Review: The Reykjavik EDITION | Prince of Travel

I stayed at The Reykjavik EDITION in rather unusual circumstances on my summer 2022 trip to Iceland. This brand-new EDITION property opened in Reykjavik at the end of 2021 and quickly claimed the title of Reykjavik’s best hotel.

I had a very positive overall experience at this hotel, which spanned across two separate stays in three different room types at the start and end of my week-long visit to Iceland.

The Reykjavik EDITION – Booking

The journey began long before I arrived in Iceland – booking this hotel was quite the process.

In summary, I had originally scored a $3 (CAD) per night deal on Expedia at the Hótel Berg near Iceland’s Keflavík International Airport.

As expected, Hótel Berg didn’t want to honour the reservation. I therefore endeavoured to convince Expedia to move the reservation over to The Reykjavik EDITION instead, eventually succeeding with sufficient persuasion.

I originally booked a four-night stay that was only $3 per night, for a total of $12. However, Jessy and I ended up using only one of those four nights, since we decided to head off on our road trip throughout the rest of Iceland, where most of the country’s interesting sights and sounds are to be found.

I gave the remaining three nights of my booking to a fellow Prince of Travel team member, Rachel, who happened to be in Iceland at the same time.

Meanwhile, another Prince of Travel team member, Ben, had also made a series of bookings, originally at the Hótel Berg, that eventually led him to The Reykjavik EDITION too.

Ben happened to have a handful of bookings taking place on the weekend after our road trip. Upon returning to Reykjavik, Jessy and I crashed in Ben’s Ocean View Corner Suite for two nights, before taking over another one of Ben’s bookings that he generously offered to us and moving over to the Harbour View Suite.

Outside of mistake rate shenanigans like these, The Reykjavik EDITION is currently charging around 110,000 Icelandic króna ($950 CAD) per night during the peak summer season. During the lower season, rates are significantly lower, but still in the range of 50,000 Icelandic króna ($469 CAD).

It’s also quite expensive to redeem Marriott Bonvoy points here, with a free night redemption going for anywhere between 80,000–100,000 points.

The Reykjavik EDITION is certainly an expensive destination, which is perhaps to be expected…