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 […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here Last week my family came back from a vacation in North Carolina mountains. I would love to say that I was super excited to go but alas, it was more of a consolation prize. After all, we only went there because it was within driving distance and because we canceled […]