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CategoryFT4RL MCO is Less Than Two Weeks Away! (How Did That Happen?)
Always has been, always will be.
Wow, this remodel has my schedule all messed up- I blinked and the next thing I realized I leave in two days for two weeks
PSA: Garden Your Bills. I Just Found a $425 Sprint Overcharge!
You’ll occasionally see travel hackers talk about “gardening their reservations”. We use the term “garden” to describe periodically looking at our plans to make sure nothing has ..
Busch Gardens Tampa Tips: Under the Radar but Worth the Trip
Lately I’ve seen a number of great deals to Busch Gardens Tampa. $45 Discount tickets are on Daily Getaways and there’s a targeted AMEX offer for $20/$100 online ticket purchase…
Alamo Daily Getaways Deal is April 23- and It’s the Best of the Season
Daily Getaways starts next week. To recap, Daily Getaways is an annual promotion that releases limited quantities of discounted hotel points and travel packages daily at 1PM EST…
The Best Disney World Hotel Hack I’ve Ever Seen!
Every once in a while a light bulb goes off and something you “knew” in one context makes life better in another. A simple trick I’ve known for years just
Amazing Toulouse-Lautrec Exhibition Visits DC – Perfect Spring Break Daytrip
I wanted to give a shout-out today to an amazing collection I saw recently at The Phillips Collection here in DC: Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Epoque. If you’re looking..
Cheap FL Airfares + $5/Day Car Rentals = Last Minute Spring Break
I wrote a few days ago about how travel hackers do Spring Break. I should have mentioned another way we do it: twice! In the post I shared the details of
Lessons Learned from Remodeling Week 11: Analysis Paralysis
Welcome to my Lessons learned from remodeling journal. I thought it would be fun and instructive to share our remodeling journey week by week. I hope you can learn from
Why FT4RL (and Sesame Street) Matter
Sometimes you need to learn from friendly faces.
I found an amazing deal last night that I decided not to blog.I decided it was definitely a mistake and didn’t want to
My #1 Tip for Traveling With a Teenage Boy
Deal Kid consented to a rare photo with his mom with a new old-school Fuji instant camera.
I’ve been traveling with the Deal Kids since before Deal Kid was born. True
Iberia Avios Sale: RT Economy to Europe 25.5K + Taxes
BlueBay Beach Club, Gran Canaria, where our two bedroom condo was $88/night. This is my example of hacking Spring Break last year.
Just got an email about an Iberia Avios sale
Quick Tip: How To Find Hotel Points Bonus Rates
A number of you have expressed interest in the Marriott Platinum Challenge and how I completed it for under $500 net. The specific question I’ve been asked multiple times is abou..
Marriott Platinum Challenge Completed! $467 = Four Status Bumps
A few weeks ago I shared my thoughts on the Marriott Platinum Challenge. I decided that even though I was tossing most status aside in the new year that the value
Lessons Learned from Remodeling Week 10: The Expense I Hadn’t Considered
Welcome to my Lessons learned from remodeling journal. I thought it would be fun and instructive to share our remodeling journey week by week. I hope you can learn from
4 Questions To Ask Before Your First Trip To Disney World
I was chatting with a friend recently who is planning his family’s first trip to Disney World. He started asking me questions that made me realize he didn’t yet know
My 86 Day $2415 Gift Card Mall Nightmare
I’m not one for clickbait headlines. If I tell you that my experience with Gift Card Mall was an absolute nightmare I mean it. I’m not going to tell you
This is What Normal People Do While We’re Hacking Spring Break
I love a good travel survey and this week Traveling Mom partnered with Vacatia to find out how 700+ families do Spring Break. The answers are definitely illuminating. They also
Barclaycard Travel Community: Earn 20,000 + Miles/Month With Your Status Updates
Every once in a while someone mentions the Barclaycard Travel Community and how you can earn points by posting your trip reports. What I’ve never seen anyone post is how
American Express Gave Us Poop. Let’s Bake a Pie.
If you’ve been around the blogosphere you already know American Express rolled out “enhancements” to their Platinum cards recently. In summary, they amount to a big pile of poop..
Daylight Savings Time Warning: Last Year We Sprang Forward Twice
This weekend marks an annual tradition: the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. However, we had a snafu last year that almost ruined our Canary Islands vacation. So this year I’m
Are you Caught in The Status Trap?
The Centara Grand Hua Hin, my single favorite hotel stay- and one you’ll miss because of the status trap.Do you have one hotel that stays with you no matter where
Lessons Learned from Remodeling Week 9: Sunk Cost Fallacy and The Sleep Number Bed
Welcome to my Lessons learned from remodeling journal. I thought it would be fun and instructive to share our remodeling journey week by week. I hope you can learn from
Want a Quieter Hotel Room? Before You Check In, Do This
Greetings from the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. I’ve had a lovely stay and will give a detailed review soon. This morning I just wanted to share a tip I learned