Kauai Food and Adventure Guide
(Editors note: These Recommendations are all based on trips we took to Kauai prior to 2020. Not all places are guaranteed to still be in business) A week on the island of Kauai is not[…]
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Last Minute Trip to Miami- Intro
With our last major trip concluding in November and our next one not starting until May, we decided to bridge the gap with a last minute booking to Miami for 4 nights. Our last visit[…]
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Don’t overestimate the importance of your credit score!
A few months back I wrote an article touting the awesomeness of all things Credit Card. My response was in rebuttal to a Dave Ramsey article on their lack of purpose in the world. But[…]
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Hyatt Place Santa Cruz Review
The third stay in our three-part mattress run for Hyatt Explorist status and a Free Cat 1-4 Night was a night at the Hyatt Place Santa Cruz. This property is brand new, opening late in[…]
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What it’s like to fly Flight Deck in a Commercial 787.
Imagine boarding a commercial airliner. You’re the first passenger down the jet-bridge. But instead of being greeted at the aircraft door, you step inside to find there’s not a soul on board. No flight attendants[…]
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Hyatt House Emeryville Review
As part of our quest to achieve Explorist status for 2018 and to achieve a “Brand Explorer” award, KimPro and I made reservations for three separate hotel stays. The first was at the Hyatt Centric[…]
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Book New Years at Signature MGM Grand in Vegas for the low low price of…. $55,439.00!????
One of the things I’m always in the market for are great hotel rooms during various fireworks displays. Be it the Fourth of July in a corner-lakeview room at the Coeur D’Alene resort or a[…]
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Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf Review
As the end of the year approaches, we’ve made the decision to mattress run for Explorist Status with Hyatt. This will get us 4 passes for club lounge access which we can use over the[…]
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The Honeymoon Intro: How Credit Card Points Netted us $35,000 in value.
Last year we started our international adventures with a bang, spanning four countries over two weeks and enjoying lavish accommodations at two resorts in the Maldives. We explored incredible museums in Washington D.C, we kicked[…]
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What! Another stay at the Hyatt Regency Monterey!?
I’m confident my reviews of this hotel are getting sordid, so here are the basics of our stay this time around: We booked 2 days in advance so we could get out of town (Sacramento),[…]
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