Excellent deal at the Trump Turnberry Hotel, Scotland

Marriott owns a few luxury country hotels in the UK, the most popular one probably being the Langley near London. There is one in Scotland as well, Trump Turnberry, which happens to be a member of the Luxury Collection too.

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Upgrade your train journey with Seatfrog

Instead of booking a first-class train ticket directly, it’s widely known that you could just purchase a standard-class ticket on a weekend train, and pay a premium to upgrade to first class on the spot. Seatfrog, a recently emerged app, is providing us with a new option.

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Travelling in Covid times – Holiday Inn Bournemouth

I’m not very good at writing travel or hotel reviews, so this article will be more like photos with some annotations 🙂

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Save 70% on Nordic hotels with Choice’s points sale

You probably have heard of the name Choice Hotels, but very few people understand their loyalty programme (me neither). This is partly due to their weak present outside North America, and most of their hotels being in the middle or low end.

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£5 coupon code for using Amazon Hub

It looks like Amazon has launched a new service called Hub. From the description, it’s basically a click & collect service where you can pick up your order from a locker or counter at various locations, instead of ordering delivery.

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NOW OFFICIAL: You can request Avios refund instead of cash for cancellations

A lot of airlines have been facing tough cash-flow problems since the start of Covid-19, especially when it comes to cancelled flights and ticket refunds. And many of them have been very “creative” to avoid refunding cash to customers.

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Bonus stamp on Hotels.com stays

Hotels.com is running a promotion which awards you bonus stamps, making you earn free nights faster.

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Shangri-la 50% bonus on point purchase (31% off dining)

Shangri-la has recently launched a sale on point purchases – as far as I’m aware, this is the first time ever Shangri-la runs a promotion like this, so you can see how badly the hospitality sector is hit by Covid-19.

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