See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. The other day, I got an email from one of our readers and wanted to feature it on the blog. Hopefully, some of you will find it useful. Without further ado: “Leana, I had booked two nights using my free night certificates from Hilton  in  Indiana.  I booked […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. The answer is, probably not. But it really depends on your plans and whether you are OK tying up cash in view of all the  uncertainty in the world of travel at the moment. For those unfamiliar, Daily Getaways program markets itself as a super-duper opportunity to obtain […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. This year my family had the misfortune of facing several giant (unexpected) bills. First, I ended up needing some expensive medical tests. Fortunately, all was well, a huge relief. Then I had to have an unrelated surgery in the middle of a Covid crisis. Though minor, there was […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. On top of rebooking our award tickets to Japan, my family was also hoping to visit South America in 2021. Neither trip  materialized in the end. The latter was tied to my sister-in-law’s cruise around Cape Horn, which ended up getting cancelled. I had previously booked our award […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Many of us, including myself, thought that by now we would have some degree of certainty when it comes to planning international travel. Vaccines were touted as the holy grail and the golden ticket out of this mess. Sadly, the reality has turned out to be a bit […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. And another one bites the dust… Fortunately, I’m only talking about a trip, so it’s not a big loss. A few months ago, I wrote a post about my plans to use up the remaining hotel certificates, all of them due to expire at the end of the […]