To be honest, this was the outfit I wore on the plane, because when I landed, and
finally got to my hotel, my first appointment was about to happen.
Consider how, you'll be dragging your luggage into the trunk of your car and out again, through the airport, off of the luggage carousel, through another airport, back into the trunk of your rental car and out again until
finally you get to the hotel where hopefully they'll have a porter.
Not exact matches
When we
finally got back
to the
hotel, we cleaned up and then I met Jack in the bar.
After losing my way a few times
to the Mandarin
hotel, where the event was
to be held, I
finally get there.
I
finally got a chance
to hit up the NoMo SoHo
hotel and check out the lovely entrance and garden area.
Packing for Coachella is a serious job and requires a ton of planning so once I actually
get out there, checked in
to my
hotel and unpacked I feel like a load has been lifted and I can
finally relax and have fun.
Finally, I
got to my
hotel and we had
to get ready for the night's activities.
Not long afterward we see Blanc arrive at the Cannes film festival, demanding a suite at the
Hotel Carlton (he
finally gets moved into the suite of Gerard Depardieu, who's off wine tasting in Bulgaria) and making a crude pass at Charlotte Gainsbourg in her room, then stealing money from her purse while she goes
to fetch him some Valium.
It's a fantastic result, not only confirming that the tropes with Bondian lineage remain worth tapping (which bodes well for Paul Feig's Spies, currently
getting rave reviews at SXSW), but also that the spirit of knowing genre deconstruction is now understood at a global level, in a similar way
to how The Grand Budapest
Hotel showed that Wes Anderson's «quirk» had
finally been assimilated into the mainstream.
Well, I took a red eye
to New York from Los Angeles so I
got in at 6, battled traffic
to get into the city, checked into the
hotel, took a shower, and I was in the middle of my shower when I
got the news — I had
to wash out the shampoo, but I had
to put conditioner in my hair because it was a tangled mess, so by the time I
finally got out of the shower I had all of these messages and voice messages on my phone from people congratulating me.
The only way
to leave the
hotel is by a road that looks as though the Romans forgot
to finish it, so someone put a couple of railway sleepers down then someone else who does cobbles had a go, then there's a bit that looks like a British council
got involved and
finally there is a smooth section.
«And yes, that night, after the announcement, when I
finally got back
to my
hotel room, my email inbox was filled with creators who had ideas and pitches.
Finally, if you fly different airlines but prefer a particular
hotel chain — or if you would just prefer free nights
to free flights — consider
getting a
hotel credit card.
Furthermore,
to get the best value out of the card, we recommend redeeming your points strictly on + VIP Access
hotels, if possible - followed by regular rate
hotels, and
finally flights.
I
finally relented, scheduled the weekend with PetSmart
Hotel, and planned
to get both dogs vaccinated before the weekend.
Finally, the $ 95 annual fee
gets you Gold status in Hilton HHonors, the most lucrative mid-tier of any
hotel loyalty program thanks
to the free WiFi and breakfast benefits.
When I
finally settled into my
hotel and sorted my issue with the tickets
to Machu Picchu, (read all about the horror of this on my blog about
getting tickets
to Machu Picchu) it was already late.
A Canadian man
finally got the chance
to clear his name after 17 years in exile from a
hotel in British Columbia.
It didn't take long for the
hotel to get back
to Burchill, granting him a pardon and
finally allowing him back
to the
hotel.
Finally, you also gain access
to Amex's Fine
Hotels & Resorts program, receive Gold status in Starwood's Preferred Guest program, and can
get 30 percent of your points back when using the Pay with Points option.
Finally, you'll want
to ask the
hotel to waive any so - called resort fees that may
get tacked on
to your room rate.
Finally with my mom in Rio de Janeiro, we partnered with some brands and were able
to get hosted in nice
hotels and tours including the Hang Gliding in Rio de Janeiro, trip
to Christ the Redeemer and Iguassu Falls!
We stayed at the Rosarito Beach
Hotel and I
finally got a chance
to explore the beach, the last night we were there for about 30 minutes.
And since they have
to find the rate themselves, without letting me send in a screenshot, I was screwed until one
finally called the
hotel manager for me and
got his approval for my lower rate (but without the 20 % guarantee).
