Most enjoyable distraction of past few days between working on taxes was tackling the problem of how to get from Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia to Rome this summer. My objective was finding the best balance between low cost flights and best upscale
Today is Daily Getaways Day 2 for Choice Privileges points on sale at 1pm Eastern time. This is the day to buy Choice Privileges points at the lowest rate in 2018. This post includes a tip on how to see
Program features in four different hotel loyalty programs were eliminated or changed in the past 14 months resulting in a significant loss of hotel discount strategies for budget travelers. This post is a recap of these program features that I
Four developments in the past week have influenced my travel decisions for trips over the next six months. My trip planning moved into high speed to take advantage of high value hotel loyalty promotions and low reward night rates in
Over the years in the points and miles blogosphere, several bloggers developed estimates for the average value of a frequent flyer mile and hotel loyalty point. ThePointsGuy.com posts a monthly update on the value of a mile and point in
Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel Bratislava is one of the best locations in Bratislava for a tourist. Step outside the door and you are in the heart of city dining, pub crawls and the primary tourism area of the Old Town
In 2016, I stayed 94 nights in hotels. I paid $5,510 for 93 of those hotel nights on six trips to Europe with 61 hotel nights and one trip to New Zealand with 7 hotel nights. The remaining 26 hotel nights
For my February trip to Sofia, Bulgaria I booked three different hotel stays for the same dates with reservations for Radisson Blu Sofia on a 2-for-1 rate, Starwood’s Sofia Balkan Hotel on a Cash & Points rate and Ramada Sofia
Club Carlson has a Spring Getaway promotion for Country Inn & Suites hotel stays that started February 13 and runs through May 31, 2017 for 7,000 bonus points on 2-night stays. Spring Getaway rate is 15% off Best Flexible rate.
Park Plaza Vondelpark is a location in Amsterdam I enjoy staying. This past week I stayed there 4 nights and earned 30,000 bonus points with Club Carlson’s current promotion for 50,000 points after 8 nights. A couple years ago we
