Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
Is Venice the original European tourist trap? There is no denying that Venice relies on tourism as the economic driver of this historic city. The most amazing aspect of my trip is the lack of evidence in my photos to visually document how pervasive souvenir shops are on the streets of Venice. Seriously, how many…
One of the major stress factors of our one week trip to Venice, Italy in April was the need to schedule a rapid antigen Covid test for a Saturday as a requirement of a negative test the day before boarding the Sunday flight out of Venice VCE for return travel to USA. Additionally, we needed…
JetStar low cost flights between Honolulu and Melbourne, Australia are a way to cut the price of a round trip flight from California to Australia to under $400 round trip for a no frills flight or as low as $469 to book tickets including 7kg carry-on, 20kg checked bag and a window or aisle seat.…
United Airlines has competitive prices to JetBlue for San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale or reverse route for as low as $217 round trip or about $112 each way for dates starting in September 2022 and later. JetBlue has far more low fare dates than United, but this might be a good deal for someone eligible…
IHG has a sale with 80% bonus points for a $5.56 per 1,000 points offer. The purchase limit is 450,000 points for $2,500. This offer ends June 10, 2022. IHG Rewards normally sells points at three different rates, depending on how many points are purchased: All points sales are increments of 1,000 points. 1,000 –…
Star Alliance airlines have tickets from Paris CDG to Montreal YUL as low as $244 round trip and under $300 round trip for most dates from late August through March 2023. Paris to Montreal one way is $122, but the Star Alliance one way fares are not low for Montreal to Paris one way. Air…
Radisson Rewards has 25 hotels in Europe at 15,000 points per reward night. A promotional offer this week through May 9 allows U.S. members to buy up to 160,000 points at the rate of $3.50 per 1,000 points. Transfer of points between Radisson Rewards Americas account to RadissonRewards global is easy and instantaneous. This means…
Venice fascinated me. The city is a wonderful walking city with its pedestrian only streets and alleys. Centuries old architecture all around in stunning restored glory and various states of decay provides a visual mosiac through time from every vantage point. Getting lost among the maze of alleys, bridges and canal separated island blocks is…
ZIPAIR is a low cost budget airline subsidiary of Japan Airlines flying 787-8 aircraft. The new airline started nonstop flights between Los Angeles LAX and Tokyo Narita NRT in December 2021. One way fares are as low as $284 LAX-NRT and $266 NRT-LAX for June to August summer months. While this is a great discount…
Finnair has some discount airfare deals in the low $600s still available for travel in July and August from LAX to Tallinn, Estonia or Krakow, Poland. Most locations around Europe are currently priced $800s to $1,000 and up for travel from California in July. Both cities are wonderful locations with plenty of historic architecture to…
