I had an expiring free night certificate due to keeping the Club Carlson credit card around for another year and paying the annual fee, in spite of their devaluations. So on a recent trip to Paris, I used the certificate at the Radisson Blu Hotel Champs Elysées. The Club Carlson footprint in Paris has gotten…
The third lounge that I visited in Budapest Airport was the Platinum Lounge serving Schengen flights. This lounge is located amongst the A gates, so you can only get to it if you’re flying somewhere in the Schengen region. Again, I accessed this lounge via Priority Pass. This lounge was the saddest of the three…
The second lounge that I visited at the Budapest airport was the SkyCourt Lounge. This lounge is also accessible via Priority Pass, and it’s also above the main entrance right after you pass through security. One notable feature of this lounge versus the Menzies lounge is that this lounge has toilets! No need to pee…
There are a number of Priority Pass-accessible lounges at the Budapest airport. The first I visited was the Menzies Lounge. This lounge is located above the main entrance area when you pass through security. The lounge is just a simple, relatively small room, but there’s plenty of seating. I thought the furniture was cool and…
The Radisson Blu Beke Hotel has a great location not too far from Nyugati Palyaudvar (a train station that’s also on the blue M3 line, so easy to get to the airport on public transportation) and Oktogon (on the yellow line), so it’s easy to walk to a lot of interesting places as well as take…
To get from Bratislava to Budapest, we once again chose the bus over the train. We were originally planning on the train, but the front desk agent at the Park Inn Bratislava recommended the bus over the train. We booked tickets online for 9 euro each. The bus is scheduled to take about 3 hours. It departs…
The Park Inn Bratislava has a wonderful location on the Danube in the Old Town area of the city. You can walk to many of the tourist sites, it’s super close to a transport hub, and public transit is super cheap (less than one euro for a ride). This is a category 1 Club Carlson…
To get from Vienna to Bratislava, I took the Blaguss bus. Here’s a link to the timetable from Vienna to Bratislava. The bus departs from Erdberg in Vienna, which is a stop on the U3 line, so it’s super easy to get to. You can buy a ticket online, on the bus, or at the…
Tian in Vienna is one of only three Michelin-starred restaurants in the world that I’m aware of that doesn’t serve meat. Joia in Milan is another. I went to Tian for lunch and had a great, affordable vegan meal. I loved the interior of the restaurant. Super airy with high ceilings. It felt interesting and…
One restaurant that I dined at in Vienna was Steirereck, a two Michelin star restaurant. I went for lunch, which was more affordable experience than dinner. Steirereck is located in a somewhat funky reflective building in Stadtpark. The park itself is also quite nice, if you get a chance to walk around. We were the…
