We have “done” Hershey Park a few times and each time we have stayed at different places. We have paid for a stay at the fancy Hershey Hotel and we have also paid for a stay at Hershey’s other hotel, the Hershey Lodge. The Hershey Hotel is great and luxurious and the Lodge is also […]
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Starwood Preferred Guest Points and Hyatt Gold Passport Points Got Us Free Stays in San Francisco and Lake Tahoe – $3,200 in Savings!
In the summer of 2011 we took an amazing trip out west. We spent our first 3 nights in San Francisco. After 3 fun-filled, activity packed days in San Fran, we made the 3.5 hour drive to Lake Tahoe, the most breathtaking place I have been to yet. Guess what? In each of these amazing […]
American Airlines AAdvantage Miles and Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us a Free Boys MLK Ski Weekend!
Rob will be taking Daniel and Mason this coming MLK weekend (2015) to Beaver Creek for their second annual boys ski weekend. I booked the details for their trip at the end of May, 6 months in advance. I think they will be very happy! First, I got them […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Free Summer Stay At Beaver Creek And $1,500 Saved
Our summer vacation last year was to Colorado. And guess what? We stayed for free on Starpoints at the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa in Beaver Creek. This resort is a Starwood Preferred Guest Resort and a SPG Category 5. We had a studio suite for about 16,000 starpoints per night. It would have cost […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us Four Years of Free Hotels on Ski Trips Out West and a Savings of $9,000
For the last four winters, my family has taken a ski trip to Colorado. Each year, we like to try a different mountain. Each year since 2011, we have stayed for free on these ski trips. How? With Starwood Points! AND by booking the hotel early! There are many Starwood Resorts in the Colorado ski […]
Marriot Rewards, Hyatt Gold Passport, and Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us 9 Free Nights in Florida Over Spring Break and a Savings of $5,300!
My daughter has a swim meet every year in St. Peterburg, Florida. This past year, the meet fell on the first weekend of our spring break. Since Jessie and I were already there, I had Rob fly down with the boys to meet us for the week. Over the 9 days that we were in […]
Chase Sapphire Preferred Used For The Garden City Hotel
I had to take my daughter, Jessie, to a 2 day swim meet a few weekends ago in East Meadow, NY. Because the swim meet started so early in the morning (what I told Rob), and because I thought it would be nice to have a 2 day getaway with my daughter (the […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Kids Free Getaway to the Amazing St Regis Monarch Beach on Starpoints and A Savings of $2,500
Rob and I spent 5 nights a few of summers back at the St. Regis Monarch Beach. This resort is a Starwood Resort and SPG Category 7. Conservatively, this hotel is about $500 per night. So for 5 nights, the hotel would have cost us about $2,500. Instead, we stayed on Starpoints, of course, at 30,000 […]