Family Travel with Points and Miles
Since we had an evening flight, we were able to sleep late in our own beds. The boys were excited about being on school vacation and about the prospect of going back to Miami. Weekend Activities As with most weekends, and Saturdays in particular, the day was filled with kid's activities. In the morning Tomatico… Continue reading Miami 2022: Diary – Day 1
We were just in Miami a year ago so we are relatively familiar with how to get around and what there is to do, though we'll be flying out of an unfamiliar home airport. Getting to the Home Airport We have never flown into or out of the Westchester County Airport. It's a small airport… Continue reading Miami 2022: Activities and Transportation
While the hotel planning was happening in parallel with choosing our flights, we didn't solidify booking any hotels until the flights were booked. South Beach Hotel Due to availability and the number of points we had available, we decided we wanted to split our trip between South Beach and Miami proper. It would also give… Continue reading Miami 2022: Hotel Planning
In the previous post I mentioned how I had found the relatively cheap nonstop flights from our local airport to Miami using Google Flights. These flights were on JetBlue and were actually into Fort Lauderdale, but that was not an issue for us. Booking Outbound Flights Before we moved, JetBlue was a very convenient carrier… Continue reading Miami 2022: Flight Planning
The boys had a winter break in February. In years before COVID we've been to places like Paris, Rome, Dubai, and Spain, we kept it domestic last year with our trip to Miami. Since we moved last summer, we haven't had as much time to plan trips and of course COVID has come into play… Continue reading February 2022 – Where to go?
Towards the end of 2021 I had a lot of free night certificates from both Hyatt and Marriott. While the Marriott ones got extended to mid-2022, the Hyatt ones were set to expire on or before the end of February 2022. Since we had already qualified for our Hyatt and Marriott status for 2022, it… Continue reading Quick Trip: January 2022
We are looking forward to 2022 being much more normal of a travel year than the last two years were, once we get safely past the latest COVID variant surge. Travel Destinations We have several trips booked for the upcoming year. We are hoping Paris will be a viable destination in the Spring, Hawaii this… Continue reading Looking Forward to 2022
At the end of our 17 day trip around Florida in 2021, we had high hopes that travel would get back to normal for us in 2021. While we managed two more trips in the spring (both to Florida), we weren't able to go on a lot of our planned trips for various reasons. I… Continue reading Year in Travel: 2021
We packed up and departed Saturday morning. It's usually a 3-4 hour trip and we managed to hit only moderate traffic, though it still took about 4 hours to get there. Luckily the city itself wasn't too crowded and it was a pretty straight shot to get to the hotel once we got to Manhattan.… Continue reading Quick Trip May 2021 – NYC Squash Summary
Tomatico loved his first squash tournament at the tail end of the Tampa trip and wanted to do another one. We had signed him up for one the following week in Manhattan. We figured this was another opportunity to visit my wife's family and also get some tourist time in the city. Hotel Booking While… Continue reading Quick Trip May 2021 – NYC Squash Planning
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