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.

Itinerary: Wine Tasting in Santiago Chile

While I love craft beer, I also love wine and was very excited to have wine focused activities on our trip to Santiago Chile. When I first started drinking wine, the Concha Y Toro Carmenere was one of my favourites and I looked forward to trying less common Chilean wines with a palate that has…
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Review: The Fresh Shave, Kauai, Hawaii

Last updated: January 7, 2020 The Fresh Shave started out as a food trailer that offers shaved ice in Kalaheo, Kauai but has since expanded to add a brick and mortar location in Waimea in a shared space with Porky’s and in Pheonix Arizona on the mainland. If you plan on visiting the vintage food…
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Review: Keo’s Huli Huli Chicken in Anahola and a Beach Picnic in East Kauai

Last updated: January 3, 2020 What is Huli-huli chicken and where do you get it? Huli-huli chicken is rotisserie chicken done the Hawaiian way; the chicken is marinated in pineapple juice, soy sauce, ginger, garlic and other seasonings before being grilled over mesquite wood. “Huli” means turn and during the cooking process, the chicken is…
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Parrilla in Buenos Aires: Get Your Meat On

Some people go to Buenos Aires Argentina for the tango but we skipped that in favour of checking out parrilla. Parrilla “means grill, and can also mean a steakhouse in South American countries. An Argentine parrilla can be anywhere from 5 ft to 20ft in length. You build a fire on the side of the…
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BBQ in Austin: Micklethwait Craft Meats

Last updated: August 16, 2019 If you want good barbecue but don’t want to deal with lineups at Franklin’s and want a more unique and casual setting than La Barbecue, you’ll love Micklethwait Craft Meats; it’s one of our favourite barbecue experiences in Austin and is on Texas Monthly’s Top 50 Barbecue Joints in Texas…
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Review: Park Hyatt Palacio Duhau

While there are lots of great places to stay, on our second visit to Buenos Aires, my husband and I decided to stay at the Park Hyatt because; we wanted to maximize our Hyatt Globalist status, it’s a Park Hyatt, it’s in Recoleta, and there are lots of positive reviews about the hotel. Our Room:…
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