My daughter’s swim meet, which was her final one of her swimming “career” was moved this past spring from St. Pete to Tampa due to covid. In prior years, I stayed on points or Free Nights at various Hiltons, Hyatts and Marriotts in St. Petersburg. However, this year, with the meet being right on the […]
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I Was A Miami Spring Breaker-Not!
I went to Miami on Spring Break with 20 teenagers! Well, not really. They stayed at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach and had a great time. How could they not! And what they saw and did during their time in Miami will not be covered in this post. 🙂 I, on the other hand, had a gorgeous […]
So Easy To Stay 6 Feet Apart In Maui Over Xmas!
Last January (2020), I took advantage of an amazing offer that I received as a Vistana time shareholder. It was for a 2 bedroom suite at the Westin Nanea Ocean Villas, Ka’anapali, for $250 a night. The catch-sitting through the 90-minute resort presentation. Sold! You can read here all about the details of how we […]
Maui For Xmas Maybe? And The Details If We Do Go
Knowing that I could cancel my flights, I have taken a leap and booked flights for Xmas Break to Hawaii. We have an 8 night stay booked in Maui which is also easy to cancel. As of now, Hawaii is opening back up to tourists on October 15th and if all is good here in […]
Jazzing It Up N’awlins Style
A trip to New Orleans this past September left me wanting even more after our visit, the main purpose of which was a tour of Tulane. Recall, that we all flew for free using JetBlue points and stayed for free at the JW Marriott New Orleans. We did a lot of research deciding on what […]
A Last Minute Trip To Breckenridge And Savings Close To $6400
We had to cancel our trip to Lake Tahoe for February break unfortunately. I had actually gotten lucky with the flights and because there was more than a 60 minute change to our American Flights from when I booked them, I was able to redeposit all of our American Airlines AAdvantage miles back into our […]
MLK Weekend in Park City And Lots Of Free Stuff!
Who doesn’t like free stuff? I sure do and on our recent trip to Park City (I am here now), I took advantage of much of what my credit cards have to offer and enjoyed a lot of free goodies…..here are the details…. Flights-I used American Express Membership Rewards points to purchase our 4 Delta […]
Free Night At The Park Hyatt In NYC And $945 Saved!
One of the nicest things about having reserves of hotel points is the ability to plan impromptu stays FOR FREE. That is exactly what I did on a recent nigh’t stay at the Park Hyatt in NYC. My mom and my sister live in NJ, me in Westchester, NY. We had tickets to Wicked (purchased […]
NOLA-We Are Coming For You (And For Free!)
We are New Orleans bound for Columbus Day weekend. We will be looking at Tulane, and hopefully checking out some of the city’s other fun attractions and eating really good food! This 3 day weekend trip is costing us……nothing! The flights were booked with JetBlue TrueBlue points and the hotels booked with Bonvoy points. Here […]
Lake Tahoe-$8,050 Saved
$5,000 Stayed On Our Squaw Valley Stay Using Capital One Purchase Eraser Free Flights To Tahoe For Winter Break 2020 And A Savings Of $3050 […]