As I didn’t feel like taking the night ICE train after my August 2024 trip to Dresden from Berlin to Cologne, I was looking for a hotel close to Berlin Main Station. Arriving on a Saturday evening there, I wanted…
IntercityHotel Bonn
I haven’t done a “Review Battle” for quite a while. Today, I am comparing two hotels of the same brand with each other. On the one hand, there is the IntercityHotel in my birth town Bonn. The brand is rather…
Innside by Melia Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg might not be the first place which comes to your mind when you think about German touristic hotspots.. However, I made it to the city in Lower Saxony three times during 2024. Two were due to cultural events (a…
Hotel Maison du Pre (Paris)
Getting a reasonably priced hotel during Olympic Games is typically a very tricky task. Thus, I was quite happy when we found a travel agency deal for Hotel Maison du Pre in Paris, when my wife and I visited the…
Hampton Inn Manhattan – Madison Square Garden Area
Hotel pricing in New York is weird. It is very hard to spot a reasonable place for 250 USD per night or under. What makes it very difficult for travelers, especially from overseas, is that hotel prices typically drop significantly…
Best Western Raphael Hotel Altona (Hamburg)
For Charles Esten’s show in Hamburg in May 2024, I needed a hotel in the Northern German city. I chose a hotel which I had not visited before, the Best Western Raphael Hotel Altona. The show was originally scheduled for…
Mercure Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West Station)
My third stage of my Rock of Ages tour-chasing took me to the Austrian capital Vienna. With the show being held at the Stadthalle, I looked for an accommodation around nearby Vienna West (rail) Station. I finally opted for the…
Mövenpick Hotel Basel
The Swiss Floorball Superfinals 2024 in Fribourg gave me a bit of a travel headache. I would have made it to the city in the French-speaking part of the country in the early morning. However, this would have had required…