travel planning

Travel credits come in many forms, but for this post, we’ll define them broadly as any benefit with an expiration date that can be used to book travel instead of …

Over the years, we’ve booked numerous hotels and often face the decision of whether to choose the advance purchase rate or the best refundable rate. Hotels usually offer a lower …

In economics class, I learned about the Law of Diminishing Returns. In short, it says that after a certain point, additional effort will yield less returns. Take, for instance, booking a …

Keeping track of travel reservations can be quite a chore. When planning a trip, I get emails from airlines, hotels, car rentals, trains, meetings, appointments, tickets and whatever else we’re …

Some travelers like to use a “do it yourself” approach and book all their travel on their own. Others prefer to use a travel agent (TA). Either method is fine, …

Joe and I are big fans of Key West. There was a time we went every year, usually for an extended weekend. At one point, we visited often enough (once …

When it comes to travel planning, I do most of the work. Don’t misunderstand; Sharon’s fully capable of making plans for herself, as she proved when she flew to NC …

Whenever I begin to plan a trip, I tend to notice that my mind wanders from one idea to another. I find this to be useful because it helps me …

As of today, I’ve firmed up many of the plans for our trip to Iceland. We have flights, a rental car, and places to stay on our journey. While I’ve …

If you’ve been paying attention to our posts for the past few days, you know that we’ve booked flights to Iceland. The flight to Reykjavik is as far as we’ve …