See our Advertiser Disclosure here. After publishing a post on our recent staycation in Siesta Key, I got an email from one of our readers. He also happens to live in Florida, and is currently planning to take his family to a local beach. He wanted to know what my thoughts are on staying in […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. As I’ve mentioned in my Monday post, after stay-at-home order for most of Florida was lifted, my family enjoyed a short getaway in Siesta Key. If you have strong negative feelings about my decision and want to share them, your comments are absolutely welcome. I only ask you to leave […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. When will it be OK to travel again? What is the definition of travel, exactly? These are the questions I kept asking myself lately. The last few months in my household have been stressful, to say the least. This whole virtual school has been a challenge. Did I say challenge? […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. Update: Avianca recently filed for bankruptcy. For now, it’s business as usual at Lifemiles. As I started to write this post, I kept shaking my head. How on earth did we end up buying Lifemiles (miles)? Especially considering  my last experience with this program. But buy them we did, and […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. No industry was as severely impacted by current pandemic as the world of travel. There is no precedent for what’s happening now, at least not in modern times. As a result, airlines are desperate to hang on to current bookings in order to preserve liquidity. So, most are pushing travelers […]