If you’ve followed this hobby for awhile, you have probably seen a heavy emphasis on Hyatt aspirational redemptions. To be clear, there are good reasons for that. For one, Hyatt still has a fixed award chart, and you will pay a maximum of 45k points per night for a standard room during peak season. No, […]

For years, I’ve been hopeful that Texas would get high-speed rail. The highways between Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio are congested and always under construction. It’s crazy to compare the availability of public trains between cities in other countries to the lackluster train system in the United States. Back in 2020, the Federal Railroad […]

ANA Finally Adds One-Way Awards and Other Changes: The biggest news last week was ANA’s announcement of adding one-way award redemptions. I’ve never used miles for ANA awards because they used to only allow round-trip award redemptions, which were very tricky to find. Part of me is excited about this change, even though some award […]

First and foremost—this is not a political debate post. But, politics often affects travel. Regardless of where you lean politically, I think everyone can agree that the recent tariffs from the USA have pissed off other countries. European favorability of the USA has dropped (see these polls). In the past few weeks, I’ve seen several […]

If you asked my husband about his most memorable travel experience, without hesitation he would mention the 1993 summer trip to the western United States. My in-laws bought a used camper for $1k and took the kids to visit some of the greatest national parks this country has to offer. According to my husband, it […]

I can’t believe my family’s trip to Japan and China is next month! When I booked flights last year for this trip, it seemed so far away. We just have to get through the next few weeks of school, and then we’re on our way! Our trip itinerary has changed multiple times. We’ve added another […]