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Maximizing My Hilton Free Night Certificates / Credits

Maximizing My Hilton Free Night Certificates / Credits

I am a big into Hyatt, but given their limited footprint, often find great value in Marriott and Hilton properties, especially during ski season. Each has a number of great properties that you can book, such as the Waldorf Astoria Park City, Hilton Whistler Resort, Hilton Niseko Village, Viewline Snowmass,

How to Travel Long Distances With Your Cat

How to Travel Long Distances With Your Cat

Cats are incredibly rewarding, but also make traveling very difficult, if not impossible. How can you enjoy travel while not stressing out about your cat? There two ways to approach this. You can find people to take care of them while you travel, or you can travel WITH your pet.

The Secret Side of Provence - Hyères

The Secret Side of Provence - Hyères

Paris is amazing, but we wanted to explore the French countryside, and what better place to do so than Provence, just a short train ride away. Our first stop was Hyères, at the very edge of Provence, right in-between Nice/Cote D'Azur and Avignon/Marseille. Neither of us

Skiing and snowboarding for free, on points

Skiing and snowboarding for free, on points

Do you love skiing or snowboarding but your bank account doesn’t? Skiing and snowboarding is an expensive hobby, but one that people get a huge amount of enjoyment and thrill from. $300/day lift tickets, expensive slopeside accommodations, flights to small, out of the way airports, fights for the

Hôtel Du Louvre - worth booking over the Park Hyatt Paris?

Hôtel Du Louvre - worth booking over the Park Hyatt Paris?

The Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme is a renowned hotel, but it also costs up to 45k Hyatt points a night, which is no small change, similar to the other aspirational Hyatt properties like the Park Hyatt Kyoto, Park Hyatt Niseko, Park Hyatt New York, and Park Hyatt Milan. For those who

Park Hyatt Paris Review- OVERRATED?

Park Hyatt Paris Review- OVERRATED?

After arriving into Paris via Air France Premium Economy in a decent flight, we made our way over to one of the most storied hotels in the world, the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme. It’s one of the crown jewels of the Hyatt system, along with hotels like the Park Hyatt

Six Weeks Through France and Italy, all via points

Six Weeks Through France and Italy, all via points

My wife and I had the chance to take a six week trip through Europe September-mid October. While a six week trip could be insanely expensive, we were able to make it work via the magic of points - a combination of Amex and Chase points from cards such as

What's This All About???

What's This All About???

You may have seen the splashy, huge suites in airplanes filled with champagne and caviar around social media, and wondered how they made that happen. Maybe you’re just tired of long flights and small seats. Or you love traveling but are on a budget. The solution to all of

Hilton Card Free Night Certificate Offer Through July

Hilton Card Free Night Certificate Offer Through July

I normally avoid recommending Hilton cards, because Hilton points don’t go as far as, say, Hyatt points. That said, on rare occasions like right now, they offer Free Night Certificate bonuses on their no/low fee cards, which ends up as an amazing value because these certificates can be

Brazil for New Years, Part 2

Brazil for New Years, Part 2

After the Emiliano and an amazing start to the trip, we rented a van from Movida, a local Brazilian car rental agency, to drive to Buzios, a famous beach town a few hours away from Rio. This was my first time in Brazil, and I had heard that driving there

Brazil for New Years, Part 1

Brazil for New Years, Part 1

Last August, my wife and I decided to meet up with friends in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a tropical New Year’s to start off 2023 differently than we normally do, celebrating in NYC. I looked around various programs and found an amazing deal via Avianca LifeMiles for 12k