Finally at the Hotel. Finally!
Florida Trip Travelog #6
Bonita Springs, FL - Wed, 21 Sep 2022, 5:30pm
Here it is, entry six in my blog series, and we're finally where we meant to be. Getting here was quite the misadventure, what with unexpectedly sleeping in an airport and all. Oh, and one of our suitcases is still MIA. But here we are, finally, even if basically a day late.
We checked in to the hotel around 4pm. We're staying for four nights. We booked a room at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point on points. In this case, Chase Ultimate Rewards points that we transferred to Hyatt to book the room.
We asked at the front desk if room upgrades were available. They were- but not for free. We don't have any elite status with Hyatt. But we're 💯 with the idea of you get what you pay for. There were a few choices of paid upgrades available. For an extra $25/night we upgraded to a corner room with not just one, not just two, but three balconies. You can see two off the main room in the photo above.... The third balcony is off the bathroom!
Here's the view from one of the balconies, above. Another is below.
After unpacking our suitcases a bit and acquainting ourselves with the room, we changed into our swimsuits and went downstairs to visit the pools.
Going out the "back" door of the hotel there's a familiar type of scene, with an ornamental pool laid out before us. The swimming pools start beyond that.
Unfortunately the swimming pools were all closed! We weren't terribly surprised, as it has been raining off-and-on this afternoon, with thunder and lightning. Instead of swimming we walked around the grounds.
There are, like, four swimming pools here, including two with big water slides, plus a lazy river pool. We chose the hotel on the strength of those amenities. Yes, we're kind of like 11 year olds at heart. 🤣
We'll try again this evening if the weather clears. The lazy river and water slides will be closed, but we'll try to use the main pool(s) and/or hot tub. For now we're back in the room, taking it easy. We'll go out for a light supper in a bit.
Bonita Springs, FL - Wed, 21 Sep 2022, 5:30pm
Here it is, entry six in my blog series, and we're finally where we meant to be. Getting here was quite the misadventure, what with unexpectedly sleeping in an airport and all. Oh, and one of our suitcases is still MIA. But here we are, finally, even if basically a day late.
We checked in to the hotel around 4pm. We're staying for four nights. We booked a room at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point on points. In this case, Chase Ultimate Rewards points that we transferred to Hyatt to book the room.
We asked at the front desk if room upgrades were available. They were- but not for free. We don't have any elite status with Hyatt. But we're 💯 with the idea of you get what you pay for. There were a few choices of paid upgrades available. For an extra $25/night we upgraded to a corner room with not just one, not just two, but three balconies. You can see two off the main room in the photo above.... The third balcony is off the bathroom!
Here's the view from one of the balconies, above. Another is below.
After unpacking our suitcases a bit and acquainting ourselves with the room, we changed into our swimsuits and went downstairs to visit the pools.
Going out the "back" door of the hotel there's a familiar type of scene, with an ornamental pool laid out before us. The swimming pools start beyond that.
Unfortunately the swimming pools were all closed! We weren't terribly surprised, as it has been raining off-and-on this afternoon, with thunder and lightning. Instead of swimming we walked around the grounds.
There are, like, four swimming pools here, including two with big water slides, plus a lazy river pool. We chose the hotel on the strength of those amenities. Yes, we're kind of like 11 year olds at heart. 🤣
We'll try again this evening if the weather clears. The lazy river and water slides will be closed, but we'll try to use the main pool(s) and/or hot tub. For now we're back in the room, taking it easy. We'll go out for a light supper in a bit.