Checking in: Vivanta by Taj, Malabar Cochin
It generally takes a very special situation for me to consider dropping $300+ per night on a hotel room. I rarely see the value in...
Kochi
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Checking in: Sonnetta Residency, Fort Cochin
I’ve probably bored just about everyone into submission with the tales of woe involving our hotel arrangements while in Kochi (read here and here if...
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It was then I realized my nose was woefully inadequate
It was about 9:15am on Christmas Eve when the gravity of the situation finally hit me. For thirty-odd years I had been pretty confident that...
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I had thought India was getting too easy
The first few days of this trip seemed too easy. Yes, there were the typical problems that happen, mostly associated with my being an awful...
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Cruising the backwaters of Kerala
There are miles upon miles of canals and lakes in the Southern Kerala region, mostly centered around the town of Alleppey (or Alleppy or Alappuzha)....
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An unexpected change in venue
Mr. Seth, you are checking out this morning, yes? Considering that we were booked for two more nights this was not exactly the Christmas morning...
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Celebrating Hanukkah, Kerala style
It was a rough start to Hanukkah this year. Thanks to some moderately poor planning on my part as well as travel the first three...
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The hotel reservation that wasn’t
Apparently some hotels in India have learned from the airlines in the USA about how to book their properties – with more guests than they...
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The many different prices of a flight
I like to think that I have a pretty solid grasp of how revenue and inventory management work together within the airlines to control the...