Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
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My travel budget is focused on finding hotel lodging deals when I travel since airfare is so inexpensive these days. In 2017, I managed to stay 86 hotel nights for about $4,000. Looks like I will end 2018 with about 81 nights stayed in hotels with annual spend a little over $3,200. This post shows…
Reykjavik, Iceland is one of the most expensive tourist destinations in Europe. The good news is the U.S. Dollar – Icelandic Krona at 1 USD = 121 ISK is the most favorable exchange rate in more than two years. The exchange rate in April 2018 was down to 1 USD = 99 ISK, so the dollar…
On my first day in Reykjavik, Iceland, it became obvious to me that I was in the second most expensive place I have ever visited. Oslo, Norway in 2013 was probably more expensive, before their currency meltdown of 2015. At that time in Norway, the cost of a Big Mac was over $19 USD. The…
WOW Air has flown me to Europe for the second time in 2017 on a $70 total price for a San Francisco to Copenhagen, Denmark one-way ticket. The deal this time is a WOW Air one-way ticket back to SFO was about $200 and Norwegian Airlines had better prices, as low as $118 for Oslo…
Hard to believe the numbers of the electronic digital scale in my Krakow, Poland hotel bathroom this morning showing my weight has dropped 0.6 kg / 1.3 pounds since arriving almost 72 hours ago. This weight loss is after consuming some 30 beers and six restaurant full hot meals in Europe’s best travel bargain. Krakow…
This post is a road trip itinerary I pieced together combining IHG PointBreaks hotels with the ‘drive out of Florida’ cheap rental car deals of $15 to $20 per day after tax and fees. My idea is routing a road trip to take advantage of IHG PointBreaks hotels available for 5,000 points per night through…
Berlin is the about the cheapest capital city in western Europe for a tourist. Transportation passes for the city are 28 Euro for 7 days and include city trains U-bahn (urban rail system) and S-bahn trams and busses. Pick up a 7-day pass at the Tegel airport BVG center when you arrive or any train…
