Weekend Blitz

Update 7/28, 9:30am: The list is now live. If you don’t see the properties on the main PointBreaks list, try an award booking on IHG.com for the hotel and you should see the 5,000 points/night rate. If you still don’t see it then the PointBreak availability might be gone.

The Priority Club PointBreaks preview list has been updated through September 30, 2014! Below is a list of all of the hotels that IGH/PriorityClub Rewards is offering for just 5,000 pts a night. Since this is just a preview, we expect more hotel to be added when the list goes live on Monday. Don’t forget that you can buy 5,000 points for just $35, which basically allows you to book [...]

Don’t miss out on Hilton’s late Summer/early Fall 2014 promo “Triple Your Trip“:

The Deal

Hilton is offering double points on weekday (Mon-Thur) nights and triple points on weekend (Fri-Sun) nights on all (eligible) nights at (participating) properties from August 1 through October 31, 2014.

The normal base rate for Hilton HHonors points is 10x points/$ spent (Home2 Suites by Hilton is only 5x), so, with this promo, you’ll be getting 20x or 30x points/$ spent.

How to Get It

Whenever Jeffrey and I travel during the spring and summer months, I am always reminded that I need better walking shoes when my feet start hurting because of my flip flops or flats with no support.

I just picked up a great pair of cognac sandals on sale at Gap (they’re completely sold out online, but a similar style is listed below) and it feels like I’ve been walking on air. The walk-ability of your shoes is super important when traveling, so I’ve found a couple other shoes that may fit the bill… and still look cute in your pictures.

These T-strap sandals are the perfect summer shoe. And, they have the same sole as my new Gap sandals, so I can [...]

In this post, we’ll show you how to save money by using the “Hidden City” trick when purchasing an airline ticket. But first:

What is a “Hidden City”?

First thing to understand:  Non-stop tickets to an airline’s hub are often disproportionately expensive. The airline understands that there is a premium to be had for offering more convenience and they try to capture this premium when they can.

Next is that a lot of factors go into pricing airline tickets, the most important 2 to understand for hidden city ticketing is that airlines generally price tickets based upon the market (not the distance flown) and that airlines are [...]

After a few days in France (see our walking tours of Bordeaux and Nantes, then see how we got engaged in Paris!), we headed over to Italy. Siena, Italy is home to the oldest bank in the world. But it was also home to me for a semester when I studied abroad back in 2009 and lived with a family who has become my family. So, when I got the chance to go visit them when we visited Jeffrey’s sister in Nantes, France, recently, I jumped at it. Why I chose Siena as the city to study abroad, I’m not quite sure. Probably how I make most other important life decisions: a bit on a whim. I liked the movie Under the Tuscan Sun and Siena was the only city in the region of Tuscany with a [...]

Hurry and book now for some awesome fares to Hawaii! The Fare Deal Alert is reporting that Delta has dropped their prices by 40% to 53% off to fly to Hawaii!

The Deal

Fly from Charlotte-CLT to Kauai, Hawaii-LIH for $517.90 from now until June 2015.

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How to Get It

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