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POP Post: Grand Hyatt Taipei

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POP Post: Grand Hyatt Taipei

Let’s be honest. Sometimes you don’t want to read a whole review. So we’ve created a new series called POP post: Pictures Only Post. Posts in this series will feature the product, minimal description, and focus on 5-10 Pics.  A more detailed review will come in the following week or two, but here’s a quick look at the Grand Hyatt Taipei, a gorgeous category 4 Hyatt hotel perfectly located in the shadow of the Taipei 101.

I stayed at the Grand Hyatt Taipei with my buddies: Fritz and Dave. The Grand Hyatt Taipei is a Category 4 Hyatt. In fact, every Hyatt we stayed at on this trip was Category 4. This meant we could use a Chase Hyatt Credit Card night, which we did, and then 15000 points for a quick 2 night stopover en route to Vietnam. We stayed over the 29th and 30th of December and the rates were over $300 a night. Huge savings thanks to HGP. Here’s quick overview of the property.

The Lobby is Mega – they were setting up for NYE when we got there.

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We didn’t get a suite upgrade, but the twin beds were super comfy

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Walk out the side door and you’re looking smack at the Taipei 101. How amazing!
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The club level is fantastic.
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It was a bit cold to swim while we were there, but the facilities were very nice.grand-hyatt-taipei-grand-club-deluxe-twin-75-of-86

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  • […] Let’s be honest. Sometimes you don’t want to read a whole review. So we’ve created a new series called POP post: Pictures Only Post. Posts in this series will feature the product, minimal description, and focus on 5-10 Pics. A more detailed review … ( read original story …) […]

  • Sam January 8, 2017

    I like it. Keep them coming

  • Dave January 8, 2017

    Nice! We were there the same time you were. We stayed there 29th and checked out the 1st. We used 24000 pts anight to confirm the suite about 7 months in advanced and had the suite in 817.

    They even gave us an option to upgrade to 1 category higher suit on on the 11th floor on the other side of the building for an additional 6000ntd about 200$ a night so we get a view of the 101. But after checking out the room we decided against it because the views were only of the first 30-40 floors. And the room was only marginally larger.

    We got a dope full video of the fire works right as we stepped out of the hotel as well. Definitely worth the 72,000 pts!

    • Miles January 8, 2017

      Dave – Thanks for reading and sounds like you had an INSANE trip. Would love to make it back sometime to see the 101 fireworks, and the GH is the perfect spot! Happy you had a sick trip

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