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Ten Tips for Planning an Oktoberfest Trip to Munich

BySean May 17, 2015January 1, 2024

My favorite trip of the year is always my annual pilgrimage to Munich for the World’s largest festival — Oktoberfest! This coming year will be the sixth year in a row that I’ve attended the Wiesn in Germany, so I’ve learned on the fly, but at this point, I think I know what I’m doing pretty…

Review: Le Meridien Munich

BySean November 11, 2014January 1, 2024

For the first time in four years, I opted to stay at a hotel for Oktoberfest not named Four Points Sheraton Munich Central. And the result? A mixed bag, really. The Le Meridien Munich is located pretty darned conveniently – especially for Oktoberfest. The property is literally across the street from the south entrance of…

An Around the World Trip — Introduction

BySean October 1, 2014December 19, 2014

As I previously wrote, I will be embarking on a two-week journey around the World starting tonight. While I’m meeting twelve other friends in Munich, two of them will be joining me for our exploits in Asia. Though we all have somewhat different flights, we all did manage to get on the same THAI flight…

Ten Tips for Planning an Oktoberfest Trip to Munich

BySean September 26, 2014September 26, 2014

My favorite trip of the year is always my annual pilgrimage to Munich for the World’s largest festival — Oktoberfest! This will be the fifth year in a row that I’ve attended the Wiesn in Germany, so I’ve learned on the fly, but at this point, I think I know what I’m doing pretty well. Oktoberfest…

Five Days in Sydney: Days One and Two

BySean July 9, 2014September 4, 2014

During our first two days in Sydney, we took a free walking tour of the city, had dinner in the Rocks, took a ferry to Manly Beach, and spent an evening in Darling Harbour.

Fifteen Days in Australia – Introduction

BySean June 25, 2014September 4, 2014

An introduction to my fifteen day adventure Down Under to visit Sydney for New Years Eve; Cairns; a dive trip to the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea; and Melbourne — and of course getting there in United Global First Class!

SPG offering up to 3X Starpoints on Oktoberfest stays in Munich!

BySean May 21, 2014January 1, 2024

Starwood has announce a promotion for up to triple Starpoints for stays during Oktoberfest at any of their participating Munich properties, including the Four Points by Sheraton Munich Central.

Well, this trip didn’t start as planned

BySean June 13, 2013

So I was finishing up work yesterday when a co-worker mentioned to me that there was severe weather expected to roll through the DC area on Thursday. Alarm bells immediately went off in my head as I was scheduled to fly from DCA to New York-JFK at around 12:30 on Thursday — the same time…