I consider myself an experienced and somewhat savvy traveler. I’ve read about the various tourist scams, and my family successfully avoided the friendship bracelet pushers in Paris and Rome. But on my recent cruise, I let my guard down a bit and I paid the price. The $10 $40 $53 Necklace On our port day in […]

Thank you to everyone who commented on our 10-year blog anniversary post! We appreciate all of our readers, and we are reading every comment to take in your ideas for future blog posts. I used a random number generator to pick the winner of the $100 gift card, and the winner is…BothofUs2! BothofUS2, check your […]

ICYMI (in case you missed it), we are having a drawing for a $100 gift card to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Miles for Family. The deadline to enter the contest is TODAY! See this post for all the details.  

My daughter and I recently returned from a 7-night cruise on the Carnival Vista out of Galveston, Texas. This was one of my “free” cruises I earned from matching my Hyatt Explorist status to MGM Gold status to Carnival Players Club (this matching is ending in a few days! See this post).  If you can […]

Today and tomorrow are Amazon Prime Days! I’m not sure that I’ll be scouring too hard for deals. Although, I do have some dorm supplies to buy! For those of you with American Express cards that earn Membership Rewards, there are targeted deals for up to 50% off (maximum discount of of $80). Here are […]

I recently wrote posts about how I booked award flights to Costa Rica and to Europe next year. So far, I’ve only booked award flights TO those places, and I don’t yet have my return flights. A reader commented that I’m brave to book those flights, not knowing if I’ll be able to find return […]