Hilton Status Match Through 2019

January 22, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

For a limited time Hilton is offering free status match to their Honors program. If you have elite status with any other hotel programs you can apply for a free match on Hilton’s Status match page. Chase IHG cardmembers get automatic Platinum Elite status and the past two years we’ve both used ours to […]

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2016 World Series

January 12, 2018.Reading time 21 minutes.

Unless you don’t have a pulse, you probably heard the Chicago Cubs won the World Series last week. Greg and I got to go to games 4, and 6, and were incredibly, undeniably, unbelievably (I won’t say lucky because it wasn’t luck) fortunate to have seen the Cubs’ 108 year drought come to an end […]

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Czech Republic

August 6, 2017.Reading time 9 minutes.

Powder Tower, part of the old city wall.

Prague is beautiful during the day, and downright magical at night.

St. George’s Basilica. A woman? Who can read?!

“I don’t look like a tourist, I don’t feel like a tourist.” – Greg Warcken

It’s rolled dough shaped like a cone and covered in sugar, then filled with more sugar. Greg couldn’t stop thinking about them!

There are healthier options at the local market.

It’s time for the latest installment of: We’ve Got a Week Off Where Should We Go? We debated between hiking in Colorado, volcanoes in Hawaii, and whatever-city-in-Europe-has-the-most-business-class-seats-available. Hello, Czech Republic! Well, hello Amsterdam, then hello Prague. It’s been a big dream of mine to visit Auschwitz but once we got to Amsterdam the KLM flights […]

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Chicago: A Tale of Two Munchkins, part one

June 16, 2016.Reading time 23 minutes.

If you’re lucky enough to have nieces and nephews, you’re lucky enough. You might say Greg and I are some of the most fortunate people on the planet as we have a whopping twenty, with two more on the way. Our siblings have produced tomboys and girly girls, athletes and gamers, sweet angels and little […]

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Buying IHG Rewards Club points

January 12, 2015.Reading time 12 minutes.

Purchase points to stay at any of these hotel brands for cheap cheap cheap! IHG Rewards Club points can be purchased from points.com in 1,000 point increments, up to a maximum of 60,000 points in a calendar year. 60,000 points would cost you $600.00 out of pocket, but sometimes IHG has promotions that offer up to 100% […]

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InterContinental Hotels Group

January 10, 2015.Reading time 7 minutes.

Our Chase IHG Rewards Club credit card was the second dedicated hotel card either of us signed up for, but the one I’m most excited about. Of course like all these programs, you can earn points not only by staying at IHG properties, but also by renting cars, going on cruises, or by going to […]

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InterContinental Paris Le Grand Hotel

January 1, 2015.Reading time 12 minutes.

Contrary to popular belief we’re not dirtbaggers all the time (and we do shower on a regular basis although certainly not every day). Greg and I have stayed in hostels, crashed with friends, and slept in airports all over the world, spending less so that we might travel more. But that was before we started […]

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Using Credit Cards For Free Travel

November 19, 2014.Reading time 14 minutes.

In the spring of 2014, when I was an itty, bitty, lil’ miles and points baby, I was sitting on my mom’s couch going through all the junk mail she still gets for me and I came across an offer for a United Airlines credit card: 50,000 bonus miles if I spent $2,000.00 on the […]

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