This is one of those “life is complicated” issues that I hope some of you can relate to. As most of you know, when you book a trip on miles and points, many times you must book it 11-13 months in advance. Some hotels start showing award availability at 13+ months out. And if it’s […]

IHG Started Variable Rewards Pricing: Based on these examples on Points Adventure, it appears that IHG has started variable rewards pricing. IHG said it would start it this year, but nothing formal has been announced. This isn’t good for travel during peak times. United Using More Variable Award Pricing: Several blogs have reported that United […]

Among my friends and family, I’m known for a few things: credit cards, miles and points travel and pulling my kids out of school for vacation. I’ve pulled my kids out of school 3 to 6 days every year for the past 9 years for family travel. Some people have asked me why we don’t […]

A little over a year ago, I wrote a post about how I wanted to try out Megabus with my kids. I never got around to trying it last summer because we had a busy summer with an extended stay in Florida. However, since I’ve recently been finalizing our plans for this summer, my thoughts […]

Last week, I took my three kids to Phoenix, Arizona for spring break. My husband couldn’t travel due to work commitments, and I wanted somewhere I could take the kids that didn’t require much work on my part. Plus, my kids said they wanted a relaxing trip without a lot of schlepping. We booked five […]

My mom turned 80 years old yesterday. My sister, who also lives in another state from my mom, organized a card shower so that my mom could receive snail mail greetings from her old friends from various stages of her life. I made sure that my family sent her a gift she would enjoy that […]