Category: Flights
Miles vs. cash rewards: When loyalty doesn’t pay
It’s very trendy in the travel industry to earn travel rewards by joining every possible loyalty program and using credit cards with mileage rewards. Websites like the Points Guy base their whole brand around this concept. Airlines and hotels know this and offer their own loyalty programs providing discounts and miles or points that can…
50 tips for your first trip to Europe
For Americans or other tourists traveling to Europe for the first time, a lot of aspects of local life may be new or confusing. There are many intricacies when it comes to navigating restaurant dining, transportation, and other experiences that you’d probably be well to study up on in advance. The better informed you are…
Flying transatlantic with your wife for the first time
Even though we’ve been together for five years and have traveled to more than a dozen countries as a couple, there is always more to learn and experience with your spouse. But sometimes, the novel thing is the less-than-pleasant experience of flying 16 hours from Central Europe to the United States. Leading up to the…
Traveling during the holidays sucks
The temptation to use holidays off to travel is great. It’s one of the reasons I’ve always advocated for Thanksgiving travel, but December holidays are a whole different animal. Traveling during Christmas and New Year’s kind of sucks. This is a non-exhaustive list of reasons why. Things are likely to be closed Unlike the US,…
Traveling to the UK during Covid
When planning travel, it’s become increasingly simple to find guidelines and rules posted on official government websites and spelled out in blogs and news articles. However, the reality of what it looks like to travel can be sort of lost in the shuffle. Most people are reporting general information with few reporting personal experiences. So…
Cheap flights: Is economy saver worth it?
Even through the severe ups and downs of the travel industry, it seems that flying internationally is still affordable if you find the right deals. But to determine the true cost of economy saver fares, you have to add up all the things the airline will nickel and dime you for later. It’s no longer…
