During our 2023 Ring Road Trip through Iceland, we had a wide range of stays: from guesthouses to hotel chain hotels, from simple stays with a kitchen to comparably posh places. The Hrafnavellir Guest House we had on the second…
Regiohotel Schanzenhaus Wernigerode
The night before the two floorball matches of the Red Devils Wernigerode against UHC Weißenfels (women) and the Berlin Rockets (men), I had a night in the Northern Harz town. It would have been possible to get from Cologne to…
Wasserturm Hotel Cologne (Curio Collection by Hilton)
The Wasserturm in my home town Cologne is indeed one of the most iconic hotels of the city. Literally, the name translates to “Water Tower” – and that’s exactly what the building used to be from its opening 1872 until…
Road Stop Motel Mettmann (Presidential Suite)
After staying at the Road Stop Motel in Dortmund, my wife and I were really curious about exploring another outlet of this small chain of Western German hotels. This time, we went to Mettmann, a city right Northeast of Dusseldorf.…
The Cockpit Suite at Jumbo Stay Stockholm
In 2009, a former Pan Am Boeing 747-212B has started its (likely) final operation: based on the initiative and business decision by Oscar Diös, the plane opened its doors as a hostel at the edge of Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN).…
Road Stop Motel Dortmund
Flyctory.com has a focus on country music, my community includes quite a bunch of US-American people and I love to review hotels… These are just three reasons which made me feel the Road Stop Motels in Western Germany are simply…
DoubleTree by Hilton Milton Keynes
A Hilton Group Hotel located right inside a soccer stadium? When I watched my favorite musical Rock of Ages in September 2021 in Milton Keynes, I just had to opt for this very special stay in the English city Northwest…
The Wellness Loft at Romantik Hotel Reichshof (Norden)
Ten years of happiness (and all the other times) with my wife – we originally intended to celebrate this very special date with another trip to New York. However, the anniversary was in July 2021, there was Covid-19 and instead…