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 […]

Ten years ago, in July 2013: Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke was the #1 song Andy Murray won his first Wimbledon title Orange is the New Black became the talk of the town on Netflix Despicable Me 2 dominated the U.S. box office But most importantly, the Miles for Family blog was born! That’s right. […]

My husband has had a bucket list travel idea for years: whitewater rafting and camping on the river. I booked this trip for him and my sons using miles and points for flights and hotels (see this post). Then a few weeks ago, a man died on the rapids and they considered scraping the trip […]

Yesterday, my husband, son and I were talking about our travel this year and how many countries we visited. Soon, we started disagreeing on what counts as having visited a country. At first, my husband said you should have to at least leave the airport and have a meal. Maybe even spend the night in […]

Before my recent cruise out of Galveston, TX, my daughter and I needed one night at a hotel near the cruise port. I’ve stayed in Galveston before and haven’t been impressed with any hotels so far. So, I decided to splurge and use my travel credit from my Capital One Venture X card on a […]

On our European cruise last month, we visited Santorini before Mykonos. The scenery of Santorini was spectacular (see my post here). So on the day we went to Mykonos, I had very low expectations. I figured there was no way any other port could come close to Santorini. I was wrong! Logistics of Mykonos Mykonos […]