From career changes to travel, 2013 has been good to me. The points and miles game made it possible for me to not only travel to great places and make wonderful memories, but it landed me a great new job and the flexibility to travel more. I hope it has been an equally fantastic year … Read more
Through January 2, IHG Rewards Club is offering 50% off redemption rates at 22 participating hotels. While there are no Intercontinental hotels on the list, you can still book 6 Crowne Plaza hotels and a host of Holiday Inns and other brands. They range from 5,000-15,000 points per night. If you’re interested in booking one … Read more
It’s New Year’s Eve and yet again we’re having our weekly #TRLT chat. Not to be biased, but this is turning into one of the most fun and interesting travel chats on Twitter. It’s not to be missed. Though I’ll be sitting this one out as I’m traveling back home from a week in Australia, my co-founders/hosts, Shane and Savannah will … Read more
It’s Christmas eve, but our audience has asked for it. It’s time for our weekly #TRLT chat, where we’ll talk about travel off the beaten path. This week’s topic? Festivals on the road less traveled. Here are the questions: Q1: Have you ever traveled specifically to attend a festival? Name the festival and the place. … Read more
This holiday season, Charmin wants to make your travel experience a bit more pleasant. No, they are not installing premium toilet paper into the cramped luggage compartment passing itself off as an airplane bathroom. Instead, the company will be partnering up with GoGo to sponsor free inflight wireless internet on all domestic flights between December … Read more
Registration for IHG’s 2014 Big Win promotion is open. Once again, there are different offers and you can find out which once you’re eligible for by registering here. You must complete the offers between January 1 – April 30, 2014 to be receive “The Big Win”. The offer I received was for 108,000 points. It … Read more
Happy Tuesday! The #TRLT (The Road Less Traveled) Twitter chat takes place at 10 AM (PT)/1 PM (ET) today. This week’s topic will be border crossings on The Road Less Traveled. Below are the questions we’ll be asking during the chat: Q1: What is your preferred method of crossing borders (air, water, land) and why? Q2: Which The Road … Read more
Update: United has confirmed they will not be waiving phone booking fees for these awards. United finds yet another way to screw it’s customers over. Forget the fact that United recently announced a major devaluation of it’s award program – effectively eliminating first class redemptions on partner airlines and increasing the number of miles required to fly on … Read more
Who says everything is going to hell next year? (guilty) IHG Rewards Club has just announced via Twitter that they are running another Big Win promotion in 2014! This is very exciting, as I raked in over 50,000 points during the current Big Win promotion for minimum out of pocket cost (largely thanks to my … Read more
It’s Tuesday, which means the #TRLT (The Road Less Traveled) Twitter chat takes place at 10 AM (PT)/1 PM (ET). This week’s topic will be local transportation on The Road Less Traveled. Below are the questions we’ll be asking during the chat: Q1: Which country on The Road Less Traveled has the best public transport network? Q2: What is … Read more