Category: Lodging

House of Tomorrow in Chizu Japan

House of Tomorrow

We just wrapped up our month long trip to Chizu, Japan. Chizu is a small village in the Tottori prefecture known for rice and vegetable agriculture as well as cedar tree forestry. What brought us there you ask? We had just visited Kyoto and were…

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Basement Apartment in Manchester, England

Rachel's Basement Apartment

We have friends that live in Manchester and we wanted to stay near them. Rachel’s place worked out so well! The place felt enormous with an eat in kitchen, living room, separate desk area, large bedroom and bathroom. The bedroom was nice and dark at…

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Residence Les Cretes, Torgon, Switzerland

Residence Les Cretes (through RCI)

Unfortunately this timeshare didn’t provide a great first impression but it’s worth sticking it out because it ended up being a great stay! The floors were pretty dirty and so was the coffee maker. Our television remote was broken but the maintenance crew promptly replaced…

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Kitchen and Dining Room of Daniel's Place

Daniel's Place

Some friends recommended that we visit Sion when traveling from Lago Maggiore in Italy to Torgon, Switzerland. They told us it had history, castles and grapevines, so we were sold on the idea. Having never been to Sion, we didn’t know where to search for…

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Kitchen, bathroom and bedroom of Lily at the Lake Maggiore

Lily at the Lake

After spending a few weeks in another part of Italy, all of the technology at Lily’s place was well appreciated! Her place had an air conditioner, dishwasher, washing machine, electric blinds to darken the bedroom, and a shower with lights and a radio. There were…

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Entrance Sign to La Roche

La Roche Hotel-Apartments

Beautiful views and lots of convenience We came to Aosta Valley to visit a friend of ours who highly recommended La Roche. It was near his house and he’s had many people stay there before. We’d be staying for three weeks so the kitchenette was…

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Flower Bouquet, Entrance Sign, and a Sunset over the Main Building

Hacienda de los Sueños

We took an impromptu trip down to Ojochol over the weekend. The night before we left, we figured we shouldn’t leave our lodging up to chance so we hopped on Booking.com to see what might be available. We were hoping to finally get out to…

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Candlewood Suites Entrance

Candlewood Suites

We chose Candlewood Suites in Cleveland for a two night stay. We’d be meeting up with some friends for dinner but the rest of the meals we figured we’d benefit from having a kitchen. It worked out great to have the fridge and two burner…

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Bathroom at the Surf Inn Playa Hermosa

Surf Inn

On our way back from Monteverde, we were hungry and looking for a beachfront place for some lunch. We stopped at Bowie’s Point for a fish wrap and a burger. Sitting there and gazing out at the Playa Hermosa waves was serene. We were both…

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The Spot's outside common area

The Spot

We were on our way to Monteverde and remembered that a friend of ours was staying in Esterillos. In order to spend some time with him, we searched Booking.com to see what kind of inexpensive lodging might be available around there. That’s when we found…

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