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Even though we re the ‘Richmond Savers,’ Laura and I lived most of our lives on Long Island, NY, and the majority of our family is still up there. We drove up to NY on July 16 th and Laura’s parents were kind enough to watch our daughters for 5 nights starting on the 17 th so we could take a 5-night getaway to New York City and Bermuda.
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This was our second time staying at the Andaz 5 th Avenue, and we just love the place. It is a hefty 25,000 Hyatt points per night (which we transferred from Chase Ultimate Rewards), but the hotel makes us feel like luxury travelers, so we felt it was worth the splurge.
The next day we made our way to JFK airport to fly to Bermuda, and it couldn’t have gone more smoothly. We used our British Airways Avios points to book this American Airlines flight (since the two airlines are alliance partners) and it only cost us 15,000 Avios plus $63.25 each in unavoidable taxes and fees (30k Avios total plus $126.50).
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And of course we put that charge on the Barclaycard Arrival Plus™ World Elite MasterCard® so it actually cost us a net $104.79 since we were able to redeem $100 in statement credits against that expense.
A few months prior to our departure, our close friends Kevin and Julie decided to join us on the trip and they were able to open up two Fairmont credit cards and book four nights at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess. That saved them approximately $4,300 on the trip! This brings our total savings on the trip between the four of us to nearly ten thousand dollars .
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Yeah, it is hard to believe how expensive everything was there. We d seriously look around and say, do you believe oahu apartment rentals people are spending $70+ in actual cash for this breakfast?? It almost becomes like funny money when you re just charging things to the room, but when checkout time comes that plate of eggs and bacon really did cost $70 for those people!
You should definitely check out the Fairmont cards when you can plan a trip for you and your wife to take advantage of a real luxury hotel like that. I was looking at the one in Quebec City for a while
There were a lot of pub-style restaurants for certain, and a lot of seafood, but Hamilton in general was fairly diverse and cosmopolitan with the restaurant selection. We had great Asian fusion one night, Italian another, oahu apartment rentals a local restaurant off the beaten path, etc.
haha, high roller for a Mustachian indeed! It was crazy to be in such a nice room; I can see how people get used to that kind of thing! It of course would never impact our baseline oahu apartment rentals happiness, but I can t say it was unpleasant to be in such luxury
Sounds like you guys had a great time. I ve considered staying at the Hyatt properties in NYC even though I live here haha a staycation I guess! Bermuda sounds nice, plus it s a very quick flight from NYC. But, what else is there to do there beach/golf? And no restaurants anywhere near the resort?
Bermda was great and it was like a 90 minute flight from JFK which was great. Tons of golf, great beaches, amazing diving, nice little towns and we were right near the main city of Hamilton so it was a short walk to lots of restaurants. oahu apartment rentals If you stayed oahu apartment rentals at the other Fairmont oahu apartment rentals the Southampton you d be a little further away from everything, but they have a nice beach there.
I always forget about Fairmonts, but that sounds like a smoking deal. We felt exactly that same way at the Grand Hyatt in Kauai, like you kind of want to giggle about how nice everything is and how cheap your getting it. I love hearing about your travel oahu apartment rentals stories. We ll have to put Bermuda on our list.
I hear you about wanting to giggle the whole thing was just ridiculous honestly, and when we walked out of there paying $204 we knew we paid the least of anyone who has ever stayed there which was wild Definitely go to Bermuda if you can do this Fairmont set of cards and you ll love the trip!
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