Hotels
If you had to pick a hotel chain to start giving your money, there are a number of chains you could give your loyalty to. Each of them have pros and cons and here is exactly what I would say about each of the hotel loyalty programs.
Read moreWe've been married for nearly 3 years and two of those years have been spent as full time travelers, nomads, vagabonds, gypsies, full time hotel livers, semi-homeless, whatever you want to call it.
Recently I did a post on Best Photos From 2 Years of Travel. Similarly I have a list of hotels we've stayed at in the last 2+ years. We've stayed at 113 different hotels and 74 were paid for by points (and a few on mistake fares). In an attempt to be transparent, I'll share my accurate spread sheet here (number of nights...
Read moreEarlier I posted 74 pictures from our last two years of travel, and I gave some stats on how we've done 63 international flights paid for with miles. But I didn't mention hotels. Luckily, I also keep track of all of our hotel visits and thus can say that we've stayed at 69 hotels in the last couple of years that are either 4 or 5 star hotels- for free (points or BRGs).
But even when we're not using points, and even when we're not using BRG's, we still find hotels to stay...
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One of the perks of the frequent flyer life is staying in hotels you would have never stayed in. At least for me. The nicest hotel I stayed in before getting into this hobby... was... well, I don't remember anything nice. But 3 star hotels were a treat.
And in the last year we stayed at so many 5 star hotels that it was hard to pick a list. Life is certainly funny. We don't need this level of luxury. But I don't complain. :-) Plus, being in the center of a great city like Paris or Vienna is priceless....
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