Unless you’re a frequent renter with a company, it usually pays to earn airline points instead of car rental credits. Car rental loyalty programs are notoriously stingy and were some …
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Hotels
Marriott (Still) Wins The Prize For Most Outdated Technology In A Hotel Room
by joehegby joehegI’m no stranger to using tech products for longer than I should. That’s why I still use my old MacBook Air when we travel. I can’t see paying the money …
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Rental Cars
Rental Car Companies No Longer Try To Differentiate Their Brand Offerings
by joehegby joehegRental Car Companies have undergone a period of consolidation. While this was happening before 2020, the pandemic sped up the process. To be honest, there are only two significant players …
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Travel
How To Earn Marriott Bonvoy Points During A Stay Booked Through A Third Party
by joehegby joehegLoyalty programs use the carrot/stick method to get members to do what they want. And what hotels want most is for members to book directly with the hotel and not …
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Paying for toll roads and bridges/tunnels has become more complicated. More and more locations depend on toll-by-plate systems to send you a bill or otherwise use a transponder in your …
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While I have plenty of things to gripe about when it comes to airlines and ride-sharing services, the one place where I find the most amount of annoying things is …
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Ground Transportation (Bus, Lyft, Subway, Taxi, Train, Uber, etc.)
What To Do When Your Credit Card Doesn’t Work With UBER
by joehegby joehegWhen I was getting ready to go on a business trip to New York a while back, I noticed on my paperwork that I should use a taxi for transportation. …
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If you’re flying in economy, there’s not much to look forward to. However, there’s one sight that brightens up everyone’s faces; the snack cart. In fact, I associate each airline …
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The U.S. Senate has a particular set of rules regarding how things work. One sticky point is that votes need to be done in person. As you’d imagine, senators frequently …
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I recently had the distinct pleasure of going through a large pile of old paperwork that wasn’t mine. While most of the things I found were junk, I did come …