Ric Garrido

Frogner Park, Oslo for Vigeland’s circle of life installation

Clear skies over Oslo, Norway with a late-April temperature climbing to over 21C/70F made for a perfect day to walk through Frogner Park.

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Best Western Rewards points redemption value analysis June 2023

This Best Western Rewards points analysis looks at the range of Best Western Rewards points redemption values for 20 different hotels (10 USA,

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Rich pretenders at The Thief Oslo, Ascend Hotel Collection

While chatting with a couple of Norwegian football fans during a Liverpool match at The Highbury Pub in the Frogner district of Oslo,

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LAX or SFO to Scotland in July low $585rt AA Basic Economy

American Airlines has Basic Economy tickets from LAX and SFO to Inverness (INV), Scotland at $585 round trip for departures beginning July 31,

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San Francisco cheap InterContinental nights July 4th week

InterContinental San Francisco and InterContinental Mark Hopkins are available Fourth of July week at the lowest points price I ever recall. InterContinental San

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Choice Ascend Hotel Collection – 10 hotel points deals in USA for Autumn 2023 stays

Many Ascend Hotel Collection properties across the USA in the independent hotels brand of Choice Hotels show a 50 to 60% reduction in

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Hotel Review: Crowne Plaza Amsterdam South to the city center easily accessible by metro

Amsterdam South is an area of the city we had never stayed in before over the eight months or so of hotel stays

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Choice Privileges points at lowest price of year

Daily Getaways offers Choice Privileges points today, June 19, at the lowest purchase price of the year – $5.18 per 1,000 points when

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High Value of IHG Points Purchase for Our European Travel

I purchased 300,000 IHG points through the Daily Getaways sale on Monday this week for $1,500. My IHG account balance showed 304,000 points

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Four weeks in California planning six travel weeks in Europe

“Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones,” is one of my favorite travel theme quotes

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