Easy Low Carb Meals for Campfire Cooking & Photos from Inks Lake State Park
Well, we’ve just returned from yet another camping weekend, our 4th since the hubby convinced me I might not actually hate the great outdoors a few years back. This time, we ventured to Inks Lake State Park, just about an hour outside of Austin. And while I’ve talked about my “glamping” mindset in the past, […]
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How the SPG & Marriott Merger Can Help You Get More Free Hotel Stays
As of this past week, SPG (the parent chain behind such hotels as W, Westin, Sheraton, and many others) is officially part of the Marriott company. While many, myself included, predicted a bit of gloom and doom* about this merger, for now at least, the brands are playing nice. It was announced that Starwood points would transfer […]
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Trip Review: Hotel Indigo Dallas & a Very USC Weekend
Hooray, football is back! Everything is right in the world again, Saturdays have a purpose, and people can fight with each other over their favorite sports rivalries instead of politics. Yay! In that spirit, when we learned that our beloved USC Trojans would kick off the 2016 season just up the road in Dallas at […]
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How We’re Saving $6,500+ on a Trip to the UK and Ireland
Well, we finally did it. After a little bit of heartbreak, and a little bit of confusion, we finally booked a trip for early next year with all those points we’d transferred over to Singapore Airlines a couple months back. To recap: after earning more than 200,000 points across our Chase Ultimate Rewards and Citi ThankYou […]
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Introducing the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card!
We just got a new credit card! It’s always exciting in the miles and points game when you’re approved for a new card and can start dreaming about all the benefits that go along with it. Today, it was the Chase Sapphire Reserve card. The card comes with a $450 annual fee, which is quite […]
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The Singapore Airlines Booking Saga Continues…
About a month ago, I posted about how after transferring all the points we’d saved over a 2-year period over to Singapore Airlines, they did away with the route that we were planning on booking. Since then, I looked up EVERY single route that Singapore Airlines flies out of the US for the March – June […]
Read MoreWhen Points & Miles Bookings Don’t Work Out
So I talk a LOT on this blog about all the travel we do as a result of travel hacking, otherwise known as using credit cards and other means to acquire lots of airline miles and hotel points and explore the world on the cheap. Well, we were in the midst of planning our BIGGEST […]
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Trip Report: A Long Weekend in Nashville, Part 2
Author’s Note: Don’t miss out on the first part of our Nashville shenanigans, here! Once the sun on day 2 started to dip in the Nashville skyline, we decided it was once again time to head out to explore the city. We caught an Uber over to Centennial Park, a gorgeous green space just Northeast […]
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Trip Report: Long Weekend in Nashville, Part 1
Howdy, y’all! Wanna hear a little country ditty I just wrote about our weekend in Music City? Ok, then! Nah, just kidding. I don’t write country songs, I blog. But I am going to tell you about Nashville, and our recent trip there including where we stayed, what we ate, and all the things we did. […]
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How Do I #CaptureVegas? With Garth, Elton, and Britney, of course!
Author’s Note: The folks at Vegas.com have invited me to share some of my #CaptureVegas moments. Check out their deals page to start planning your Vegas vacation. It’s no surprise to anyone around here that I’m a big fan of Las Vegas. I’m lucky enough to visit Sin City 2-3 times per year, like my most […]
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