See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Due to pandemic, my family has decided to avoid staying in traditional hotels until we were vaccinated. My husband has several major health issues and takes immunosuppressants, so we have to be extra careful. Up until recently, we have stayed in cabins and vacation rentals with outside access, […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20. That goes for jobs, relationships and well, travel. I consider myself very fortunate to have seen so much of the world. Sure, it probably seems pitiful compared to many in the travel community, but not to this gal who grew up in the Soviet […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Yes, I know, IHG points are worthless. But are they really? While I admit that the program has mostly lost its luster and said so a few times, this is a post to hopefully dispel the myth that IHG currency is no longer worth collecting. In fact, for […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. When it comes to Chase Utimate Rewards points, I tend to be stingy. Really stingy. It’s one thing when you transfer them to Southwest or United where you are pretty much guaranteed to get  1.4 cents per point/mile or better. This is especially true when you are hub-captive […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Last month I wrote about our fabulous stay in Baker’s Cay Resort Key Largo In it I’ve mentioned that I liked the hotel so much, I’ve already booked another stay later this year, so we can take our kids with us. This resort is part of Hilton Curio […]