Miles For Family

Continuing with my series of posts of piecing together an epic trip around South Pacific… Last week I’ve mentioned that my flights from LAX to Tahiti and Tahiti to Auckland are finally booked. Wohoo! On to the next piece of the puzzle. After some agonizing back and forth, I’ve decided to spend two nights in […]

While my family was cruising on the Disney Wonder to Alaska earlier this summer, I attended an onboard presentation about Disney Vacation Club (DVC) ownership. In case you are not familiar with DVC, it is Disney’s version of a timeshare, but slightly different. I had always been interested in attending one of these seminars, but […]

Not long ago my husband stunned me with this question: “Aren’t you a little concerned that you will lose blog readers because of our fancy trip next year? After all, you market your niche as budget-friendly family travel.” He wasn’t being passive aggressive or insulting, just genuinely curious. This was fascinating to me on two […]

Update: Air Tahiti Nui award flights are now bookable on AA.com Well, friends, it looks like my trip to South Pacific is a go. IT. IS. HAPPENING. I’ve reached a point of no return after redeeming my AA miles on Air Tahiti Nui. Lots of posts have been written about this award, yet I’ve learned […]

On our recent trip to California, my kids and I stayed three nights at the Hyatt Regency SFO. This hotel was completely renovated last year and costs 12,000 World of Hyatt points per night. I chose this hotel over other Hyatt locations in San Francisco because of its lower price (both cash and points) and […]