When the wife and I travel overseas, we don’t just go to 1 location. It’s usually 2 or 3 locations. That’s mainly because the award routing rules let you do that, so why not take advantage of them? The main destination of this trip was a safari in South Africa of course. Why South Africa […]
Introduction Before my trip, I had asked some coworkers who were from South Africa, and they had recommended I rent a car to drive down to the Cape of Good Hope. Even at the safari, an American family told me they also rented a car to drive down there. Thus, I rented a car for […]
Introduction We booked 4 nights here under 2 reservations to take advantage of the Club Carlson Visa ‘last night free award’ deal that has already ended. It was only 50K CC points or $250 per night. Even without the free night benefit, I was getting 0.5c of value per CC. With the free night, I […]
Introduction When I was looking into which safari excursion to take, instead of spending HOURS researching online, I decided to ask my South African coworker, who told me he used &beyond’s Ngala reserve. When I first looked at the price, I was a bit shocked. I knew a safari lodge would be expensive, but […]
Introduction At first, we weren’t going to spend a day in Joburg. We could have arrived in Joburg at 7AM and taken the domestic flight to our safari at 10AM. However, I figured since we flew this far across the world, we may as well at least spend a day here. I know some people […]