We just came back from a 3 week epic trip to Australia! Whenever I book these more complex itineraries, I get questions about how I decide where to go, what my points breakdown was, how I earned those points and how I find the best deals. So before I get into all the details of each individual city, I’ll share an overview of our entire trip, where we went, how we got there, and how I paid for each stay. Swimming with whale sharks in Exmouth! What a dream! I have a goal to mak

It's very satisfying for me to review my year, and see how I used my points and how much value I got out of it. So here's a points wrap up, mostly for my sake, but I love reading how other people used their points too! March We had a wedding in San Francisco, and since it was a quick trip, we opted to fly instead of drive. We paid cash for our flights, but I was able to use 2 IHG free night certificates (up to 40k points) at the Kimpton Fishermans Wharf, courtesy of my IHG pe

Many friends have asked me what my Japan tips are, and I also got a lot of advice from people who had gone in the last couple years- so here's my compilation of things I found helpful. It's not all encompassing and I'll probably add more as I think of them. I'll also add more personal notes about our actual itinerary in a different post, tips for Disney, etc, and maybe things I wish I did differently. Since this was more of a friends/group trip (20 people!) we were somewhat l

A while back (ok, over a year ago), I wrote a very brief summary on what flexible credit card points are and some examples of how I...

I started playing the points game in February 2023, and soon booked several trips that I took in 2024. While we had a couple individual...

A year and a half ago, my cousin introduced me to the world of earning points for traveling. It wasn't completely a foreign concept to...

Pulpit Rock, Norway I just returned from an incredible 27 day journey to Paris, France, Norway (all around!) and Billund, Denmark! I have...

This is a big topic, which I'm pretty new at, but spent a lot of time when I had COVID (with nothing else to do) researching this topic...

As with all things, I try to get as good of a deal as possible (and earn as many credit card points in the process). Here's the breakdown...

In case you're wondering- Here is the full list of rides and experiences we did during our 3 days at Disneyland/California Adventures...

This is part of a 4 part series. You can find the full series of posts here: Part 1: Navigating the Parks Part 2: Genie+ Part 3: Things I...

This is part of a 4 part series. You can find the full series of posts here: Part 1: Navigating the Parks Part 2: Genie+ Part 3: Things I...

This is part of a 4 part series. You can find the full series of posts here: Part 1: Navigating the Parks Part 2: Genie+ Part 3: Things I...

This is part of a 4 part series. You can find the full series of posts here: Part 1: Navigating the Parks Part 2: Genie+ Part 3: Things I...