We…
Both Time magazine and NPR have recently done stories in regards to the nearly $1 billion in dollar coins sitting on the shelves of the Federal Reserve that according to them nobody wants. That number could quickly become $2 billion once the coins honoring the past presidents are done. All of this is even more…
Hertz is offering 500 free bonus points and 100 bonus points for every rental day from July 1 through September 30, 2011. You can register here and must have Hertz Gold Plus status in order to receive the 500 free bonus points. If you are not a member of Hertz, click on the “I am…
Trip to the Maldives – the flights part 1 Trip to the Maldives – the flights part 2 Conrad Lounge in Mali and Seaplane to Rangali Island Beach Villa at the Conrad Maldives Euro swimsuits and Turtles The main pool and snorkeling Our luggage arrives, Vilu, and the Quiet Zone The employee strike The strike…
I’m always looking for ways to be more efficient when I travel when it comes to travel gear. One area I’ve always been lacking is in cable and device management. When it comes time to go on a trip, I’m usually spending forever tracking down all the cords and devices that I take with me.…
We ate breakfast at Atoll Market again and we headed out to the main pool on the main island. The pool is surrounded by lounge chairs, some of the loungers are double sized for two people, and some are on a shallow ledge in the pool water. Each lounge chair has an umbrella as well.…
Our first full day in the Maldives – and our luggage was still nowhere to be found. As Diamond’s we were given the choice of two benefits: a free cocktail hour each day at Vilu bar or free breakfast buffet each day. We chose the breakfast buffet. You are given the choice of two restaurants…
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