The Thrills of being Upgraded!

Don't you love the feeling of being upgraded? ...and it is doubly great when you have not even paid the full price in the first place!!!
When I walked into our 4* Salzburg hotel room, I thought it looked kinda big for European standards. A seating area with a 2 + 1 settee, writing desk and king sized bed. It had a separate toilet and the bathroom is huge. Bathroom is even bigger than our New York hotel room in Jan 2009. Serious. No joke. I asked H if we have been upgraded and he also blur blur. Then I went online to have a look at the different room types for this hotel. To my delight, we have been upgraded to a Junior Suite!!! And the best is that I didn't even pay the actual rate for a normal Double room which was 99 Euros per night. In fact, we only paid USD 99 per night through Priceline's Name Your Own Price option. As you know, the exchange rate is approx 1 Euro to 1.40 USD. So really great deal and great savings. I do love this Priceline Name Your Own Price Option. So far, it has not disappoint in the hotels that they've given me. Btw, did i mention that you don't know what hotel you are getting until it is confirmed? But most of the time, it's all well-known brands like Hilton, Sheraton, Crowne Plaza etc etc.

Oh yeah... We are in Salzburg in Austria. H has meetings in Munich next week so we flew to Munich this morning (Friday, 25 Feb), and took a train over. Very cheap train tickets at 29 Euros for the both of us. And actually, if our boys are with us, they travel free with us on this ticket too. If you are ever here in the Bavarian region, don't buy individual tickets. We almost did and that would have cost 100 Euros or thereabouts. Lucky I surfed the internet for tips. Get the Bayern Ticket! It covers regional travel within Bavaria and to Salzburg in Austria (plus 2 other Austrian cities). And it's fir groups of up to 5 people! Yay!

What would we do without the Internet???