Usually it is worth paying the little extra to stay at the club/executive lounge. Mostly because you always get breakfast. Very often there is complimentary coffee, tea and mineral-water all day, some snacks at tea-time and some evening snacks. It varies a lot from hotel to hotel how much food they provide. At Corinthia in Budapest you got a lot of food and both mineral-water and alcohol all day long. In Orlando there were no other drinks than coffee and tea throughout the day, but they served hot food at the evening-service, no complimentary alcohol. At Conrad Tokyo there weren't that much food, but coffee/tea and mineral-water all day. At Ana-Intercontinental there were coffee/tea/, mineral-water and beer all day and a nice selection at the evening-service.
The evening service is not supposed to be dinner, but a pre-dinner.
For me it would be worth it to stay at a club/executive room when going by my own. I don't like going out alone and I don't like to go in the bar. Going to the lounge is a much better option and much more relaxing.
mandag 31. august 2009
Intercontinental Ambassador membership
This membership costs 150 Usd. a year. If you have the intention on staying at an Intercontinental hotel, I will highly recommend to become a member because you get a one night stay for free with the membership. Usually a one night stay at a IC-hotel is more expensive than 150 USD, so all in all, you get your membership-fee back.
What you get for the membership?
Guarantied upgrade
Fruit and mineral-water at arrival
A small present (sometimes)
Newspaper
Late check-out
You also get a membership in Priority-club.
What you get for the membership?
Guarantied upgrade
Fruit and mineral-water at arrival
A small present (sometimes)
Newspaper
Late check-out
You also get a membership in Priority-club.
Ana Intercontinental Tokyo 5*
Because I am an Ambassador member (I will write about that later) we could check-in at the Ambassador-counter. No problem with check-in. I had booked a club-room so we could get access to the club-lounge. Because of my Ambassador membership we got an upgrade to a suit at the 35th. floor!
The room was very nice and we got fruit and a little present (again, because of the a-membership).
The bathroom was not very big, but not very small, with L'occitane and Shiseido products.
This little machine was placed in the room. I haven't tried it, but it looks like you can put the oil (a lavender oil to get you to sleep)
The downside with this hotel is that it is situated in the Rappongi area. The area is the business-area in Tokyo. All the embassies/consults are in this area. There is not much to do or to see! Luckily there is a tube-station close to the hotel.
Another downside is that we didn't get new toiletries at turndown. This is not good for a 5* hotel!
The lounge is BIG. At tea-time there were some sweets and coffee/tea/mineral-water. The coffee is from a machine and the cappuccino was not good... Grrrr... BUT the evening-service was great with sushi, "finger-food" and some cakes. There were also REAL Champagne, red- and whitewine, beer, whiskey, Campari etc... etc... The atmosphere in the lounge is nice and very international. We even saw some other Scandinavians! There are also two massage-chairs in the lounge, the only downside was that all the descriptions were in Japanese! Well, well, I tried it and it did SOME kind of massage!
The hotel has an out-door swimming-pool. Because the weather has been very bad today, we haven't tried the pool yet. Maybe tomorrow!
I will also write about the breakfast tomorrow, after breakfast... :-D
The room was very nice and we got fruit and a little present (again, because of the a-membership).
The bathroom was not very big, but not very small, with L'occitane and Shiseido products.
This little machine was placed in the room. I haven't tried it, but it looks like you can put the oil (a lavender oil to get you to sleep)The downside with this hotel is that it is situated in the Rappongi area. The area is the business-area in Tokyo. All the embassies/consults are in this area. There is not much to do or to see! Luckily there is a tube-station close to the hotel.
Another downside is that we didn't get new toiletries at turndown. This is not good for a 5* hotel!
The lounge is BIG. At tea-time there were some sweets and coffee/tea/mineral-water. The coffee is from a machine and the cappuccino was not good... Grrrr... BUT the evening-service was great with sushi, "finger-food" and some cakes. There were also REAL Champagne, red- and whitewine, beer, whiskey, Campari etc... etc... The atmosphere in the lounge is nice and very international. We even saw some other Scandinavians! There are also two massage-chairs in the lounge, the only downside was that all the descriptions were in Japanese! Well, well, I tried it and it did SOME kind of massage!
The hotel has an out-door swimming-pool. Because the weather has been very bad today, we haven't tried the pool yet. Maybe tomorrow!
I will also write about the breakfast tomorrow, after breakfast... :-D
Harajuku
This is the place where the young people goes to shop and to "hang". The bridge to the right of Harajuku station is famous because every Sunday young people dressed in strange clothing (everything from gothic to lolita) meet at the bridge. We went to the bridge, but there were nobody there, maybe because there were a festival close to the bridge.
Instead we went to the street where all the young people buy their clothing. It was... interesting... :)
Look at all the people!
Not my cup of tea! :-D
This sign hung in the street!
There were lots of stalls selling crepes with different "stuffing" like ice-cream, bananas, strawberries etc... etc... They made it like a cone with paper outside, so it was easy to eat. Not very healthy but .... yummi.... :-D It was very popular, everybody ate it!
By accident we past a wedding. Unfortunately we didn't get to see the anything but the backs, but we could hear the music!
Outside the wedding-chapel
Instead we went to the street where all the young people buy their clothing. It was... interesting... :)
Look at all the people!
Not my cup of tea! :-D
This sign hung in the street!
There were lots of stalls selling crepes with different "stuffing" like ice-cream, bananas, strawberries etc... etc... They made it like a cone with paper outside, so it was easy to eat. Not very healthy but .... yummi.... :-D It was very popular, everybody ate it!By accident we past a wedding. Unfortunately we didn't get to see the anything but the backs, but we could hear the music!
Outside the wedding-chapelTsukuba festival
don't know exactly what this festival was about, but there was a "march" and there were lots of stalls to buy food and small things. It looked like the Norwegian "17-mai".
Flea-market in Shinagawa Intercity building
They say you can find some very nice and cheap kimonos at flea-markets in Tokyo. Well... We didn't find much, but it was fun to have a look!
Online again!
We moved hotel today, to Ana Intercontinental Tokyo. Nice, nice, nice, will write about that later.
Today it is raining heavily and there is going to be a typhoon. Not used to typhoons so don't know exactly what it is... :)
Today it is raining heavily and there is going to be a typhoon. Not used to typhoons so don't know exactly what it is... :)
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