Hotels

Hostel Spotlight: The Ginger Monkey of Zdiar, Slovakia

Hostel Spotlight: The Ginger Monkey of Zdiar, Slovakia

February 6, 2011
Hotels, Slovakia
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I try to make it a point never to miss out on things highly recommended to me by other travelers or close friends. This is how I ended up at the Ginger Monkey Hostel in Zdiar, Slovakia. My friend Teresa had gone earlier on a trip to Slovakia that was organized by her exchange program in Hungary. I had a long weekend and decided to take my trip to our norther[...]
365 days of holiday

365 days of holiday

June 27, 2010
Hotels
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Dear Travelettes, Just the other day we told you about a great competiton giving away a 6-month trip around the world, now we're telling you about a way to win 365 nights at some of the nicest hotels in the world. Radisson Blu is offering just that to the person who can get as many people as possible to vote for them. Obviously I signed up and in m[...]
Hot(el) deals with Hotwire.com

Hot(el) deals with Hotwire.com

May 20, 2010
Hotels
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Dear travelettes, as I have been traveling throughout the States, I came across a phenomenon that was yet unfamiliar to me. A way to get low-budget deals on high standard hotels. It's called Hotwire.com. After a fellow German traveler told me that his friends paid only $28 for a night at the Sheraton Hotel I just had to try it for myself, and what do y[...]
Berlin stays: The Michelberger hotel

Berlin stays: The Michelberger hotel

October 27, 2009
Berlin, Hotels
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The Michelberger Hotel is one unlike any other I have ever come across. Before I knew it was an actual hotel, I thought it was a night club, as, before its opening a couple of months ago, it hosted various parties including this one or that one or even that one. All those parties were pretty great, not the least due to their excellent location. When I then r[...]