One positive thing came out of the nearly 7 hours we spent in the Renfe train station in Barcelona trying to get someone, anyone, to know what to do with the discounted train passes we had purchased online before our trip. That one positive thing was that once we finally reached a manager, and rudely interrupted him planning a vacation for himself in Malta, he became very … [Read more...]
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Two beautiful, tranquil places in Phuket, Thailand
We do a series on "Places We've Loved" and Phuket won't make it. Did we have fun there? Yes, we had a lot of fun. But if you're trying to decide where to spend limited time and money to go we wouldn't recommend Phuket. The towns are very noisy, crowded, chaotic and filled with fume-spewing traffic. Maybe we didn't get to the right places, but in our experience you couldn't … [Read more...]
Our best practices for selecting and booking hotels
She goes all Mitt Romney and outsources it to her sister. If you need to do it yourself, then use Brunette's process. General stuff to consider in advance: Our process is based on our mutually exclusive goals of spending as little as we can and staying in high-end properties. How much does this hotel stay matter to you? Is it somewhere you're spending one night on your way … [Read more...]