Marriott Taipei 5-Star Hotel Review

Hey guys, Credit Shiffle here. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Marriott Taipei which I recently stayed at. It costs 30,000 Marriott points per night. I transferred my points over from the Starwood Amex, so 10,000 Starwood points equals 30,000 Marriott points. So the sign-up bonus of 25,000 points from that card will get you two and a half free nights here. Alternatively, the Marriott Rewards card from Chase has a sign-up bonus of 80,000 points. So with the required spend to get that bonus, it's more like 90,000. Three free nights here. Anyway, let's take a look at the hotel. How come five-star hotels always have a Lambo or a Ferrari parked outside? Do guests with awesome cars get free parking by the door? Or perhaps the hotel just rents it and puts it there to look good. Anyway, the hotel has got a modern yet business-like feel. This isn't the W. It doesn't feel like a nightclub. It's a serious luxury hotel. They've done a lot of interesting stuff with the lighting in the corridors and in the room. A lot of stuff is backlit. You have the usual amenities of a five-star hotel. Robes, safe, some religious books in the closet, this drawer of cups and glasses, a great selection of teas and coffees, a really great bathroom, everything you need in there. You have a bathtub and a shower. In the shower, there's this little seat. If you sit on it, be sure to run some hot water on it first. Otherwise, you may get a shock. It was pretty cold. Back to the room now. The bed is massive. Baby Credit is checking out the breakfast menu on the bed. You want to order breakfast? Room service? You can't eat the picture. It's just a picture. Maybe that's coffee. You wouldn't like it. So cute. Anyway, this is really a massive bed. I mean, it's a small baby, but you can kind of see the size. Hey, Mrs. Credit should have gone. Just go on the bed so they can see how big it is. Model the bed. Wow, it really is like a super king kind of bed. Now, let's take a look out the window. So, you were supposed to be able to see Taipei 101, which is, I think you can see it there, just in the fog. That building, here's what it looks like in the clear. So, this would have been a really cool view if it hadn't been for that fog. And sadly, we're leaving today. So, you know, we're not going to get a chance to see that. Interestingly, down here though, which is kind of cool, you see that yellow banner? So, that reads Falun Dafa Hao, Zhen Shan Yue Hao, which means Falun Dafa is good, truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance is good. It's kind of a story behind that. That's obviously something someone's put there who practices Falun Dafa, which is a meditation practice from China. And they believe in truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. That's why it says truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. And that practice has actually been severely persecuted in China because of, well, you know, the Communist Party has always been cracking down on religion. It's actually a really terrible situation. If you want to know more about it, check it out online. Search it online. It's called Falun Dafa. And they've obviously put that there because a lot of mainland Chinese tourists come and stay in this hotel. So, they've put a banner, you know, right opposite to try and tell people from China, you know, because in China, all the news will report, you know, it reports lies basically about Falun Dafa, this practice. So, they've put that there purposefully so that Chinese tourists can see it and perhaps learn the truth about it. It's kind of interesting. And that's a little bit about the human rights situation in China. Anyway, back to the Marriott. I really love this hotel. Very comfortable and peaceful. Unfortunately, we only stayed one night so didn't have time to check out the pool and I forgot my camera at breakfast. Sorry about that, guys. I'll put the link to this hotel in the description of this video so you guys can check it out. Stay tuned for a review of Taiwan's high-speed rail business class in our next video. Please subscribe for more credit card and travel hacking videos every week and be sure to like the Credit Shufu on Facebook. Bye!