Family Travel with Points and Miles
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
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
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
Since we were planning our flights only a few weeks before travel, and most of New England also had the same school vacation, demand and prices were high on tickets. The boys had soccer on both weekends so we’d need to fly out either Sunday night or Monday morning and return on Friday night or… Continue reading Tampa 2021 – Flight Planning
The boys have their annual school vacation in April and we usually plan to go somewhere during that time. In previous years we’ve focused on international destinations such as Los Cabos or London but this year we would focus on a domestic location due to COVID uncertainty. Not Florida We had been to Florida 3… Continue reading April 2021 – Where to go?
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