Saturday is National Museum Day and if you’re super excited about the prospect of museum-hopping on a Saturday night, you’re in luck. Over 1400 museums, art galleries, cultural centers, and botanical gardens throughout the country are offering free admission. In order to get your free tickets, you’ll have to fill […]
When you’re not actually traveling, reading a book is about as close to immersing yourself in another world as possible. Sometimes better. Who wants to navigate the cluster**** that is the TSA line or deal with flight delays, cancellations, and packed lounges? It’s why I’m staying put this week. In fact, […]
Traveling with a group isn’t easy. When that group consists of your parents and two siblings, it can get frustrating. Not because they’re terrible to be around, but because of the difficulty that ensues when you have different personalities traveling together. To this day, when my parents bring up our […]
It’s been a year and a half since my last post in the Best Starwood hotel redemption series. These posts take a long time to research and write, so I kind of half-assed the last one by not including any descriptive information about my picks and then decided to abandon the […]
Last month, I decided to tag along on my sister’s work trip to Michigan. On the way back, we spent two nights in Seattle. Tired as we were, 36 hours wasn’t enough for us to see or do much. After we got settled in at the Hyatt Olive 8, neither […]
The Starwood Preferred Guest program is popular for a reason: In addition to having over 1,100 hotels worldwide in excellent locations, the program has a reasonable award chart. The program’s Category 1 hotel list certainly proves that, offering incredible value at amazing hotels for just 2,000-3,000 points per night. Starwood […]
Following IHG’s announcement of a positive , I held off on publishing the rest of this series in case anything changed. Thankfully, I did not have to make any changes (or maybe that’s a bad thing?). Best Category 1 IHG Rewards Club Hotels Best Category 2 IHG Rewards Club Hotels […]
IHG Rewards Club’s Category 5 is filled with Intercontinental hotels. Some of them are a bit past their prime, but for the most part, the hotels on this list are pretty incredible at 30,000 points per night. You’ll find lots of award winners, some interesting Hotel Indigo properties that will […]
Category 4 is where IHG really shines. You’ll find dozens of Intercontinental properties worldwide, which are a real bargain at 25,000 points per night. In the past, some of these IC hotels have become bookable for 5,000 points per night through the PointBreaks promotion. Best Category 1 IHG Rewards Club […]
While uniformity persists in IHG’s Category 1 and 2 hotels, Category 3 is where things get interesting. You’ll find more hotels in major metropolitan cities and tourist destinations, with several award winners in the midst. These hotels are unique in terms of location, decor, or amenities. What I found surprising […]