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 […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here Like all of you, I’m horrified by the events of the last few weeks. In hindsight, none of us should probably be surprised after seeing what happened in China just a couple of months ago. And yet, it seems crazy just how quickly life “as we know it” has changed […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. As I’ve mentioned awhile back, my parents recently came to visit us from Europe over my kids’ spring break. The timing made me a little nervous, but we forged ahead with our plans. They flew to Florida on March 4th, and were set to spend 10 nights with mom’s  friend […]