Epinions Recent Reviews for grandmonsterb

AUSTRIA TREND HOTEL FAVORITA: Good Hotel close to Vienna City Center

Sun, 3 Dec 2006 16:29:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - Stayed in the hotel September 22-29, 2006 and then one more night on October 6th. This is a 3 1/2 to 4 star hotel that is part of the Trend Hotel chain (Austrian company). Location: the hotel is NOT in the historical center of the Vienn (at...

Good hotel right on the beach 45 km from Athens

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:50:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - We(two adults) have stayed at Eden Beach Hotel Club from September 29 until October 7th, 2006. Booking: The hotel was available at several websites but the best deal I've found was at www.bestfares.com, $1123 for 8 nights for two people, for...

Small OK hotel not in the Barcelona center

Sat, 20 May 2006 11:58:21 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - Location: The hotel is located to the north of the city center, 2 blocks from the FFCC train station(Ex Putxet). This is Ronda de Dalt area of Barcelona - mostly commercial and residential area of the city. It is 6 stops away from Playa Catalunya by...

Great inexpensive hotel in the center of West Berlin

Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:07:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - Stayed in the Golden Tulip Hamburg Hotel from November 24th to November 28, 2005. From JFK to Berlin-back to JFK: via Delta, direct flights to Tegel airport. Overall impression: Very good quality hotel in the quiet area of West...

Security in Israel

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:36:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - I would like to post this review to provide better picture for people who are planning on visiting/will be visiting Israel in the near future. Here in USA, when we watch CNN/read our newspapers, it create the impression that it is very unsafe to visit...

Average hotel..not a great location..not on the beach..not a good service

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:11:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - I've spend 7 days from September 1st to September 7th, 2005 at Dan Panorama Eilat hotel. Dan Panorama is NOT situated on the beach but on the Marina. It takes approximately 15-20 minutes of fast walking to reach the Northern beach(you would have to...

Munich - great Bavarian city

Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:15:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - Location: southern Germany, Bavaria. I've been to Frankfurt few years ago - Munich is definitely much more interesting city to visit. Population of about 1.3 million but you would not feel like you were surrounded by people all the time. Weather:(I...

Decent 3-Star hotel in the center of Munich

Wed, 3 Nov 2004 17:59:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - General description: this hotel belongs to ArabellaSheraton hotel chain. This is 3 maybe 3 1/2 stars hotels with average rates of $70-90 per night. Location: to the west of the Munich Center, 20 minutes walk to the Munich center, 2 blocks from Tram...

Lufthansa - Effective - on time - but you will hate the seats

Wed, 3 Nov 2004 17:26:55 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - I've been flying Lufthansa from NYC to Munich and from Munich to NYC on October 29th/November 02 of 2004. These were non-stop flights from/to JFK(New York) to/from Munich(flights # 411 and 410 correspondingly). I can't say anything about the price...

Continental is one of the best choices

Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:24:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - I flew Continental from Newark to West Palm Beach(Florida) on December 22 and back to Newark on December 25, 2001. The price: $ 250 round trip.

Both flights were on-time, and it took less time then advertizes(to Florida 2hours and 15 minutes)...

Una Century Tower - Good choice

Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:06:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - We stayed in the Una Centure Tower hotel at Via Fabio Filzi for 4 nights starting from November 14, 2001.

The hotel is listed as 4-star hotel(in some classifications as 3-star...). I would rate is somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. The...

Not among the best airlines

Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:50:39 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - Time of travel: From JFK(New York) to Milan - November 10(flight 605), 2001.

Check in New York: started 3 hours prior to the scheduled flight departure time. Fast service...no hassles.

Boarding: nothing abnormal.

Plane:...

Good camp for jewish and all kids

Wed, 30 May 2001 12:42:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - I have been working as a counselor in this camp during summers of 1994 and 1995.

The camp had a very caring director(his first name was Mark). The counselors/specialists were carefully selected from NYC area(high school students) as well as...

good value for the money

Tue, 29 May 2001 01:52:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - I bought the queen-size bed in September of 2000(it has been used almost everyday since then).

I had a lot of 250-300 lb people slept on it - nobody complained yet. It does feel like you are sleeping on a real bed. No problems with...

Back then(1998) it was a pretty good choice, but I would not buy it now...

Tue, 29 May 2001 01:41:01 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author grandmonsterb - I bought this system because it had the best quality screen, and a pretty decent features. It was a bit overpriced(~$2300), but it had some nice features as DVD and FireWire Port.

Overall, I have not had really serious problems over these...