Ric Garrido

Freezin’ for a Reason with Cupid’s Undie Run Minneapolis

Hundreds of runners stripped down to the legally bare essentials in Minneapolis today and briefly transformed the downtown commercial center of Minneapolis into

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Bridging the Great Divide in Minneapolis

The irony of being a travel writer is I do not like to read travel guides and plan out my itinerary before going

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Chillin’ Minneapolis for Valentine’s Day

A hot winter day in California is not the type of weather conditions you would think create flight delays. Basically, yesterday was like

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SPG Hot Escapes, book by Feb 15

The list of Starwood Hotels on this week’s SPG Hot Escapes was around 95 hotels yesterday morning and 115 today. These are prepaid,

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Starwood Birth Rate or SPG Cash & Points

One of the primary decisions to make when traveling is whether to burn cash or burn points. Earning points primarily through credit card

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Challenge tutorial: 7 nights in Chicago for $700 during IPW convention

Today I took my first look for good hotel rates in Chicago when the big IPW travel trade show of the U.S. Travel

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February 2014 Hotel Promotions summary

This post summarizes dozens of hotel loyalty promotion offers in the major hotel chains for the month of February 2014. Le Club Accorhotels

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SPG Twice as Nice 2x dining points Feb 1-April 30, 2014

Starwood Preferred Guest has a Twice as Nice dining promotion for earning double base points, 4 Starpoints per dollar, for dining at a

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TravelPony San Francisco 5 hotels rate analysis

There is plenty of evidence that TravelPony.com has some great hotel rate discounts this month with its $50 discount on a booking using

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Marriott’s TravelBrilliantly.com co-creation 2014 contest

Last year, Anjana Kallarackal submitted an idea for nutritious snack vending machines at Marriott-brand hotels. This idea, one of 700 ideas submitted to TravelBrilliantly.com,

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