Introduction My wife and I stayed here around Thanksgiving 2017. I had won a Hilton auction for 500,000 points for 3 nights plus activities. I then used 2 free weekend night certificates for a total of 5 nights here, which in my opinion is too long. Getting to the hotel My package came with […]
Introduction A reader had asked me to write a post about FIRE. I’m no means a FIRE guy just because a) I kinda like my job and 2) I probably spend too much (especially on dinners) to be qualified for FIRE. In my head, FIRE guys like to live extremely frugally so they can build […]
Introduction A friend signed up for the Delta Skymiles card not too long ago. She had to spend $3,000 and out of that, she spent $2,000 of it at a grocery store (you already know for what.) She got the bonus and spent the miles already on a redemption. Then the other day, she got […]
Introduction A reader had gone a few months earlier and gave me the contact info of a driver. I’d reco you wait about 2 months out to email him (no need to email too far ahead of time.) You should also re-confirm with him a few days before your flight because he wrote down the […]
Introduction We took a taxi from the airport, which cost us $10 one-way, because our driver had forgotten the day (more on that later.) If you pre-negotiate, it should be $5 only. On the ride, the driver kept pushing us hard to book tours with him although we told him we had already pre-booked tours. We […]