I’ve been sitting on over $1300 worth of travel funds in my Alaska Mileage Plan account for a couple years. Back when I used to work in Costa Rica, I tried to use Alaska Airlines whenever possible because their miles are so valuable, and as a result of changing plans and canceling flights a few […]
Day 3 – Munich, Dachau, Chiemsee, Salzburg Read all about Day 2 here.Read all about Day 1 here. As I had said in the last post, when we picked the Star Inn München Schwabing it was because of it’s proximity to a side trip we planned to make from Munich, which was Dachau Concentration Camp. […]
Day 2 – Füssen, Neuschwanstein Castle, Munich Read all about Day 1 – here! I highly recommend Füssen for a stopover to visit Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau Castles, and the beautiful surrounding area. What little we saw of Füssen seemed very nice. It’s what you think a small town in Germany will be like. I hope […]
All of us travel junkies are getting pretty restless as we wait for the world to open it’s arms to us again, but if you happen to be in Australia, you have a unique opportunity to get back into the skies for a very cool experience, with no passport and no quarantine required! Qantas has […]
Day One – Zürich, Chäserrugg, Liechtenstein, Füssen A couple springs ago, when international travel was still a thing, I took what is still one of my favorite all time trips. Two friends and I rented a car and took a whirlwind road trip around Europe, visiting 6 countries in 8 days, starting and finishing in […]
Greetings from the Conrad Bali! Full review of this amazing property coming soon, but I wanted to quickly highlight why I think this hotel defines the reason many of us value elite status. The best loyalty elite statuses come with many perks. Sure, the perks are watered down more often than we would like, but […]
Rome is well known as one of the most, if not the most historic city on Earth, but there is a lesser known spot that I was quite interested in on our trip to Italy a couple of years ago, Benito Mussolini’s balcony. I’m a huge history buff, so every once in a while here […]
For the last few years, while I was based for a time in Dallas, I flew American Airlines almost exclusively for work and pleasure. I had opened a Barclays U.S. Airways Mastercard in its final days back in January 2015, which soon after became the AAdvantage Aviator Red Mastercard. Later that year I converted it […]
Just a reminder that if you have any upcoming Hilton stays you are planning, to check and see if buying Hilton Honors points can save you some money. There is a current promotion ending at 12 Midnight ET on January 26th that effectively allows you to buy points for 1/2 cent each. Sign into your […]
Last week I wrote about an incident I experienced at the Doubletree Cariari in San José, Costa Rica. You can read the details about it here, but the bottom line is that the front desk clerk assumed my friend, who had come to visit me at the hotel, was a prostitute, and tried to charge […]