Downgraded: Moscow
For the sixth year in a row, Moscow has the most expensive hotel rates in the world for business travelers. The average Moscow rate fell 12 percent to 13,250 rubles ($452). Fell.
Upgraded: Flights from NYC to Tokyo
American Airlines is launching flights from New York JFK to Tokyo Haneda Airport. Haneda, which is closer to downtown Tokyo, not Narita, the primary international airport.
Downgraded, then Upgraded: United grounds, then fixes, its 757s
United grounded all 96 of its Boeing 757s yesterday, to perform required emergency updates to all the planes’ air data computers. A day later, the airline reported that only 15 flights were nixed, and that all planes were back online.
Upgraded: One-way rentals out of Florida
If you’re in Florida and looking to leave the state between April and June, Hertz is serving up one-way out-of-Florida rentals for merely $5 a day. Rates are good for a limited range of destination states, and for a max of 14 days, but $5 is cheap. No one-way drop-off fees, either. Snowbirds bring the car in, you bring it out. This isn’t necessarily something for everyone, but if it meets your needs, go for it. (via)
Downgraded: Hot cheese
Beware of hot cheese when you travel. Seriously. The headline: “Disney in Hot Cheese Lawsuit.” It’s quite sad, actually, for the kid who got hurt. Poor child, but wow, what a sentence: “[Walt Disney Parks and Resorts] has just received the lawsuit from a Californian couple who say their four-year-old Isaiah Harris was injured at Cosmic Ray’s Starlite Café [at Orlando's Magic Kingdom] when he toppled into a scalding hot cup of cheese that had been prepared for pouring over nachos.”
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February 17th, 2011 at 2:20 am
Photo image shows name Hotel Ukraina.
This hotel is now known as the Radisson Royal Hotel Moscow. This is one of the historic Seven Sisters architectural landmarks built under Stalin’s skyscaper projects in Moscow. http://www.radisson.ru/royalhotel-moscow
The Radisson Royal Hotel Moscow won the 2010 World Travel Award for Best Luxury Hotel in Russia. http://www.radisson.ru/royalhotel-moscow/contact/travel-awards
January 24th, 2012 at 8:13 am
What happened to hotel prices in Moscow? They used to be quite reasonable but now most 4-5 start hotels in the city have become totally unaffordable. My tip would be to stay a little way outside of the city centre and save plenty of hotel fees.
January 24th, 2012 at 8:29 am
for me Moscow is the most expensive city in Europe , i went to watch the champions league final , and it was a rip off – there are so many nicer and better cities – give it a miss , unless you are loaded
October 22nd, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Last time I went to Moscow 2 months ago it was ridiculously expensive! Hotel, transportation, entertainment, food (23$ for margarita!!!!!!) – everything costs crazy amounts of money!
However, I found a great tour guide Maria on http://www.pangeapal.com and she seriously saved me from being completely broke after couple weeks in Moscow! Maria showed me not only famous museums and churches, but also introduced me to local, not touristy sights of the Russian capital!
My advice to everyone: before spent money on expensive hotels and restaurants while traveling, check what local guides have to offer! There are plenty of websites offering tour guides services, but my favorite one is definitely http://www.pangeapal.com, which allows the traveler to communicate directly with the guide and check his/her Facebook page and Twitter!
Cheers!