MSC Bellissima has one of those names that tells you exactly what you’re supposed to think — “beautiful” in Italian — and the ship largely earns it. At...
🇯🇵 Japan
So you want to spend ¥445,000 on a train ticket. That’s about $2,900 USD. For a train. One that goes a maximum of 110 km/h. And you can’t just buy the ticket...
Japan’s bullet train is already one of the best ways to travel on the planet. Clean, punctual, absurdly fast, and with views of Mount Fuji if you’re lucky...
🏩 Hotels & Resorts, 🇯🇵 Japan
Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto: staying next to Nijo Castle in a Nijo Suite (Japan)
There are luxury hotels in Kyoto. And then there’s Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto — a place where the gate at the entrance was built in 1703 and the grounds your room...
🏩 Hotels & Resorts, 🇯🇵 Japan
The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto, Japan: Corner Suite TATAMI stay on the Kamogawa River
Kyoto has no shortage of luxury hotels competing for the title of most culturally considered five-star in the city. But The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto has a location argument...
✈️ Flights, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇦🇪 UAE
Emirates First Class Tokyo to Geneva: A380 and 777-300ER both refurbished (Japan – Switzerland)
So Emirates has been quietly — well, not quietly, Emirates doesn’t do anything quietly — refurbishing both its A380 and its 777-300ER First Class products, and the...
✈️ Flights, 🇮🇳 India, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇸🇬 Singapore
Singapore Airlines Suites and First Class – Mumbai to Tokyo via Singapore
Singapore Airlines consistently sits at or near the top of every “world’s best airline” list and has for decades. But there’s a difference...
There are expensive things and then there is Seven Stars in Kyushu. ¥1,870,000 per person for the 3-night, 4-day course – approximately $13,100 USD – for a...
✈️ Flights, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇺🇸 USA
ANA business class “THE ROOM” Tokyo to New York – and a JetBlue connection to Miami
So here’s the thing about ANA’s THE ROOM business class. It’s been out since 2019, it has won basically every award in aviation, and people have been...
✈️ Flights, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Qatar Airways Qsuite Tokyo to Doha – and why the second flight matters
If you’ve been in the points and miles world for more than about six months, you’ve heard this claim: Qatar Airways Qsuite is the world’s best business...
