Lucky wrote a series of posts this week on One Mile at a Time giving his take on What Airline Miles and Hotel Points are worth. I criticized his hotel points analysis without reading his ‘Introduction’ piece on the four
Reaching the Circle Line Sightseeing Cruise boats from Pier 83 New York at West 42nd St and 12th Avenue is an easy 10 to 15 minute walk from Times Square subway station. Disclosure: This was a complimentary trip for me
The Disney California Adventure at the Disney Resort Anaheim opened in 2001 across from the Disneyland entrance. I hadn’t been to Disneyland since 1997. I remember a large open space visible around Disneyland from our high rise room window in
The Salinas River in Monterey County is the largest underground river in the United States as it travels 170 miles from its southern source in the coast range mountains of San Luis Obispo County to the Pacific Ocean at Monterey
IHG, Hilton and Marriott will likely dominate the US landscape for upscale and upper midscale hotel lodging development over the next decade. This is one of the pieces of information reported from the 2011 STR Hotel Data Conference in Nashville
Marriott Resorts offers an “Endless Summer” value package at 30 properties that might be a good value package for hotel stays from August 1 through September 16, 2011. Endless Summer packages are promotional code rate ZXO available at 30 select
The slogan “Happy cows come from California†played through my head as I drove Highway 62 northwest through the pastoral mountain meadows with just a few miles to go before entering Crater Lake National Park. Looking around I couldn’t help
Consumer advocate Christopher Elliott provides words for thought on the question of whether a consumer should participate in loyalty buying programs. His May 26 article, “Should you participate in a consumer loyalty program? 7 things to consider“ lists seven things expert advice
Priority Club Rewards announced an official relaunch today. I received an email at 6:56am California time stating the press release was under embargo until 10am ET. I started downloading the 179MB file with excitement at the possibilities of new changes
This has been a strange week for union labor in America. Hilton Hotels unionized workers in  San Francisco, Chicago and Honolulu come away with a new favorable contract that keeps worker health care costs in check and increases dental coverage
