My Baltic Explorer trip covered 7 cities in the Baltics, Poland and Germany over a period of 4 weeks. Despite staying at mostly mid-scale and upscale hotels, it was an inexpensive trip, compared to other European capitals! The Baltics turned out to be a great value destination, especially for family vacations! Similar to my ASEAN […]
This week’s Deal Dispatch brings you cheap flights to Europe and around the continent, courtesy of discounter Norwegian Air! You can also venture to Africa with Delta, starting at $770 round trip. For your hotel needs, check out IHG Rewards and their just released PointBreaks promotion, with hotels from 5,000 points per night (or $35!)
It is getting more and more difficult to earn enough airline miles for a free flight these days: Airlines like United or Delta have moved to revenue based earning and on top of that increased the miles needed for a free flight. If you don’t fly very often, you can try to consolidate your earning
As part of my Baltic Explorer trip, I participated in a number of hotel and airline promotions to make the most out of my membership in reward programs (read Power of Promotions – Baltic Edition) – and all of them worked out great, showing again, how much value there is in those promotions!
This week’s Deal Dispatch brings you a number of great flight deals on Air China, flying from a number of US destinations to Asia, starting under $500 round-trip. You’ll also find a summary of the fall promotions by the big hotel chains!
Trying to pick the right hotel for your next vacation can be overwhelming – in many places, you’ll find hundreds of chain hotels or independent ones. They all look great in the photos and have good reviews – and some not so good ones! There are even some hotels that look like great deals –
This week’s Deal Dispatch brings you bargain flights from New York to St. Petersburg from $451 and from the US to Beijing for under $400. Accor Hotels launched another one of their generous promotions, allowing you to earn EUR200 in bonus after only three stays! Check out the details below!
I have previously reported on the power of promotions to earn lots of points and miles (here), save money on hotel stays and gain elite status in hotel and airline frequent guest programs (here) more quickly. My upcoming Baltic Explorer trip is also fueled by promotions to make it cheaper and better by getting the
The Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) is one of the largest hotel companies in the world, with over 4,900 hotels in close to 100 countries, offering over 700,000 rooms! With 168 Million guests per year, chances are you have been to one or at least heard of one of their hotels! Their brand Holiday Inn is
This week’s Deal Dispatch has more cheap flights from Boston and Washington DC to Europe on Wow Air and an even better discount of 50% on Lonely Planet Guides!
This weeks Deal Dispatch brings the chance for a free flight for bookings via Expedia and some discounted luggage to go with it thanks to an early July 4th sale from Samsonite!
The Accor group has more than 3,700 hotels in 92 countries, making it one of the largest hotel chains in the world. Yet, its LeClub hotel rewards program gets very little coverage in the blogosphere – let’s find out if that lack of coverage is deserved or it is a hidden gem?