Miles For Family

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Last month, I had the opportunity to travel to Hawaii as a “+1” on my husband’s business trip. His company put us up at Mauna Lani Resort on the big island of Hawaii. Its website doesn’t do it justice. We’ve stayed at four resorts in Hawaii, and this […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. I’m in charge of planning and packing for our family trips. I pride myself on making lists and being prepared. Well, last month I had a major mishap on our way to Hawaii. We had to turn our Uber around and go back home because I forgot to […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. On top of rebooking our award tickets to Japan, my family was also hoping to visit South America in 2021. Neither trip  materialized in the end. The latter was tied to my sister-in-law’s cruise around Cape Horn, which ended up getting cancelled. I had previously booked our award […]

I have a cruise on Disney Cruise Line scheduled for next month. I booked it pre-Covid for just my daughter and me for her birthday party/present. (Don’t worry–my boys have their own separate trips planned that better suit their interests. We aren’t playing favorites). I’ve been putting off making a decision on whether or not […]

On this Mondayist of Mondays, here is a round-up of interesting posts from around the blogosphere. Covid Travel Skills: Gardening Your Reservations: This is an excellent post from Andy’s Travel Blog that explains why you need to check on your travel reservations from time to time, especially if you made the reservations months ago. The […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. I like to keep blog readers apprised of all the ways I earn miles and points for my trips. My husband and I operate in two-player mode when it comes to signing up for new credit cards to earn miles and points bonuses. It’s been about six weeks […]