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Apr 5, 2019, 9:45 am
#3706
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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April
Home in NY
*Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis [CHANGED to Autograph Hotel Saint Louis, location seems better]
Home in Florida
Back to NY
May
The Grand, Stockholm
Rental house for a wedding in Budapest
Ritz-Carlton, Budapest
Rome, Naples, Positano, Santa Maria de Castellebate, Acciaroli and Rome again in hotels not up to this forum's "luxury" standards
Sofitel, Algiers
W West Beverley Hills, LA
Gran Melia Fenix, Madrid
Ritz- Carlton, Moscow
June
Hotel Kamp, Helsinki
Paris to finalize apartment renovations
Hotel Kamp, Helsinki
Ritz-Carlton, Singapore
Hotel Madera, Hong Kong
Award night at a cheap Bonvoy property after late arrival in MEX
Four Seasons, Mexico City
Back to NYC
July
NYC for the beginning
Home in Paris (May do a side trip to Colmar, Liechtenstein, Zurich)
Rental House in St. Tropez at the very end
Aug.
Rental House in St. Tropez continued
Fairmont, Monte Carlo
Hotel Negresco, Nice
Overnight in London (not in a hotel)
Ritz-Carlton, Moscow
Overnight in some dump in Thessaloniki
Elounda Bay Palace, Crete
Ios [Suggestions?]
Anastasis Apartments, Santorini
Naxos [Suggestions?]
Koufonisia [Suggestions?]
Paros [Suggestions?]
Sept.
Paris
New York
Ana y Jose, Tulum
The Pottinger, Hong Kong
Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
Hotel Kamp, Helsinki
Le Meridien, Munich
Westin Grand, Munich
Kempinski, Munich
Four Seasons, Kuwait City
Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain
JW Marriott, Baku
Four Seasons, Baku
Oct.
Ritz-Carlton, Muscat
Ritz-Carlton, Abu Dhabi
W Hotel, Chicago
Ritz-Carlton, Chicago
Nov.
HIlton Columbus
Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland
Dec.
Intercon Marine Drive, Bombay (Questionable)
Gateway Hotel, Varkala
Taj Green Cove, Kovalem
London
Hotel Kamp, Helsinki
Intercon, Phu Quoc (Questionable) [NYE]
Jan.
Park Hyatt, Saigon
Westin, Tokyo
Skiing in Hakuba [Suggestions?]
Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto
Top end Ryokan Kyoto [Suggestions?]
The Peninsula, Manila
Cebu City [Suggestions?]
Panglao Island [Suggestions?]
Four Seasons, Chiang Mai
Four Seasons, Chiang Rai
The Siam, Bangkok
Amantaka, Luang Prabang
UH, MO, Rosewood or RC Again, Hong Kong
Park Hyatt or Shangri-La, Sydney (TBD)
130 Degrees, Near Ayers Rock
Melbourne [Suggestions?]
Feb.
Auckland [Suggestions?]
Ritz-Carlton, Santiago
Easter Island [Suggestions?]
Sao Paulo (haven't decided yet)
Rio (Likely JW Marriott)
Buzios (TBD, leaning Vila d'Este)
Sao Paulo (Leaning LHW property)
New York
This is as far as i've gotten haha.
Apr 5, 2019, 11:21 am
#3707
formerly known as deathscar
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Hong Kong
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Oops! I meant to say The Fleming, not The Pottinger (though I am looking at The Pottinger for another staycation too). Will certainly be in touch, thanks!
Apr 5, 2019, 11:34 am
#3708
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NYC
Posts: 427
Incredible travel schedule btw!
My favorite ryokan in Kyoto is Shiraume. Great location over looking the Gion steam. Beautiful rooms, and most importantly amazing in-house cuisine. My husband thought the quality of food there surpassed our meal at Kikunoi.
My favorite ryokan in Kyoto is Shiraume. Great location over looking the Gion steam. Beautiful rooms, and most importantly amazing in-house cuisine. My husband thought the quality of food there surpassed our meal at Kikunoi.
Apr 5, 2019, 11:49 am
#3709
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Apr 5, 2019, 11:50 am
#3710
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I will look into it. I have read that some of the top end ryokans are difficult to book if you don't speak Japanese. Hopefully that's not the case here? Thanks!
Apr 5, 2019, 12:16 pm
#3711
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NYC
Posts: 427
The owner as well as the helper ladies all spoke English very well. We had contacted the ryokan via e-mail in English prior to booking, their speedy and helpful responses really put us at ease.
Apr 5, 2019, 12:21 pm
#3712
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Apr 5, 2019, 12:33 pm
#3713
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NYC
Posts: 427
I haven't stayed at Tawaraya, so can't comment on the room&board. But location-wise, Tawaraya is on a much quieter and residential block further away from the main sites, whereas Shiraume is in the middle of beautiful but touristy Gion closer to the big temples, restaurants and shopping.
Apr 5, 2019, 2:39 pm
#3714
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: BWI
Posts: 1,782
Apr 8, 2019, 1:05 pm
#3715
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 6,423
Speaking of changing plans...Was planning to go to Aman Kyoto in Nov. but not sure I can stay more than 2 nights at these rates. Might have to split between Aman and FS. Below is a small sample period as I'm helping a client for those dates (so there could be 150,000 JPY nights for all I know) but WOW!! I guess all suites but still very high barrier to entry. On the bright side, these rates will certainly discourage many of the younger Instagrammers 
Apr 8, 2019, 1:40 pm
#3716
formerly htang333
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Wi-Fi
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Posts: 1,455
But my main purpose for this visit is to review the new Aman Kyoto as it will be new and would love to see how it stacks up against the FS and RC (for hobby and professional reasons).
Stayed at the RC before and it's great, too. Aman and FS are more to my personal taste but this RC is actually very good, perhaps the only RC I've really enjoyed. Ever.
Last edited by BESVISOR; Apr 8, 2019 at 3:45 pm
Apr 8, 2019, 3:31 pm
#3717
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 167
This is interesting. I understand that some may not like the decor/classic feel do some properties, but I feel that Ritz-Carlton isn’t all too loved on this forum. You aren’t the first person to express that you haven’t enjoyed most RC.
Apart from most of the urban US properties, I enjoy RC a lot.
These are all the RC properties I enjoyed and would return to:
Hong Kong
Shanghai Pudong
Kyoto
Tokyo (but there are better hotels in the city so I won’t return)
Hôtel de la Paix (Geneva)
Rancho Mirage
Laguna Niguel
Santa Barbara
Half Moon Bay
Lake Tahoe
Bal Harbour, Miami
New Orleans
Dove Mountain
There are another dozen+ properties I’ve stayed at that I wouldn’t return to, but for the most part I’ve have great experiences with the brand.
Apr 10, 2019, 11:05 am
#3718
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Added a quick trip from Paris in July, need suggestions for Colmar (Maison des Tetes?) and Lucerne (Schweizerhof, The Hotel or Grand National?), then driving to Liechtenstein for an afternoon before returning to the Dolder Grand in Zurich.
Apr 11, 2019, 10:02 am
#3720
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