Miles For Family

Cruising has resumed in the U.S., at least partly. Royal Caribbean started sailing out of Florida with new health guidelines and protocols that include different rules for unvaccinated guests. Carnival started sailing out of Florida and Texas with fully vaccinated passengers. However, Disney Cruise Line has remained quiet on its plans to restart cruising in the […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. My family recently returned from a short stay at Grand Palladium Costa Mujeres in Cancun, Mexico. This trip was originally scheduled for 2020, but we rescheduled due to the pandemic. I picked this particular all-inclusive resort due to its positive reviews on TripAdvisor and because it has the Rafa […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20. That goes for jobs, relationships and well, travel. I consider myself very fortunate to have seen so much of the world. Sure, it probably seems pitiful compared to many in the travel community, but not to this gal who grew up in the Soviet […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. I know it sounds weird. Celebrating America’s most patriotic holiday, the 4th of July, in another country? But, plenty of Americans do it. My family just did. Why? Many Resorts in Mexico Celebrate U.S. and Canadian Holidays Resorts in Mexico have plenty of guests from the U.S. and […]

Amex Platinum Changes: The Amex Platinum card just made a few changes, including increasing the annual fee to $695. Gulp. I will share my thoughts on this next week. See this post on One Mile at a Time for all the details. Disney Cruise Line Postpones Test Cruise: DCL postponed the test cruise that was […]