Disclosure: My admission to Xenotes Oasis Maya was provided courtesy of Experiencias Xcaret. All opinions are my own. My hand slipped off the zip line bar and I plunged 39 feet to the ground. “This is going to hurt.” I thought before I hit the water. I admit trying to wave for the camera …
When you vacation in Hawaii, Acapulco, or any other place near the ocean or other body of water, you may want to dive into the water. Jumping off cliffs, jumping into lakes and the ocean is a lot of fun. But there are dangers to jumping into water from great heights. Here are a …
You can get up to triple Starwood points when you stay at Starwood hotels between September 15, 2014 through December 15, 2014. Registration for Starwood’s More For You promotion is now open. You get: Double Starwood points when you stay 2 more nights Triple Starwood points when your stay includes a Friday or Saturday night …
Did you miss the Family Travel for Real Life Conference last week? No worries, because here’s a recap of the entire event. While I didn’t live blog like Dan from Points With a Crew, I did take notes. (Please ignore typos and formatting issues) Family Travel for Real Life Conference presentations 1) Extended travel by …
Your vacation dollars can go further with free and discounted activities. Here are some simple tricks to save money on vacation: activities. In the final part of this 3 part series on Tricks to Saving Money on Vacation, you’ll learn how to find free and discounted activities. Part 1, Tricks to Saving Money on Vacation: …
You can have a great vacation without scrimping on meals or having a Tahitian Diet vacation. We spent a week on the Tahitian island of Huahine in 1994 that we fondly refer to as our Tahitian Diet vacation because we both lost 15 pounds by not eating 3 meals a day. That was our first …
Getting free flights is the easy part. But knowing how to save money on the rest of your vacation costs can be tricky. Here are a few tricks I use to save money on car rentals, meals and activities when traveling. Because there’s a lot of information I’ve split my presentation into 3 posts: …
Update: The credit card offer in this post is no longer available. Check our credit card page for the latest offers. You can get 70,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points on the Chase Ink Plus card after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months. You can get a sign-up bonus of 70,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points …
Got an upcoming Hyatt hotel stay? Here’s how you can pay less points when you stay at Hyatt hotels. I found a trick to save points on Hyatt hotels that doesn’t involve using Hyatt Points + Cash or even Hyatt points. You can pay less points on Hyatt hotel night award stays booking your Hyatt …
You can use American Airlines miles to fly to Hawaii this summer at the lowest, MileSAAver award rates. So if you haven’t taken a vacation, there’s still time. You can get 4 award seats using American Airlines miles at the MileSAAver level in both coach and First Class to Hawaii! If you don’t need …
The Sunday Someday weekly series features bucket list destinations and how to get there using miles and points. Today’s Sunday Someday is Niagara Falls. The best time to visit Niagara Falls is from May to October. If you want to avoid the crowds, go during the fall. You can use airline miles and points to …
The Sunday Someday weekly series features bucket list destinations and how to get there using miles and points. Today’s Sunday Someday is Pleasanton. Late fall and early spring are the best times to visit Pleasanton if you want moderate temperatures. You can use airline miles and points to fly to Oakland, San Jose or San …