Hotel Review: Oil Street Guest House, Kyoto 
Using Uber in Paris: worth it? 
Hotel review: Park Hyatt Paris Vendome. 
Patience + planning + points = pinch me (can it be?) 
The best pastry in Paris. 
How to prep for international travel at the Cheesecake Factory. 
Our trip is over. 
Our family trip to the public bath in Kyoto. Our first day in Tokyo was quirky and beautiful and wild and confusing and serene and overwhelming, all at once…and we loved it.
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April 15, 2014 | 22 Comments
We are vacationing in Palm Springs right now, and we are staying at what has turned out to be an amazing hotel in the desert: the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells. I’ve never been to Palm Springs before. Friends insisted that renting a house was the way to go in this […]
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January 21, 2014 | 27 Comments
Did you get the day off from work yesterday? What did you do? We spent the day bopping around in San Francisco. It was the perfect blend of touristy and local. We rode the ferry to Fisherman’s Wharf, then walked up to Coit Tower and through North Beach until we got […]
...Continue ReadingHow many hotel points does it take for a family trip to Europe and Asia?
January 5, 2014 | 19 Comments
Have you ever seen this awesome seventies ad from Tootsie Pop? I was thinking about it the other day, as I was madly booking award nights for our family trip to Europe and Asia this summer. We will be abroad for a month (31 nights, to be exact), so I’ve […]
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January 3, 2014 | 35 Comments
My husband Josh and I are big fans of the international wander. We’ve spent months in foreign countries with no set destination, no agenda, and no luggage but a daypack. We haven’t traveled like that in years, however, mostly because we got totally overwhelmed, sleep deprived and just generally knocked […]
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December 23, 2013 | 37 Comments
We’re doing it! Today I put the finishing touches on our flights for a 4-week family trip to Europe and Asia this summer. Ever since I started collecting points and miles, taking a “big trip” such as this one was my eventual goal. At the beginning, it seemed very far away and […]
...Continue ReadingSpring break travel using points and miles, Part 1: Extreme Frustration
December 18, 2013 | 27 Comments
A couple of years ago, right around this time, I was sitting in front of my computer, wailing and gnashing my teeth. This was BPAM (Before Points and Miles), I was trying to plan a family trip for Spring break, and I simply could not believe how expensive it was going […]
...Continue ReadingAll-inclusive resorts for families…close to Nirvana?
November 11, 2013 | 14 Comments
Last week we checked into Dreams, an all-inclusive resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. This is our first all-inclusive vacation as a family, and I have to say that so far I am LOVING IT. I decided to give Dreams a try when I had the opportunity to book our stay […]
...Continue ReadingPlanning an all-inclusive vacation in Mexico (2 kids + 2 adults = not as many miles as you would think!)
November 4, 2013 | 6 Comments
A few days ago, Hyatt unveiled the award booking chart for their two new all-inclusive resorts in Mexico, the Ziva Los Cabos and the Zilara Cancun. Many of us were eagerly anticipating this news, as both resorts look incredible. The Ziva looks especially tempting for families, as an all-inclusive resort can be the […]
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