We were on a trip to a Marriott property in Mexico and we were offered a significant discount on our trip if we sat through a 90-minute timeshare presentation. As you would expect, they pitched it as a great financial opportunity to enjoy a vacation at a discount rate. Our sales rep even said that […]
Timeshare: What Happens When You Die? Read More »
An interesting story was posted on the Marriott Reddit page relating to a hotel trying to incentivize its guest to check out early (by 10:00 AM). This Marriott Hotel offered between 1,000 and 3,000 points if you agreed to check out early. Marriott Bonvoy points have a value of $.008 per point so that equates
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I found on the Marriott Reddit page, a story about Hilton offering the option for $10 to reserve a room far from the elevator or close to the elevator. I was thinking this is some joke on Hilton since it was on the Marriott page. But a found a post on a Hilton page from
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We saw on Gate Access that the TSA will be phasing out the requirement to remove your show to go through the security check points at airports. Gate Access believes the coming change is due to politics, not security. Following complaints from Congress, TSA is making changes to expedite screening. Hopefully, for their sake to
TSA Update: New Rule in the Making, No Need to Remove Your Shoes at Security Read More »
As I compile my bucket list of things to do, some travel ideas came up including flying in the most luxurious manner. Private jets are great but they are not typically the best option for trips to Asia, the Middle East or other travels more than 10 hours. Typically, you need to take a commercial
Dream Flight: Why Etihad’s The Residence is Your Next Luxury Travel Bucket List Item Read More »
We have all been on some form of public transportation when the person next to you wants to have a conversation. While it is nice to meet someone new and learn a bunch of things about that person’s life, you are under no obligation to have a conversation with your seatmate. Most of the times,
Flight Etiquette: Are You Obligated to Chat with Your Seatmate? Read More »
I doubt this question ever came up with Emily Post but we figured we would try to attack this question. We all know how stressful air travel can be. Headaches include overcrowded airports, planes, delays and airlines treating their passengers like cattle. Add to these issues are that airlines started to limit their perks like
American Automobile Association (AAA) released its annual press release discussing the Independence Day holiday travel information. Lots of good information in this press release. First, 72.2 million people will travel at least 50 miles or more from home during the holiday week period (June 28th to July 6th). This represents an increase of 1.7 million
Beat the Crowds! AAA’s Ultimate Guide to July 4th Holiday Travel (Forecast & Advice) Read More »
Our friends at View From The Wing reported on a good feeling story. The story is about a mother and daughter who were headed from Montana to Orlando to see their dying father (and grandfather). As anyone who has been to Kalispell knows, you cannot fly to many places from their regional airport. If you
Good News Story of the Day: Delta Delivers for A Family Enroute to See a Dying Father Read More »
Our friends at 404 Media discovered multiple airlines have been pooling travelers’ data and selling it to the US Government. The way it works is that the major US airlines (including Delta, Southwest, United, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, and European airlines Lufthansa and Air France, and Canada’s Air Canada) set up a that a
