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  • Montego Bay Under 520 USD

    Montego Bay Jamaica On A Budget

    Montego Bay, Jamaica: known for being a tourist paradise located less than an hour and 40 minutes from Miami International. I never thought I would get here, but I did, thanks to points, miles, and taking advantage of various promotions. We try to break down how we managed to go to this wonderful place without spending a ton of money, and we’ll show you exactly how we did it so you can replicate it! Sounds good? Great. Let’s get started.

  • Life Hacks to Make Traveling Less Stressful

    If you’re like most people, you love to take vacations, but the actual traveling can be stressful and frustrating. There are some aspects of travel that can never change, but many traveling headaches can be alleviated through careful planning and taking a few pointers from more experienced travelers. Make Sure You’re Protected One of the most important aspects of traveling is to ensure that you protect yourself with insurance. While car insurance is important, especially for high-risk drivers, there are other types of insurance you should get as well. If you’re traveling by road and remaining in the country, your standard auto policy is acceptable, but you should make sure…

  • Travel is NOT free

        Let me get this straight folks: TRAVEL IS NOT FREE. Travel is a luxury, something that is not really a must for survival if you are broke or don’t have the means for it on a small budget when you are struggling to survive daily. It is a luxury not everyone can afford. Sure, you can “free” travel in terms of using miles and points, but getting them requires careful planning, a lot of time, oh and day to day spending. In our chosen travel lifestyle, you will probably just see the beauty of the places through our blog posts and photos. You don’t see the nitty gritty…

  • Weekend at Holiday Inn Club Vacations Orange Lake

    It was another weekend, meaning we’re off to another adventure! This time, we decided to go back to Orlando to try the Holiday Inn Club Vacations Orange Lake Resort, one of the biggest hotel complexes we had ever been! What follows is a review of the property and at the bottom is our cost table. First off, we booked this hotel because it seemed like a great deal and was listed as one of the best uses of IHG points at a few other travel blogs I follow. When the price of the hotel was $130 and had all these amenities plus a chance to get more points c/o of…

  • Is it more dangerous to travel now than before?

    Is it More Dangerous to Travel Now than Before?

    Last week, I read a story about a female tourist murdered in Belize (a beautiful but drug-troubled Caribbean island).  A few months before that, there was another female tourist killed in Nepal.  A few months before that, there were a few horror stories of some European women being raped in India.  And then the story of a French professor who was killed while trekking through Algeria’s mountains.  These stories are tragic, of course, and give one pause, even if you don’t have plans to travel to those countries, but then I am reminded of the wonderful actor and traveler Michael Palin, who summed up Westerners in two words: Wealthy and Worried. Which brings us to…