Last month, I wondered if I should splurge on MVMCP (Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party) tickets before our short 3-day cruise on Disney Cruise Line. The feedback was unanimous: DO IT! Time flew by, and before I knew it, the party was just over 60 days away. I purchased the tickets online and added them […]

Citi Cards Losing Travel Coverage and Citi Price Rewind: Citi announced a few months ago that most of its cards are losing some key travel coverage benefits as well as Citi Price Rewind. Those changes go into effect in just a few days on September 22, 2019. See this post on Million Mile Secrets. Capital One […]

Does taking a flying Uber to the airport seem like a scene from The Jetsons cartoon? It’s shaping up to become a reality in Frisco, Texas. That’s just a short drive from my house! While we have known for a few years that Uber Elevate was in the works and that a station would be in […]

On our recent trip Down Under this summer, we mostly stayed in hotels and in a vacation home rental. However, the last two nights of our trip we wanted to experience camping in New Zealand. Maybe I should say “camping” with quotes, since we did not pitch a tent or rent an RV. We stayed […]

This is a continuation of my trip report from our summer trip to Australia and New Zealand. See also: Visiting Sydney, Australia with Kids, Visiting Rotorua, NZ Part 1 and Visiting Taupo, NZ. Agrodome Our last few days in Rotorua were cloudy and rainy. We tried to minimize our time outdoors, which is hard to […]