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PointBreaks for Real Life: $35/Night Summer 2015 Getaway Ideas

If you are follow all of the Points Blogs, you know PointBreaks are a great deal where points stays at IHG hotels are slashed to 5,000 points a night. The

The Unsung Hotel Status Perk

The Difference between Surrey and No Surrey.
Greetings from Virginia Beach! Today I want to give a quick shout out to a hotel status perk I often neglect to mention but

It’s Not too Late! Summer Mid-Atlantic Getaways on Points

Views from Holiday Inn, Solomons Island, Maryland
Regular readers know I am NOT a fan of the traditional Mid-Atlantic beach week. The prices get jacked up to levels that defy logic

RIP Luxury Link

One less tool in the kit: per Forbes hotel site Luxury Link has suddenly shut its doors.
I was on the site just yesterday and while it was letting me

Jetsetter Steals: $20 off $100 with AMEX, Extra $10-30 Off with Promo Code

Highlights from our last $42 stay.
I’m a big fan of Jetsetter, thanks to two $42 stays at the Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas. American Express is offering $20 back on a

7 Farflung Hotel Redemptions

Farflung travel makes up some of the most memorable travels I’ve ever experienced. Now I’m into all kinds of free travel, and all kinds of travel. Relaxing on a beach

5 Lessons Learned While Booking Spring Break Award Tickets to Europe

Yes, Please! Image via Gran Canaria Tourism
I mentioned recently that it’s time to book next year’s Spring Break. Prime tickets are already going fast. Taking my own advice, I’ve..

Review: Renaissance Hotel Heathrow

Let me start off as clearly as I can about our hotel reviews. Long time readers may notice I am usually pretty positive about the hotels I stay at. In

Turks and Caicos: Villa del Mar

All day every day
This post will be part hotel review, part Turks and Caicos review, mostly due to the fact that we spent 95% of our time at the hotel.

6 Disney World Hotels I Don’t Recommend

After three recent Disney World visits (and six on property hotel stays) I’ve come to appreciate staying on site. Between extra magic hours, extravagant theming, amazing customer..

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Review of Park Hyatt Dubai

Reason for choosing:
The Park Hyatt Dubai is close to the airport and we thought it might be nice to try someplace new, as we had a few days in Dubai.

Stay at a hotel for free every year

This has nothing to do with redeeming points for award bookings. No, this post’s all about credit cards that’ll give a free hotel night every year – just for having

A Ghastly Hotel Experience (and How I Fixed it)

You can check in anytime you like…but you can never sleep.
All appeared well at 1:30 in the morning as we arrived to our reserved place at the Hyatt Place Jacksonville

Radisson Suites Melbourne: My Favorite Hotel on My Favorite Florida Beach

Living room in the corner suites, Radisson Melbourne, April 2015
I’m not a huge hotel reviewer unless there’s a reason to stay (or not stay) at a property. After two stays

Hotel Deals on Parade: Secret Escapes

One of my favorite shots of Italy’s Adriatic Coast, August 2014
This post is part of the Hotel Sites on Parade Series. With all the new sites out there, I thought

Review of the Doha Marriott Hotel

This is a continuation of the “vacation run” – a 50/50 mileage run / vacation my wife and I took to Cairo in January, 2015. Previous posts include: Etihad flight

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