In Whister, we are staying in a studio suite with a full kitchen! at The Westin Resort and Spa, Whistler. This hotel is an SPG Category 5 hotel, and I booked the suite for 5 nights using 48,000 Starwood points. The hotel suite was 12,000 points per night and when […]
Category: Mom’s Trips
Free Flights To Vancouver And A Savings of $3,000!
I have to admit, I was a little late to the game (so unlike me) and when I went to book flights, many of the award flights to Vancouver were in the range of 40,000 to 60,000 miles per ticket on various airlines…no thanks! However, by leaving a day earlier than I would have […]
Summer Trip To Vancouver and Whistler And A Savings Of About $4,500
How We Did It The Grouse Grind In Vancouver Deserves Its Name Free Flights To Vancouver And A Savings of $3,000! A 3 Night Stay At THE FOUR SEASONS! In Vancouver For 2/3 Free And A savings of $1,200 A Last Free Night In Vancouver And A Savings Of […]
We Earned 70,224 Marriott Rewards Points On Our Stay At The Atlantis
As I have told you before, it is rare that we pay for hotels. But when we do, I make sure that we earn the maximum amount of points on our paid stays. We splurged on the Atlantis. It was a bucket list destination of mine, and this past Spring break my kids were the […]
Greetings From The Atlantis
We’re Here! We arrived yesterday on our free JetBlue flights and had a seamless taxi ride and check in. The hotel is huge. I am leaving soon to go explore. Last night was our one and only night without dinner reservations and we regretted not having them. We ended up a party of 14 in […]
Daniel Is Off To Turks And Caicos
I am proud of my friend, MG, who is taking my 13 year old with her son AND 9 OTHER BOYS! to Beaches Turks and Caicos for a Bar Mitzvah celebration. Gulp! Why am I proud of her you wonder? I am proud of her because she asked all of the moms to forward their […]
A 12 Night Trip To Hawaii Booked And A Savings of $11,040
Christmas break, 2015, we have 2 weeks off from school again. This is our third year in a row with a 2 week break, and I have tried to take advantage of the time. In 2013, we headed to Costa Rica and this past December, we traveled to Israel. For 2015, I just booked Hawaii!!! […]
I Just Redeemed My Barclaycard Points For My One Night Deposit At The Broadmoor This Summer
Recall that I booked three nights at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs for Rob and I for this summer. As I told you in that post, I plan on redeeming Barclaycard miles to pay for these 3 nights. When I booked last month, I had to leave a one night deposit. With the tax, […]
Chase Sapphire Preferred Used To Pay For Our Stay At The Peaks Hotel In Telluride
We just returned from Telluride. It was an amazing trip even if we needed more snow. (It snowed about 27 inches the day after we left and stranded us at the airport an extra day—really? ) Even though we flew for free to Telluride/Montrose, we needed to pay for the hotel, as Telluride is a […]
50th Anniversary Celebration Stay-Chase Sapphire Preferred Used!
This past summer was my parent’s 50th anniversary. My parents are not financially equipped to take everyone to the the Caribbean for a big anniversary like I know some grandparents can. But we wanted to celebrate all the same. My family, my sister’s family and my parents headed to the Villa Roma Resort in the Catskills. […]