I just booked Jessie and my flights to St. Petersburg for her annual swim meet. We are flying in and out of Tampa and I used 36,500 Delta SkyMiles per roundtrip flight. When I went to book the tickets, I needed 73,000 miles but only had 70,000 miles. (Recall I got a big influx of […]
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High (Above The Peaks) In Aspen
For a continuation of my 50th birthday celebration this past summer, I took a late summer trip to Aspen. (Remember, I went to London and Wimbledon at the beginning of the summer to start the celebration, then to Nashville mid summer-lucky me!). Rob and I went with our 6 friends in tow. We spent 5 […]
Empty Nest Road Trip To South Dakota And Glamping!
By Carolyn Hauptman Road trips don’t scare us. We have driven to Park City, Utah a few times with our dogs, driven our older daughter to college in St. Louis and did several college visit road trips. So, when we decided to drive our younger daughter to move her in to her freshman year at the […]
Family Road Trip! Daily Journal Covering 1900 Plus Miles Over 12 Days From Maine To Eastern Canada And Back
By Alan Hariton Tuesday August 14-Portsmouth, NH Pulled into Portsmouth NH around 7:00. Stayed in Homewood suites near the airport. Room was a suite type room. One bedroom, toilet and shower in separate room, sink in main room. Separate room for kids. Pull out couch and we brought an inflatable. Had kitchenette with large […]
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: The Lure Of The Golden State
By Jackie McCarthy In just a few short years my children will be heading off to college. My children? To be honest, it’s more like my babies. Though they are teenagers now and love to show their independence, I will always see them as my babies. And in that light, the role you have as […]
Nantucket-Beaches, BBQ And Of Course Tennis In The Perfect Island Car
By Cindy Wallis There are several ways you can get to Nantucket: a one hour plane ride, a 6-hour “party” ferry from New York City, a 2 hour high speed ferry from New Bedford, MA or a 1-hour high speed ferry from Hyannis in Cape Cod. We opted for the latter as there are […]
Up To Vermont Next Memorial Day Weekend With A Savings Of $3,200
We have a 5 day break over Memorial Day Weekend in 2019 and are heading up to Vermont for 5 nights, Burlington to be exact. There are many nature related and recreational activities that we plan to take advantage of up there. I am excited to go this far north in Vermont. Luckily, we can […]
2/3 Free Flights To Aspen For Winter Break 2019 And A Savings Of $1,950
We are headed to Aspen, Co for winter break, 2019. We used Chase Ultimate Rewards points for 2/3 of the cost of our flights. The America Airlines flights that I booked cost $620 each for flights from Laguardia to Aspen (not direct). For each $620 flight, I needed 41,333 Ultimate Rewards points. Points can be […]
Getting My Country On In Nashville
Talk about a hot and trendy destination with its own unique vibe, Music City aka Nashville has just about everything that 4 girls on a BIG bday trip could desire. My four college friends and I went for 3 nights and we were busy from the morning late into the night (yawn) popping in and […]
So Smug About Smugglers Notch-18 Plus Car Rides Worth The Trip
By Lisa Katz Sklar. My family has been going to Smugglers Notch in Vermont for the last 18 years. Each time we go, the entire drive we reminisce about the last time we were there. All I can hear in the back seat is “do you remember when we did …”. I always feel […]