Hotel Geirland, Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Iceland
This hotel has a beautiful setting on a farm just out of the small town of Kirkjubaejarklaustur – a few kilometres off the Ring Road in southern Iceland. We follow the signs to Geirland, pass by a pretty waterfall and see Hotel Geirland where we have booked one night’s accommodation.
Hotel Geirland is not exactly a hotel in the normal sense of the word but a collection of buildings that includes the main building with Reception, Restaurant and Lounge area in one big open room, plus a number of cottages. Each cottage has two separate accommodations (a bit like a semi detached). We have Room 11 and next door to us is Room 12.
Hvolsvollur Hotel
The small town of Hvolsvollur was our first overnight stop on our tour around Iceland, following the Ring Road. On our arrival at Hotel Hvolsvollur we had a very friendly welcome from the charming Hotel Manager.
It was a wild and windy day and we were so glad to arrive at the hotel – which was warm and cosy inside. Don’t be put off by the exterior of the hotel – it was a very nice place to stay.
Town Apartment, Reykjavik, Iceland
Arriving in Reykjavik on an early morning international flight, we had booked Town Apartment for two nights.
The owner of the apartment met us at the apartment (#304), gave us the keys and showed us around. We were very happy with the accommodation – it was a brand new, spacious and very comfortable two-bedroom apartment in an excellent location – a short walk to Reykjavik’s main street.
Boston – Apartment 6, 534 Tremont Street, Boston
Boston can be an expensive city when booking accommodation. We managed to find a reasonably-priced, well located two-bedroom apartment for our two-night stay.
Our Boston apartment was located in a popular area – the South End district – on the corner of Tremont and Milford Streets opposite the Boston Center for the Arts. It’s a great location with lots of good restaurants, the surrounding tree-lined side streets are very pretty and it’s a quick drive to the city centre.
We are on the top floor (3rd floor) and it is a steep walk up to the apartment as there is no lift. The apartment has an open plan living/dining/kitchen area with modern furnishings. There are two bedrooms – one with queen bed and the other with a set of bunk beds.
Spruce Moose Lodge, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA
The Spruce Moose Lodge consists of a B&B in the main house, several cottages and a couple of holiday homes. It is located about 3 blocks from the main street of North Conway, in a pretty setting amongst the trees – and in Autumn it is particularly beautiful.
We have Cottage 3 – a green timber cottage with open plan living/kitchen/dining and lounge plus 2 bedrooms. It is an old fashioned place but it’s comfortable.
LikeAHotel Apartment – 270 Queen Street, Montreal, QC, Canada
We had just one night in Montreal and booked this apartment based on location and value for money.
LikeAHotel offers apartments and holiday rentals in Montreal – all bookable via booking.com.
We chose to stay in an apartment on Queen Street, Montreal, a short walk to Old Montreal.
To check in we had to phone LikeAHotel 45 minutes before arriving to get the code to enter the building. Once in the building we used a computer screen on the wall in the landing to contact LikeAHotel staff to talk us through getting into our apartment (another code for the key holder), show our ID, etc.