Rob just came home from a guys 50th birthday weekend away in Puerto Rico. He stayed 2 nights at the El San Juan Resort & Casino, which is a Hilton hotel. At the time that I booked his reservation, we had no Hilton HHonors points to book the room. Although I could have transfered American […]
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Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Free Stay In Boston and $600 Saved!
I have been playing this point game for a very long time. Back in 2007, we spent a long free November weekend in Boston. (Boy, do I long for the days before the kids had tons of weekend activities and we were free to travel.) It was the only time we were in Boston as […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us Free Disney Hotels!
Huge Savings on Disney World Tickets, BUY NOW! We have been to Disney a few times. The first time we went, the kids were really young. The twins were 3 1/2 and Daniel was 5. I wanted it to be perfect and easy! So we splurged. We stayed on the Disney property at the Grand […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Free Stay in San Diego and a Savings of $1,600!
Back in 2009, we took our longest plane ride to date and made our first trip out west to San Diego. We stayed on Starwood points at the Sheraton La Jolla Hotel. This hotel is a Starwood Resort and a SPG Category 4. The room was 10,000 Starpoints per night. The […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Free 5 Night Stay In Scottsdale At The Phoenician –$1400 Saved!
Rob could not find time to go away during Spring Break, 2010. $%&%$#@#$%&. (Read as cursing). However, I did not want to stay home for an entire week alone with my kids who were then ages, 6,6 and 8. Shoot Me! To convince Rob to “let” us go away […]
Earning and Accumulating Ritz Carlton Rewards Points
Below, I outline the main ways in which to earn and accumulate Ritz Carlton Rewards points 1. Visit a Ritz Resort or Marriott family of participating hotels worldwide and spend $ Earn 10 Ritz-Carlton Rewards points on room rates. You can also earn ten Rewards points per dollar on stays at […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got US 5 Free Nights in D.C. And A Savings of $1,500
Spring break 2011 we headed to Washington DC. We went via Amtrak, which was so easy!!! and so much better than those long six hours that we would have spent in the car. Upon booking our train tickets, I got my whole family Amtrak Guest Rewards accounts. (See #8 […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Stay in Hershey on Points And $360 Saved
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 […]
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 […]