I have a really hard time booking hotels because I’ve spent so much of my life traveling solo and sleeping in dorms. But I totally scored when I took my daughter to China. We booked a room in the Castle Hotel in Qingdao. Formerly guest housing in the German governor’s estate, the European-inspired Castle Hotel was our home base and refuge. I used my Chase travel card and points to pay for the room, so our week and a half stay there ended up costing about $100.
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