ohsostrange's Blog

So I finally decided to go to New York in August and try to go to London next February or March.  Because New York is a little cheaper in August, and it looks like package deals to London are a little cheaper in late winter.

So I'm researching what deals are out there for August, and I've noticed that different travel sites give different hotels radically different star ratings.  Marrakesh Hotel in Manhattan has three stars on lastminutetravel, when other places...

So my next trip turned out to be none of the places I was hoping to go.  Instead I had to go to Frankenmuth aka "Michigan's Little Bavaria" for the weekend with my sister and her kids.  The kids used to love that horrible little tourist trap, but now they're morphing into teenagers, and it seems that teens feel compelled to bitch and moan not only when they're not having a good time, but to camouflage the fact that they ARE...

Looking over my reviews, I realized I'm not ranking things like hotels in opulence and amenities, but by whether or not I think it's a good choice compared to what else is available in that city.  I'll bet everybody has their own system for ranking, which makes me wonder how useful the stars are.  If you think a five star hotel is one that has to have turn-down service and a free breakfast buffet, you're gonna look at their...