Family Travel with Points and Miles
Highlights Sun and Beach!Vacationing with family and not having to workLocation and activitiesComing back to NY early for Tomatico's squash tournament Lowlights Multiple extended hold times with JetBlueLast minute cancellation of our first night hotel near NewarkRainy first few days, though it cleared up for the last 3Hotel elevators were slow and stopped at every… Continue reading Tampa 2021 – Summary
We got up when the alarms went off eager to start the day and get to the tournament. We got dressed, gathered our belongings, and checked out. Since it was a free night certificate we didn't owe any balance. A zero balance is a beautiful sight! Tournament Day Tomatico wanted Panera Bread for breakfast and… Continue reading Tampa 2021: Diary – Day 7
Tomatico and I got up at 7:00 and quietly got dressed before going down to breakfast. We wanted to let the rest of the family sleep in a little and take advantage of our free breakfast before heading out to the airport to get our flight. Airport Experience After a quick breakfast in the restaurant… Continue reading Tampa 2021: Diary – Day 6
This would be our last full day in Tampa. Tomatico and I would leave earlier the next day to get to the squash tournament, while the rest of the family would leave closer to 5pm and would have most of the day to enjoy the sun and beach. My brother in law had managed to… Continue reading Tampa 2021: Diary – Day 5
My wife wanted to take the boys to the Tampa Zoo, but I had some travel arrangements I needed to make so I stayed back in the hotel with my brother in law who also had to work. Before I got into my travel tasks I took a jog along the beach path to see… Continue reading Tampa 2021: Diary – Day 4
We slept in later than usual and it felt nice. We all headed down to the hotel restaurant to get breakfast which is included because of my Hyatt Globalist status. Breakfast was a buffet or off a menu. We chose the buffet and it had a good selection of hot and fresh items, including an… Continue reading Tampa 2021: Diary – Day 3
Good thing I set two alarms! Only the second one went off because I made the age old mistake of not properly checking AM and PM on the first one. Oops. To the Airport We met my brother in law in the lobby shortly before 6:00am when the shuttle was scheduled to leave. The driver… Continue reading Tampa 2021: Diary – Day 2
This was going to be a hectic day. We weren’t even flying but would be driving to Newark and staying in an airport hotel for our first night, allowing us to more easily catch our outbound flight first thing Monday morning. Soccer! The day started with Tomatico playing a morning soccer game. We got up… Continue reading Tampa 2021 – Diary – Day 1
Getting to and from the airport would be the toughest part of the logistics of this trip. Tampa Rental Car Rental car prices during this trip were not cheap. Even though I booked the rental car as early as I could, it was almost $100/day for a compact SUV. In addition, since I was paying… Continue reading Tampa 2021 – Transportation
Tampa Hotel We knew we wanted a beach hotel in Tampa. We had looked at going to Tampa before and knew the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach was our likely destination. The hotel is very close to the beach and the rooms looked promising from the pictures and descriptions. The cash rate was about $320/night and… Continue reading Tampa 2021: Hotels
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