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1110 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. American $$$
Jeffrey and I were in DC recently and happened to stay just around the corner from Lincoln. After doing some quick research on Urban Spoon, we decided on the Lincoln because of its close proximity to our hotel and its good reviews (92%!).
When we walked in, true to its name, there were penny’s inside the floor. Pretty cool touch for a restaurant that takes its name from the President whose face is on the penny. The restaurant had a laid-back atmosphere with plenty of people, but it didn’t seem crowded at all. And, it’s not too nice — it wasn’t quiet and you don’t have to [...]
Don’t miss out on Starwood’s Winter 2014 promo “Bring On The Nights“:
The Deal
Basically, you can earn appx 500 bonus points/night on your first 20 Starwood nights from Jan 5 – Apr 30, 2014. Nights 21-25 will earn you appx 1,000 bonus points/night.
How to Get It
Register here: SPG Promos: “Bring on the Nights“ by Feb 28. Book your SPG stays (5 night increments so that you’ll get the bonus points!) After every 5 nights of eligible stays, 2,500 bonus points will post to your account within 2-4 weeks.Don’t forget:
This is only on “eligible nights” i.e. Award nights, Cash + [...]An unusual winter storm brought snow to Charleston–schools were closed for 2.5 days and many business were as well. Check out some of the pictures we took around Charleston of the snow storm. And if you’ve got some weird thing for pictures of snow check out the photo gallery of Paris in the Snow from about a year ago.
A rare sight!
No bronzin’ going on today — from Dockside Condos over looking Charleston Harbor and Ravenel Bridge
Charleston Maritime Center Dock
Don’t miss out on Marriott Reward’s Spring 2014 promo “Marriott Rewards MegaBonus Bonus 2014”:
The Deal
You’ll have to login to your Marriott account and head to the MegaBonus page to see your personalized offer. Here are a few of the offers you may get:
For every two stays, you’ll get one free night in a Category 1 – 5 hotel (improvement over normal Category 4 maximum). You can earn a max of 2 free nights, so just 4 hotel stays will get you there. This is now the 3rd or 4th time in a row Marriott has run the same bonus. For every two stays, you’ll get one free night in a Category 1 – 4 hotel. You can [...]Charleston Harbor Ferry leaves from the Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center at Liberty Square (340 Concord St., downtown Charleston) AND Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum (40 Patriots Point Rd., Mount Pleasant, SC) Adults $18, Adult Seniors (62 years & up) $16, Children ages 4-11 yrs $11, Children 3 yrs & under FREE Click here for ferry times.
For the history buffs out there (like me!), you’ll probably recognize Fort Sumter as where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. You won’t learn until you visit, though, the first shots were sent TO Fort Sumter, not from it. Let me back up…
First, you have to take a ferry to the [...]
Spotted a possible pricing mistake on Starwood:
The Deal
The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center is undercharging for One-Bedroom Suites…rates as low as $299/night for a 902 sq ft suite where Traditional Rooms are $329-$399/night.. I’m finding good availability in June, July, September, October, etc 2014–other months seem to be pricing correctly.
Sample of pricing mistake June 18-19 booking
Normal rates are closer to the $500 mark for the suite:
The normal price: Sample booking for Apr 14-17 comes to $479/night [...]
(A preview of) the Priority Club PointBreaks list has been updated through March 31, 2014! Below is a list of all of the hotels that IGH/PriorityClub Rewards is offering for just 5,000 pts a night. Don’t forget that you can buy 5,000 points for just $35, which basically allows you to book any of the rooms below for just $35/night:
Check our tutorial on how to book rooms for $35 / night
When you’re ready to book (note, booking starts Monday January 27): Click here to go to the PointsBreaks site (the new IHG site)
Good values that I’m seeing:
Intercontinental Phnom Penh is usually $200+/night InterContinental Mendoza averages [...]