But when I
finally got around
to clicking the link
to view my offer, I learned it was not the free night at any
hotel that many bloggers have been reporting.
Now,
finally, uber has arrived improving personal transportation on the island and reducing the risk of
getting scammed on your trip
to or from your
hotel!
We
finally got a cab
to stop and were taken
to the Renaissance
Hotel right down the street from the PETRONAS towers.
While I wouldn't consider this benefit
to be a game changer, I'd certainly welcome it, as I'd
finally get some value out of earning 5x points on
hotel bookings, given that I've never made a prepaid
hotel booking through amextravel.com.
It all started with a midnight train ride
to the airport, which led
to boarding my plane at 5 AM, then
to hopping planes in Denver, arriving in Toronto at 4 PM, spending an hour on the metro
to get to my
hotel, and
finally heading over
to the convention center.
So I
finally got to try it out, on an expedition from my
hotel on 42nd street
to the Cooper Hewitt Museum up at 91st and 5th,
to see two wonderful shows that will be the subject of another post.
We were stuck in a
hotel in Nicaragua for a month while she regained enough strength
to finally get on a plane and come home
to the United States.
Hotel Tonight, an app service that allows travelers
to book reservations at
hotels at the last minute, and still
get a discount, has
finally made its Windows Phone debut.
It went something like this:
hotel check - in, locate room, locate wifi service, attempt connection
to wifi, wonder why the connection is taking so long, try again, locate phone, call front desk,
get told «the internet is broken for a while», decide
to hot - spot the mobile phone because some emails really needed
to be sent, go «la la la» about the roaming costs, locate iron, wonder why iron temperature dial just spins around and around, swear as iron spews water instead of steam, find reading glasses, curse middle - aged need for reading glasses, realise iron temperature dial is indecipherably in Chinese, decide ironing front of shirt is good enough when wearing jacket, order room service lunch, start shower, realise can't read impossible small toiletry bottle labels, damply retrieve glasses from near iron and successfully avoid shampooing hair with body lotion, change (into slightly damp shirt), retrieve glasses from shower, start teleconference, eat lunch, remember
to mute phone, meet colleague in lobby at 1 pm, continue teleconference,
get in taxi, endure 75 stop - start minutes
to a inconveniently located client, watch unread emails climb over 150, continue
to ignore roaming costs, regret tuna panini lunch choice as taxi warmth, stop - start juddering, jet - lag, guilt about unread emails and traffic fumes combine in a very unpleasant way, stumble out of over-warm taxi and almost catch hypothermia while trying
to locate a very small client office in a very large anonymous business park, almost hug client with relief when they appear
to escort us the last 50 metres, surprisingly have very positive client meeting (i.e. didn't throw up in the meeting), almost catch hypothermia again waiting for taxi which despite having two functioning GPS devices can't locate us on a main road, understand why as within 30 seconds we are almost rendered unconscious by the in - car exhaust fumes, discover that the taxi ride back
to the CBD is even slower and more juddering at peak hour (and no, that was not a carbon monoxide induced hallucination), rescheduled the second client from 5 pm
to 5.30,
to 6 pm and
finally 6.30 pm, killed time by drafting this guest blog (possibly carbon monoxide induced), watch unread emails climb higher, exit taxi and inhale relatively fresher air from kamikaze motor scooters, enter office and grumpily work with client until 9 pm, decline client's gracious offer of expensive dinner, noting it is already midnight my time, observe client fail
to correctly set office alarm and endure high decibel «warning, warning» sounds that are clearly designed
to send security rushing... soon... any second now... develop new form of nausea and headache from piercing, screeching, sounds - like - a-wailing-baby-please-please-make-it-stop-alarm, note the client is relishing the extra (free) time with us and is still talking about work, admire the client's ability
to focus under extreme aural pressure, decide the client may be a little too work focussed, realise that I probably am too given I have just finished work at 9 pm... but then remember the 200 unread emails in my inbox and decide I can resolve that incongruency later (in a quieter space), become sure that there are only two possibilities — there are no security staff or they are deaf — while my colleague frantically tries
to call someone who knows what
to do, conclude after three calls that no - one does, and then
finally someone
finally does and... it stops.