31 Oct. 2023
I was listening to a recent podcast about travel horror stories. Anyone who has traveled for any length of time probabl...
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Use loyalty points and miles to travel more often, better, and for less money. Reward points have helped me travel to nearly 50 countries and experience other parts of the world. Now I am combining my love for travel with my knowledge of points and miles to benefit others.
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28 Oct. 2022
Second Verse, Same as the First I recently wrote about volunteering for refugees fleeing from the war on the border of Ukraine and Poland. ...
7 Oct. 2022
Putka I don’t know what percent of the world knows that Russia invaded Ukraine, but I’d guess it’s pretty high. I’m...
18 Jun. 2022
David vs. Goliath The covid pandemic was tough on small business. The path the government chose crushed so many small businesses and favore...
18 Jun. 2022
David vs. Goliath The covid pandemic was tough on small business. The path the government chose crushed so many small b...
18 Jun. 2022
Movin-On Out I recently left Minnesota and moved out of state. There were several factors involved in the move including better weather, th...
4 Jan. 2022
In With The New Out With The Old? Manufactured spend (MS) that involves Walmart money orders has definitely gone out of fashion for most peo...
11 Dec. 2021
Alive….Again A few months ago, and shortly after after trying to make a gas purchase with one of my American Express cards, I found ou...
10 Oct. 2021
Tune-Out I’ve decided to take my podcast, The Travel Points, down for now. This past week I was finishing up a ne...
4 Jan. 2021
Juke-Box Eating scorpion tails on a trip doesn’t entice me, but hearing new music does. Sometimes the music is great, other times not ...
11 Nov. 2020
Freewheelin’ In and outside of the loyalty and reward points and miles space, there’s plenty of talk about “free” tr...
10 Apr. 2020
Notiflyr is one of the best cheap airfare services in the world, period. Although I’ve kept tabs on the best cheap airfare websites ar...
31 Oct. 2023
I was listening to a recent podcast about travel horror stories. Anyone who has traveled for any length of time probabl...
22 Sep. 2021
Amazing Grace I love America’s national parks. The amount of geographic diversity we have in our country is incredible. One of my fa...
2 Apr. 2020
Notiflyr Haven’t heard of Notiflyr? You might not be alone, but that will likely change in the near future. It’s a company that...
14 Apr. 2019
Disclosure: I have inserted a couple of Amazon affiliate links to a few travel products mentioned in this post. Cruisin for a Bruisin It...
8 Jul. 2019
A New Old Song I have lots of music from all around the world, but found this song last night browsing some 1950’s...
3 May. 2019
Spirits I’m currently in Quebec City having a look around. I was in Montreal several months ago and wanted to compare it to Quebec Ci...
14 Apr. 2019
Yim Yames In about a month, Jim James (also goes by Yim Yames) will be performing here in my city. I’m not sure if I’ll go, as s...
7 Apr. 2019
Audiophilia This is a song from 2 American guys living in L.A. along with 2 guys from Sao Paulo, Brazil. The song translates into “wa...
4 Apr. 2019
New Tools I love tools that help make the cost of travel lower. When I first started my blog, I wrote about the best we...
20 Oct. 2018
Permanent Vacation Like many others in the points “hobby”, I monitor cheap flights on a pretty regular basis. I don’t boo...
1 Jan. 2018
High Tech & High Hopes Our nearly instant access to information and technology is pretty amazing. Sure there’s plenty of downside...
30 Oct. 2017
Think you miss out on deals that others get? Want to find cheap flights for your next trip? The internet is full of various websites that ...
7 Oct. 2022
Putka I don’t know what percent of the world knows that Russia invaded Ukraine, but I’d guess it’s pre...
21 Jun. 2020
Peace-Full? On May 25, George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police offer while being arrested. A 911 complaint said that Floyd used cou...
12 Feb. 2020
Forward? One of the reasons that I love to travel is that I use it as an opportunity to tune out. When I travel, I usually don’t wat...
11 Mar. 2019
I took this post offline for awhile, because it seemed to be very controversial. People in the U.S., including myself, are overwhelmed with...
28 Oct. 2022
Second Verse, Same as the First I recently wrote about volunteering for refugees fleeing from the war on the border of U...
6 Jun. 2020
Covid has slowed down things for a lot people, giving them more time for family, hobbies, and getting into things they otherwise didn’...
2 Sep. 2019
News Last weekend I lost a friend of mine. Death isn’t an uncommon thing, but my friend (Gary) died in a rare and freakish boat accid...
26 Aug. 2019
No Savings When I was in my 20’s I didn’t save money towards retirement. Zero, zilch, nada, zip. That period wasn’t savi...
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4 Jan. 2021
Juke-Box Eating scorpion tails on a trip doesn’t entice me, but hearing new music does. Sometimes the music is great, other times not so good. I think music helps people absorb a trip, either in memories...
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11 Nov. 2020
FreeWheelin’ In and outside of the loyalty and reward points and miles space, there’s plenty of talk about “free” travel, almost all of which doesn’t end up to actually be free tra...
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10 Apr. 2020
Notiflyr is one of the best cheap airfare services in the world, period. Although I’ve kept tabs on the best cheap airfare websites around the world, until fairly recently I hadn’t heard of the comp...
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