Photo by Tracy Nicole Many credit cards like the Chase Marriott Boundless and the World Of Hyatt card, get you basic elite status. Not everyone stays at 50 hotels a year. Recently, the American Express Marriott Brilliant card added Platinum status with the card, but for a $650 fee. Not Continue Reading
AvGeek Fun From The Couch: My Favorite YouTube Aviation Channels
Update: September 25, 2022 During the pandemic, I got a new hobby: watching aviation channels on YouTube. This is the next best thing to flying and a lot of fun. If you love flying, this will be fun. Some of these YouTubers seem to fly every day! This is a Continue Reading
Get 2-3 Cities For The Price Of One: Why I Love The Multi-City Flight
Multi-city flights allow you to fly to more than one city within one itinerary. For instance, if you wanted to visit Los Angelas, you might add a flight to San Diego or San Francisco (or both) during the same trip. That was my last itinerary to California. You would get Continue Reading
Get Free IHG Platinum Status Until The End Of The Year (Expired)
I love when airlines and hotels make a mistake. You get something free or dirt cheap like the way I got top tier car rental status. That has been dead for a long time, but I have Hertz’s Presidential and other top car rental status until the end of the Continue Reading
When Should You Do A Day Trip?
I know it is summer, and most people are enjoying or about to enjoy their summer vacation. Most people take only 1-2 vacations a year though. What about the rest of the summer or year? You can stay at home and watch tv, or you can travel more. Most people Continue Reading
Summer Is Here: 3 Steps To Get A Free Or Near Free Vacation
Update: 6/5/22 Summer is here. Like last year, it won’t be cheap. Actually, it may even be more expensive than last year. The travel industry is on the rebound. Hotels are showing profit for the first time in two years. International restrictions are being removed. Of course, since the summer Continue Reading
Hotel Elite Status With More Than One Chain Is Easy, So You Should Have It
Many people in the point’s hobby have elite status with more than one hotel chain. You should too. I have had multiple hotel elite status for over 7 years with Marriott, Hilton, and IHG. I was Marriott Gold back in the day when Gold was where you got free breakfast Continue Reading
My Travel Goals For This Year
As I said before, it is fun to set travel goals. I also like reading other people’s travel goals too. It gives me ideas. Maybe I see something I did not think of. I figured maybe my travel goals for the year would give you ideas. I am imperfect and Continue Reading
There Are Only Two Types Of Travel: Know This To Travel More
There really are only two types of travel. When you understand this, you will travel a lot more and your planning will be easier. This will help you prioritize the big trips and squeeze in a lot of smaller trips. This will help you save money on travel too. Helping Continue Reading
How To Set Your Travel Goals In 2022
It is a New Year and a “New You.” Most people say they want to travel more. Yet, a lot of people are talking about the same travel goals this year as they were this time last year. We are in a pandemic, but I think people can accomplish their Continue Reading