Ok, I get that writing a blog, and co-hosting not one, but two podcasts is a really bad preface to the following sentence: I’m bad at talking about myself. That said, I would be completely remiss if I didn’t write this post. While I’ve spilled this ‘secret’ on the recent Festivus episode of the Saverocity […]
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This Week in Bank Points: Hotels in London, Venice and Rome
With flights secured to Italy in April, I set out to find some family friendly hotels in Europe bookable with points. Our inbound flight lands in London, and we’re flying out of Rome so I had some flexibility with the itinerary between those two endpoints. I talked it over with the family (our boys will […]
Actionable Tips to Make Travel With Kids More Enjoyable
Back from a quick trip to Florida with my family, I’m energized over how smooth our travel with a child has been these past 3 years, especially when it came to putting the little one to sleep. If it wasn’t for a friend of mine who advised me on some sleep training tips, I feel […]
Business Class for Four to Italy Using Delta SkyMiles
A trip to Europe in April is on our Family Demand Schedule for 2019. I haven’t been able to find award availability until just recently. Here’s how I booked it, using Delta SkyMiles to Italy. Parameters Departing out of Boston Fly into/out of “somewhere” in Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Bologna) Want to go during April […]
Keep these things in mind when booking a Marriott Hotel with Bank Points
Update: Marriott no longer honors elite status benefits when booking through on OTA, including bank points. See: No Notice: Marriott Stops Giving Elite Benefits For Online Travel Agency Reservations We’re just back from a stay at the Marriott Munich. This is the second trip in a row we’ve stayed at a Marriott proper in Europe […]
Trip Notes: Virgin America First, Disneyland Hotel Club Level, Four Seasons Aviara, JetBlue Mint
We’re just back from a week in Southern California during our April school break. Our focus was Disneyland and a stay at the Four Seasons Residence Club Aviara in Carlsbad. Both are places we’ve enjoyed before and enjoyed again on this trip. The theme from a point & miles perspective was using [mostly] bank points […]
How to Find Boutique and Family Friendly Hotels
Note: If you haven’t listed to the Saverocity Observation Deck podcast #78 you might want to before reading this post. A good friend is headed to Italy with his wife and son in a few months and asked me for a recommendation for a hotel. The place I stayed at the last time I was […]
Walt Disney World on Points & Miles 2018: Disney Dining
We’re just back from a trip to Walt Disney World during the week Massachusetts schools have off for President’s Day each February. The weather was perfect and we had a great time. I’m going to write this up as a series: Flights Hotel Discounted Park Tickets Disney Dining Let’s get right into it, discussing the […]
Walt Disney World on Points & Miles 2018: Discounted Park Tickets
We’re just back from a trip to Walt Disney World during the week Massachusetts schools have off for President’s Day each February. The weather was perfect and we had a great time. I’m going to write this up as a series: Flights Hotel Discounted Park Tickets Disney Dining Let’s get right into it, discussing the […]
Walt Disney World on Points & Miles 2018: Hotel
We’re just back from a trip to Walt Disney World during the week Massachusetts schools have off for President’s Day each February. The weather was perfect and we had a great time. I’m going to write this up as a series: Flights Hotel Discounted Park Tickets Disney Dining Let’s get right into it, discussing the […]