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    How To Override Hotel Thermostat Settings (Updated March, 2025)

    by SharonKurheg September 2, 2023
    by SharonKurheg September 2, 2023

    Trying to figure out how to unlock the “Hotel Mode” setting on your hotel’s television? We’ve got your covered! And now back to thermostats… As we wrote a while back, …

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    How To Avoid Extra Credit Card Fees During International Travel

    by joeheg April 29, 2021
    by joeheg April 29, 2021

    Going on an international trip is very exciting but it can also be very expensive. Using a credit card to pay for purchases when traveling internationally is often the best …

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    The Company That’s Saving Lives With Leftover Hotel Soaps

    by SharonKurheg December 21, 2019
    by SharonKurheg December 21, 2019

    Have you ever wondered what happens to the bars of soap that get left behind after you leave your hotel room? I always figured the open bars went to the …

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    TSA Reverses Ruling, The Most Recent Person To Get #Bonvoyed, Why We Don’t Want To Go To The Maldives, & More!

    by joeheg September 1, 2019
    by joeheg September 1, 2019

    Happy Sunday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, …

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    The End Of An Era – Saying Goodbye To Our SPG AMEX Cards

    by joeheg August 28, 2019
    by joeheg August 28, 2019

    It was a day I knew was coming but I didn’t think it would get here so soon. As part of the rearranging of the Marriott Bonvoy co-brand credit card …

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    Would You Like The Points Or A Tree?

    by joeheg July 3, 2019
    by joeheg July 3, 2019

    The major hotel chains love to promote how environmentally friendly they are. Some of the ways they can save energy are by using smart building techniques along with not wasting …

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    Marriott Is Still In No Rush When It Comes To Delivering Bad News

    by joeheg March 29, 2019
    by joeheg March 29, 2019

    Marriott has trudged through the merger between themselves and Starwood by going from one poorly handled situation to the next. However one of the biggest blunders and PR nightmare was …

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    Merge Your Marriott And Starwood Accounts Now, Before The Launch Of Bonvoy

    by joeheg February 4, 2019
    by joeheg February 4, 2019

    I know, yet another article about the merger of Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and Ritz Carlton Rewards into the single Marriott Bonvoy program. The official date of the conversion …

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    Why Do Banks Make Everything So Difficult? (Part 2)

    by joeheg January 28, 2019
    by joeheg January 28, 2019

    I previously wrote about my not-so-pleasant experiences with three different banks over the course of a single week. The lengths I was forced to go through to complete what were …

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    American Airlines Mucking Up Saver Awards & Bathrooms, Sneak Peek at Galaxy’s Edge, & More

    by joeheg January 6, 2019
    by joeheg January 6, 2019

    Happy Sunday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, …

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