Family Travel with Points and Miles
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 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
Tomatico was fortunate that his fall soccer season wasn’t canceled like his spring season. While his teams had to play with slightly different rules and had to wear a mask while playing, at least they were able to hold the seasons and we were all thankful for that distraction. For one of his teams he… Continue reading Quick Trip: Portsmouth New Hampshire – October 2020
After our first COVID-era trip to Boston a few weeks earlier and with the boys still away at summer camp, my wife and I looked a little for other mini-staycations. At the time, COVID restrictions between New England states were strict with many requiring a 14-day quarantine. New Hampshire had a quarantine rule, but you… Continue reading Quick Trip: Portsmouth New Hampshire – July 2020
With the COVID-19 crisis beginning to ease up in New England at the beginning of the summer and the kids safely off to sleepaway camp, my wife and I decided to venture into Boston for a couples staycation weekend. We were hoping to try some new and exotic things like... sitting down to eat at… Continue reading Quick Trip: Boston – Summer 2020
We woke up late (for us) around 8:00 and headed up to the top floor where we could get breakfast in the concierge lounge. Since this was a big hotel it was quite busy with many of the tables taken and a long line to get to the food in the buffet. We eventually found… Continue reading Quick Trip: Toronto September 2019 – Diary (continued)
Since this was to be a short trip, there wasn't a lot of planning we had to do to prepare outside of finding out how to get there and where to stay. We had packed the night before and managed to fit our stuff easily into one small carry-on bag while my wife and I… Continue reading Quick Trip: Toronto September 2019 – Diary
My wife's sister lives in Toronto and her father was visiting from Venezuela so we decided to make the trek to Toronto over Labor Day, which is also a holiday in Canada. Flight PlanningThere are several flights from Boston to Canada. Most fly into Toronto's Pearson airport which is the larger of the two airports.… Continue reading Quick Trip: Toronto September 2019 – Planning
When the day arrived our youngest was up super early, dressed in his soccer uniform and ready to get the day started! After his morning soccer game, he came home to shower and get ready to head off to the water park to check in right at 1:00pm when we could get in. Arrival Tomatico… Continue reading May 2019 Quick Trip: Great Wolf Lodge – Summary
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