Air BnB Versus Hotels – The Barcelona Effect

The post discusses the ongoing debate between choosing Air BnB rentals and hotels for travel accommodation. It highlights personal experiences, the convenience of hotels, and the challenges of apartment rentals. The author also addresses the economic impact of short-term rentals on housing markets in cities like Barcelona and Melbourne, suggesting potential regulatory changes.

Review – Metro Hotel Marlow Sydney Central

Howdy all. Yes time for another review, and this time it’s of the hotel I stayed in recently in August when I made a brief getaway to Sydney. And so I searched online to see if I could find something that was, well, pretty cheap to be honest, and the hotel I landed on was …

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Accommodation Review – Thredbo Alpine Hotel

Well folks, it’s time for another ‘Accommodation Review’, and today I am reviewing the place my wife and I stayed when we visited Thredbo, an alpine town built for snow sports principally in the Snowy Mountains of southern New South Wales, below the peak of Australia’s highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko. It’s a town that without …

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Accommodation Review – The Terrace Hotel, Adelaide

It’s review time! Hope this post finds you well wherever you may be in the world right now! Last late December I travelled to the capital of the state of South Australia, Adelaide, for a short getaway between Christmas and New Year. This was a delayed trip that I had originally booked for September – …

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What has the Internet Done for Travel?

Since the introduction of air travel, nothing has revolutionised travel as much as the internet. Amazingly, ‘travel agent’ is still a thing, when you consider that it is perfectly possible to completely book your flights, accommodation, ground transport and travel insurance, and indeed tours from the comfort of your computer, tablet or phone in 2019. …

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Accommodation Review – The Point, Brisbane

A couple of weeks back, my wife I were holidaying in Queensland. I might have previously mentioned. It included 3 nights in Noosa Heads and one night in Brisbane. It was an interesting city to return as I’ve only been once I think, and that was in 1988 to ‘Expo ‘88’. That time I was …

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Accommodation Review – KP Heritage Haveli, Jodphur

I had extremely good luck whilst in India this year, most of the places I stayed at were really good, and the KP Heritage Haveli in Jodhpur was no exception. In fact, this one was really special as it was a special building, in a busy part of a great city, with exceptional views of …

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