Travel Tips

14 hotel nights. 8 flights. 17 days. $155 out of pocket. That is what my wife Tonya and I paid for hotels and flights on our road trip this summer. If you have ever wondered how to use credit card points for travel, this is a real world breakdown of exactly how we did it. […]

Glacier National Park is a fantastic place to hike. Besides being one of the most beautiful places in the world, there are over 700 miles of trails to hike. It doesn’t matter if you are inexperienced or a veteran hiker, there is a hike that will fit your needs. Glacier National Park hikes travel along

Amazon is having Prime Day Deals going on right now. You can find savings on all kinds of things right now and that includes items related to travel. The following are 20 items that are on sale that can help your travels go smoother or easier in some way. All of the items in the

If you are looking to renew your passport, the government is making it easier to do so. Those are words rarely spoken but I digress. Instead of renewing your passport in person by going to the appropriate facility in person, you can now renew your passport online.  The State Department first offered an online renewal

The Oxford Dictionary defines etiquette as “the customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group.” The thing that makes it hard with the customary code with a group of airline passengers is the fact that some plane etiquette is pretty straight forward while other things are more

There are many different award search tools that you can use when trying to find award flights. A few of the sites include: Point.me, AwardLogic, Points Path, and Award Tool to name just a few. One of my favorite sites to use is PointsYeah. PointsYeah is a free tool with a Kayak style interface that

Do you love to travel but you don’t especially like spending hours on a computer trying to find deals on flights? Fortunately, there are sites that not only find the cheap flights for you but they also send the cheap flight deals to your inbox. All you need to do is decide if you want

It doesn’t matter if you are taking a scenic drive in the hills of Spain, driving through the French Alps, cruising along the coast of Italy, or speeding through the Outback of Australia. There are things that you need to consider when renting a car overseas. The last thing you want to do is not

Points Path is a new Google Chrome extension that allows you to not only see the cash price of a flight but it also shows you the point price for the same flight. When Points Path was first released, you had to wait to be able to use it. You can now sign up and

If you are looking to travel and spend less money along the way, a road trip can be a great alternative to flying. Not only can you save some money on a road trip but you also have more flexibility and freedom versus flying somewhere. In this post, I want to share a number of