Daily Getaways announced their first 3 weeks of offers recently, but they held off on announcing weeks 4 and 5. It looks like both of those are announced now. In case you’re not familiar, Daily Getaways are daily deals sponsored by the US Travel…
I’ve been testing a new hotel booking engine that I really like and I wanted to share it with you. There’s a lot to cover, including how it works, a first-time booking discount and a pretty cool giveaway. Full disclosure, I don’t make a…
Plenty of websites will offer great discounts on hotels. After a detailed review of Hotel Power, I believe it offers a solid list of hotel discounts in a variety of cities.
Points Hound is out with an offer today to earn 50% more points/miles with each hotel booking through the end of 2013. If you already use Points Hound, you should have received an e-mail from them with your referral link. If you didn’t, log…
I was waiting for Hilton to announce their fall promo before I finished up my breakdown of all the fall hotel promos this week. I didn’t think it was likely coming soon since they have a current promo that runs until the end of…
Most people look for cheap flights by hunting on Expedia, Travelocity and the like. If prices aren’t to your liking and you have time, you wait and check back periodically, hoping for something better. There are some other tools people use frequently to help…
Dear Hyatt (and Starwood, Marriott, Hilton, though I don’t value each of you as much as my Hyatt relationship), Why do you let the likes of Expedia control so much of your inventory? Sure, choice is good. And, there are plenty of infrequent travelers…
Points Hound is out with another valuable offer to win your business. They’re awarding an additional 500 miles from your favorite airline program for each booking you make in the month of June. And, that’s for any reservations in the future as long as…
While I tote around an iPhone and an iPad, I definitely consider myself a bit of social media introvert. I can spell Twitter and Facebook, and I have my fair share of Foursquare check-ins. But other than that, a novice. Despite that, I was…
There’s been a bunch of buzz in the blogsphere about a new program Starwood Preferred Guest had coming out called “Crossover Rewards”. Now, I’m a Platinum member of Starwood Preferred Guest so these discussions perked up my ears. The rumors flying around yesterday were…