Honestly, as the first Curio in Asia Pacific, this hotel is incredible value for money. Room rates are just over RMB 400 (and you can also use Aspire to book and trigger the $250 R...

Domestic life is gradually getting back on track, so for June 1 I took my parents out to celebrate and headed to Sanya during the off-season, when the crowds were lighter, for some...

The last time I flew this year was back in early February. Feels like forever ago, so let’s look through some old photos and reminisce a little......

Hi everyone, I’m nox, and in this post I’m sharing my stay at Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City last year and the status match I completed. Atlantic City’s location is very conv...

This story dates back to late April of last year. I had already published the piece about riding the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner during my commute in mid-May last year, but this trip...

Compared with Hyatt Ziva Cancun, the food quality felt about the same, but there were even more options here—I stayed 5 days and still didn’t try everything. The seawater wasn’t as...

Last Thanksgiving, we planned a short vacation in Jamaica and I shared a Jamaica trip-planning post at the time. Today, I’m finally reporting back on our stay experience at two all...

Qatar Airways’ Qsuite was absolutely perfect and well deserving of its No. 1 ranking among business-class products (I’ll have to try ANA’s The Room someday for a comparison). The p...

As Qatar Airways’ home-base lounge, the Al Mourjan Business Class Lounge is truly excellent, with a huge space, lots of seating, two dining areas, and very friendly staff. Qatar Ai...

This first class ticket cost only 10,000 more miles than business class, which made it a very solid value by comparison. You could also tell from the big difference in photo qualit...

Overall, China Southern’s business class was solid but unremarkable. The space, comfort, privacy, and food were all fairly average, with no real surprises—but that was more or less...