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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..
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
Review: Cairo Marriott Hotel and Omar Khayyam Casino
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
First Glance: The Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights
Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights
On 2 March, I had the chance to tour Hyatt’s newest hotel in Dubai (just opening 1 March) the Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights.
The hotel, which
Mexican mix-ups: a Cancun trip report
I’ve figured out a couple of things while playing the miles and points game and enjoying the fruits of it. Apparently hotel bookings are not among those things. I hope
IHG PointBreaks for Real Life: Spring Break and Memorial Day for $35/Night
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
Disney World Hotels Win: The Surprise Thank You Note
Best. Junk. Mail. Ever.
This is an unexpected entry in the Souvenir Stories series.
February is a bucketful of suck. The last time it was this cold in DC was in 1934:
Rocketmiles Whopping 5,000 Southwest Rapid Rewards 1st Stay Bonus
Just got a head-turning offer from Rocketmiles: Earn 5,000 Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards bonus points with your first booking by 2/22. I don’t see a “stay by” date so it
Rite Aid Hyatt Promotion: Results and Lessons Learned
Hyatt Regency Da Nang Resort, Vietnam, where we’ve cashed in our Rite Aid Rewards.
After a deal is done, I find it helpful to look over the results and take away
Luxury Link 40% Off Promo Code: As Good As it Gets
Details from my amazing room at Palazzo Gattini, Matera, Italy, August 2014
Shout out to Luxury Link for my amazing hotel in Matera: Palazzo Gattini. I had a wonderful 3 night stay
Disney World Hotels: On or Off Site? (Revisited)
Fun at All Star Movies, Disney World, Jan 2015
After one stay at Disney World’s Saratoga Springs, I firmly advised folks to skip expensive Disney World hotels in favor of off-s..
Hotels.com Referral Bonus: $40 Off 1st $300 Booking, Stackable
Hotels.com, following the lead of sites like Orbitz and Luxury Link, has started a referral program. Tracked by email, Hotels.com offers $40 off your 1st purchase of $300 or more.
Escaping the Suck! 6 Night Florida Getaway: $183/Person Inc Air, Hotel, and Car
Our view in 3 days. Photo courtesy radisson.com.
Remember that bit about leaning into winter? Yea, not so much. I tried, I really did. But when fares from $29 to Florida
Home for the Holidays: Hyatt Regency Tsim Sha Tsui Regency Suite Review
This super long window was pretty nice
Like in Taiwan, I booked a cash and points room at the Hyatt Regency Tsim Sha Tsui and confirmed a suite upgrade using my Diamond
The World’s 10th Best Hotel is a Bargain on Points
Image via SPG.com
The TripAdvisor Top 25 hotels list just came out (thanks, George) and it’s full of the usual suspects: Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental and a collection of indep..