Weekend Blitz

Ahh yes, Spirit Air, the self-proclaimed “America’s Only ULCC-Ultra Low Cost Carrier.” The champions of nickel-and-diming, Spirit charges the customer only for what he uses. If you want to carry-on a bag, you’re welcome to for a fee, but they don’t add it to the ticket cost because they don’t charge those who don’t want the service. No matter what your opinion is on the big change in the airline industry, you can’t deny that Spirit Air has some damn cheap fares on their routes.

Source: spirit.com

I don’t necessarily expect the same level of service on a $40 flight as I do on the $8,000 trans-Atlantic First [...]

80% off selected JetBlue flights continues:

At 80% off these are phenomenal deals as long as you can travel on short notice. 

Best WEEKEND BLITZ choices:

14-16 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 843-722-8205

Located nearly across the street from Battery Park, the Calhoun Mansion is the largest private residence on the peninsula. But, you’ll quickly be more impressed with the contents of the house than its sheer size.

The Italianate design manor house has 35 rooms, a grand ballroom, Japanese water gardens, 35 fireplaces and a 75-foot domed stairhall ceiling

Tours are offered seven days a week, from 11 a.m.  – 5 p.m. on every hour and half-hour, each lasting about 30-35 minutes ($15), and the “New Grand Tour” ($50 with a reservation) lasting about [...]

JetBlue is at it again with their “NYC Flight Week” Deal of the Day.

At 80% off these are phenomenal deals as long as you can travel on short notice. The good news is that there are finally some good “long-weekend” choices out there.

Best WEEKEND BLITZ choices:

130 East Davie St., Raleigh, NC 27601 Coffee + Sandwiches/Subs $ — Cheap

Looking for some good, cheap eats in downtown Raleigh? Look no further than Sosta Cafe.

East Davie Street entrance

For starters, the SOUP OF THE DAY ($2.00 when added to salad/sandwich) was a CREAM OF ASPARAGUS. Served with a warm piece of ciabatta bread, it had an excellent flavor and hit the spot on such a cold day.

CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP ($2.00)

I gave the SOSTA SALAD ($9.75) a shot and was nothing but impressed. With [...]

Don’t have anything going on next week? Take a quick trip from New York (JFK) to Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR) for only $187.49.

Source: gcmap.com

Example dates: Dept Tues Feb 5th and return Friday Feb 8th:

The JW Marriott Guanacaste [...]

The Priority Club PointBreaks list has finally been updated.

Check our tutorial on how to book rooms for just $35 / night

When you’re ready to book: Click here to go to the PointsBreaks site

List is as follows:

COUNTRYSTATEPROPERTY BRAZILHOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SUMARE AVE. – SAO PAULO CANADABRITISH COLUMBIAHOLIDAY INN EXPRESS KAMLOOPS CANADAMANITOBAHOLIDAY INN WINNIPEG-SOUTH CANADAONTARIOHOLIDAY INN BARRIE-HOTEL & CONFERENCE CTR CHINAHOLIDAY INN SHANGHAI PUDONG NANPU CHINAHOLIDAY INN YINCHUAN INT’L TRADE CENTRE CHINACROWNE PLAZA HUIZHOU CHINACROWNE PLAZA LAKE MALAREN SHANGHAI CHINAHOLIDAY INN SHANGHAI [...]

Ok, “so what’s the catch?” There’s not really too much of a catch at all.

IHG–InterContinental Hotels–owns and operates the following hotel brands:

IHG’s customer rewards program is called Priority Club. About once a quarter, Priority Club has a promotion where they discount a selected number of their hotels down to 5,000 points/night.

“Welcome to Guyana!”

We stepped off the plane and into the nice, warm and muggy air that we have come to know and love growing up in the Southeastern US.

No official gates here, just jump off and walk up

Making our way into the terminal, we were greeted by about a 60+ min wait to reach customs & immigration.

Before we left for Guyana, we did some brief research about the safety of the country and learned that they still have major problems with trafficking cocaine (exports, mainly). That said, I love the [...]

UPDATE 1:30pm: Deal also works FROM Portland TO Washington, DC.

Plan a weekend get-away from Washington, D.C. (IAD or DCA) to Portland (PDX) for as little as $182.

Source: http://www.gcmap.com/

How to book it:

Check http://matrix.itasoftware.com/ using its calendar of low fares to see all availability. Your best bets will be April, May & September.

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Example dates available for a weekend trip: