Family Travel with Points and Miles
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
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
The alarm went off early at 3:30. It was a bit of a struggle, but we all got up and got ready quickly. It helped that we had everything packed and ready the night before. Checkout We made our way down to the lobby to formally check out. Even though this was a stay on… Continue reading Miami 2021: Diary – Day 10
We had one more day of activities before we would be heading home. The weather was great and we enjoyed the location, though we were quite tired of dealing with the hotel. We’d only have one more short night and then we’d be done with it. Morning Activities While my wife and the boys had… Continue reading Miami 2021: Diary – Day 9
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