A collection of hotel reviews, destination guides, tips on points & miles, and general thoughts on travel.
Since 2005, we’ve been curating travel itineraries by reading other blogs – This is our contribution to fellow travelers trying to maximize their time and money to explore off the tourist trap path. Our reviews are honest, detailed, and cover topics that we find are often missing. If you like our content, don’t forget to subscribe at the bottom of the page.
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Our Top 10 Pools: Enhance Your Hotel Stay
While we’ve rarely chosen to stay somewhere solely because of the pool, some pools have greatly enhanced our enjoyment during our stay. Taking into account the pool options when choosing accommodations can be a worthwhile strategy to maximize your enjoyment during your stay, whether it’s for leisure or business. Some examples of reasons why you…
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Tips: Planning a 1 Day Trip to Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is on a lot of people’s bucket lists for different reasons and if you visit, you will be rewarded for your efforts. Our planning process to go to Machu Picchu started 1 year prior to our visit. When you tell people you’re going to Machu Picchu, anyone who has been will have all…
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Review: Hyatt Ziva Cancun All-Inclusive
My husband hasn’t had the best experiences at all-inclusive resorts so we have avoided them during our travels but we decided to give the Hyatt Ziva in Cancun a try due to the positive reviews and to redeem an expiring Hyatt Globalist free stay we’d earned. This post will outline my experience as a first-timer…
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Visiting Canada: Visa vs eTA to Enter
As a Canadian living in Vancouver, I do recommend visiting my city, as well as other cities and town in Canada. While Canada is a Commonwealth realm country, most visitors will need a visa and/or an eTA (Electronic Travel Authorization) to enter the country; only U.S. citizens are exempt from both. This post will provide…
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Tripadvisor 101: Finding What You Need
Whether you’re self-planning your trip or working with a travel agent, you will want to conduct some research to compare different options in the hopes of choosing the one you’ll enjoy the most. While the internet has made the task of researching easier, it has also made it more daunting due to all the various…
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Review: Cathay Pacific’s The Pier Business Class Lounge at HKG
Maxine and I have been fortunate to experience first class and business class lounges across the world (including the Emirates First Class Lounge at DXB – Dubai Airport) but if there is one lounge that tops our list, it’s Cathay Pacific’s The Pier, Business Class lounge at HKG – Hong Kong International Airport. During our…
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