{"id":1226,"date":"2015-02-16T04:29:52","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T09:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ns-paradise.com\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2015-02-16T04:29:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T09:29:52","slug":"a-weekend-jaunt-part-5-the-fairmont-st-andrews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ns-paradise.com\/?p=1226","title":{"rendered":"A Weekend Jaunt: Part 5 \u2013 The Fairmont, St. Andrews"},"content":{"rendered":"

Previous Trip Notes<\/strong>
\nA Weekend Jaunt \u2013 Part 1: UA950 Business Class: IAD > BRU<\/a>
\nA Weekend Jaunt \u2013 Part 2: 5 Hours in Brussels<\/a>
\nA Weekend Jaunt – Part 3: Sheraton Grand & Edinburgh<\/a>
\nA Weekend Jaunt: Part 4 \u2013 St. Andrews, Old Course<\/a>
\nA Weekend Jaunt: Part 5 – The Fairmont, St. Andrews<\/p>\n

Given our rushed entry into St. Andrews, there was little time to appreciate the scenery. Pulling out of St. Andrews, it sunk in. This country is so beautiful. You are situated on the beach of the North Sea, with gorgeous architecture, and despite being April, had fantastic weather.<\/p>\n

We pulled up to the Fairmont, a gorgeous looking hotel:<\/p>\n

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The Fairmont St. Andrews<\/p><\/div>\n

The lobby and atrium did not disappoint:<\/p>\n

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Fairmont Atrium<\/p><\/div>\n

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While I had thrown around the idea of applying for the Chase Fairmont Visa card to receive two free nights, I was worried about the time it would take for the free nights to be loaded to my account, so I decided to use the Barclay’s Arrival Card – which when you sign up is valid for $400 in free travel reimbursements. One night here cost about $200; however, the $400 travel reimbursement from the sign-up bonus netted this out to be free. Along with the breakfast…<\/p>\n

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Breakfast Tables in the Atrium<\/p><\/div>\n

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Breakfast Buffet<\/p><\/div>\n

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Breakfast Buffet<\/p><\/div>\n

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Breakfast Buffet<\/p><\/div>\n

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Breakfast Buffet<\/p><\/div>\n

The room was nice as well:<\/p>\n

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Fairmont Twin Room<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nespresso Machine!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fairmont Twin Room Bathroom<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fairmont Twin Room Shower<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fairmont Bath Tub<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fairmont Twin Room<\/p><\/div>\n

We went to dinner at The Clubhouse, a cliff-top restaurant about a 1\/4 mile from the hotel (they provide free shuttle service). The meal was great.<\/p>\n

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The Clubhouse Restaurant – Fairmont St. Andrews<\/p><\/div>\n

It was a stressful, chaotic and awesome day. We retired early, made sure to set alarms and<\/i> ask for a wake-up call, and hit the beds early to wake up and take on the Castle Course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Previous Trip Notes A Weekend Jaunt \u2013 Part 1: UA950 Business Class: IAD > BRU A Weekend Jaunt \u2013 Part 2: 5 Hours in Brussels A Weekend Jaunt – Part 3: Sheraton Grand & Edinburgh A Weekend Jaunt: Part 4 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-credit-cards","category-luxury-hotel","category-miles-and-points","category-travel","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd1eYT-jM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ns-paradise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ns-paradise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ns-paradise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ns-paradise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ns-paradise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ns-paradise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1377,"href":"https:\/\/ns-paradise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions\/1377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ns-paradise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ns-paradise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ns-paradise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}