Miles For Family

Earlier this year, a blog reader, who is a World of Hyatt Globalist, offered me one of her available Hyatt Guest of Honor certificates to use on a future Hyatt stay. I gladly accepted! The Guest of Honor certificate enabled me to have World of Hyatt Globalists perks for my Hyatt stay including an upgraded […]

This is the next installment in a series of posts on my recent trip to Europe. See introduction: Back from another  family reunion: galloping through Europe and driving my husband crazy Adding a NYC stopover wasn’t originally something I planned to do. Going to Europe with kids is hectic enough, and my husband isn’t a […]

I almost never buy airline miles. Occasionally, if I just need a small amount to top off my account to book an award, I will buy a nominal amount. But, I don’t regularly buy large amounts, even when they are “on sale”. Why not? There is risk involved. The value of miles can go down, […]

This past weekend, the D23 Disney Fan Event took place in Anaheim. Disney typically reveals new developments coming to parks and Disney Cruise Line at this event. I’ve learned to tamper my expectations, however, because not all past revelations have come to fruition. Nonetheless, this year Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro spilled the beans on […]

Like many of you, my husband and I have enjoyed watching the Paris Summer Olympics these past few weeks. We’ve always been a fan of the Olympics (especially the summer games), and we watch them every four years. We had hoped to attend the 2016 Rio games, but lack of funds and childcare thwarted our […]

Fiji Airways Launches Dallas to Fiji Non-stop Flight: I was excited to see this news of a new nonstop flight in the works from DFW to Fiji starting in December. Even if you don’t live near DFW, this flight is good news for Midwest and East Coast flyers to the South Pacific. See this post […]