I’m getting super excited about our 2017 spring trip to Europe. The only thing booked so far is our one-way flight on Iberia in business class (for 50k Avios) and our hotel in Rome for 5 nights…the brand new Le Meridien Visconte, an SPG property.
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I’ve written about MyVegas Rewards in the past but we used them a bit differently this past trip. On other trips we always used the rewards for free hotel stays (not quite free because the hotels charge a resort fee that is not comped). However, this time we stayed with friends at their Elara timeshare (a Hilton property) and so we used MyVegas comps for fun things to do.
We just got back from 4 FREE nights at the Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. We scored these free nights by getting the Hyatt Signature Visa credit cards for both me and and my husband, Bob. Each card comes with 2 free nights at any Hyatt in the world after spending just $1000.
My husband and I recently got back from a 6-week trip walking 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago, from Saint Jean Pied-du-Port in France to Santiago de Compostella in Spain. We have traveled a lot–to more than 30 countries, sometimes for months at a time–but walking the Camino is truly unique. From Day One, it became my favorite vacation…
Yesterday I moved money from one bank account into Fidelity Investments and scored free American Airlines Frequent Flyer miles through a special promotion. You can also get bonus Delta and United airline miles with Fidelity Investments.
I spent hours and days on the phone and computer trying to find two free award flights to Europe this spring…but I did it! We are flying from Los Angeles to Madrid in April and then from Paris back to…
Airbnb has gotten a ton of media exposure recently. On our recent trip to South America we used the site for our first time to book apartments in Santiago and one in Buenos Aires. I’m going to focus on our…
Free Walking Tours in Buenos Aires are not only Affordable, they are Very Fun! We took several awesome “free” walking tours in Buenos Aires during our week-long visit. I put “free” in quotes because although the tour guides don’t charge a fee…
Affordable Wine Tasting in Mendoza, Argentina On Your Own with BusVitivinicola We have gone wine tasting in California, France, Germany, New Zealand and Australia. Each region has had its own approach to wine tourism. In all of these cases we…
Getting to and visiting Machu Picchu really isn’t a budget trip. Entrance alone is about $45 for the day. But it’s a world heritage site and a bucket-list destination so here are some tips that might make it a bit…