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    Delta Stays: My Experiences Using This Booking Portal

    by joeheg September 20, 2025
    by joeheg September 20, 2025

    In recent years, many credit cards have started offering statement credits when you book a hotel through their travel portal. Initially, these credits were provided by banks that had their …

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    Beating the System: Loopholes Travelers Found & Exploited

    by SharonKurheg September 13, 2025
    by SharonKurheg September 13, 2025

    The world is fraught with ways to somehow beat the system. A candy machine that spits out two chocolate bars instead of one. A website that lists discount codes people …

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    How To Activate Marriott Gold Status With The AMEX Platinum Card

    by joeheg September 13, 2025
    by joeheg September 13, 2025

    One underrated perk of the American Express Platinum Card is automatic Gold Elite status with Marriott Bonvoy. Here’s how it works, how to activate it, and whether it’s actually worth …

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    Hotel Designers, Please Stop Doing This

    by joeheg August 31, 2025
    by joeheg August 31, 2025

    Hotel designers have a tough job. Either you’re trying to make a cookie-cutter hotel room seem interesting and inviting, or you have to shoehorn a design into a hotel that …

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    Why Hotels Charge for Extra People in the Room (& What You Can Do About It)

    by SharonKurheg August 30, 2025
    by SharonKurheg August 30, 2025

    My husband Joe and I have been married for over 20 years, so it’s been a long, long time since we shared our hotel room with anybody else. But back …

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    One NYC Hotel, Many Prices: Which Booking Option Makes Sense?

    by joeheg August 19, 2025
    by joeheg August 19, 2025

    When it comes to booking a hotel, you’d think it would be simple: pick the hotel you want and book it. But these days, that’s far from the case. With …

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    Why You Should Avoid Going To A Hotel Right After It Opens

    by joeheg August 17, 2025
    by joeheg August 17, 2025

    First! There’s something in all of us that makes us want to be the first one to do something. It’s human nature, or whatever. The feeling you get knowing you’re …

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    25 Cool & Awesome Things Some Creative Hotels Did

    by SharonKurheg August 16, 2025
    by SharonKurheg August 16, 2025

    If you travel a lot, and especially if you’re brand loyal (granted, we’re not and we kind of love it that way), a hotel room is a hotel room. But …

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    While Delta Pleads Innocence, Here Are 5 Ways Hotels Are Openly Embracing AI

    by SharonKurheg August 8, 2025
    by SharonKurheg August 8, 2025

    The big brouhaha on the internet for the past several days has been revolving around Delta Air Lines and whether or not it is, or is planning to use artificial …

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    Why Don’t Most Hotel Rooms In The U.S. Have Ceiling Lights?

    by SharonKurheg July 5, 2025
    by SharonKurheg July 5, 2025

    Have you ever been in a hotel room in the U.S. and noticed that there are lights in just about every place you can imagine…on the dresser, nightstands and desk, …

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