One of the best ways to maximize how many points you earn for hotel stays is to pay with a credit card that earns bonus points. The best card to use differs based on which hotel chain you're staying at. We're therefore publishing this series to explain the best card to use … [Read more...] about What’s The Best Credit Card To Use For Hilton Hotel Stays?
How To Earn The Most Free Hotel Nights With Marriott
Marriott Rewards is the loyalty scheme for all of Marriott's brands, which includes Marriott, Courtyard, SpringHill Suites and Residence Inn. There are several ways that you can increase your balance of Marriott Rewards points. There are also some tips and tricks you can use … [Read more...] about How To Earn The Most Free Hotel Nights With Marriott
Review: Big Skinny Wallet With Zippered Pocket
Seeing as we're spending the next five years on the road, we're having to be incredibly judicious with what we bring (hence the extreme minimalism challenge!) That means everything we keep has to serve a purpose and will ideally be as small as possible. That goes all the way … [Read more...] about Review: Big Skinny Wallet With Zippered Pocket
Extreme Minimalism: Week 18 – Toiletries & Frames Edition
It's been another easy week of minimalism for me as we're still working through Shae's stuff from last week. All of the items we minimized last week were toiletries and we still had some left over. There weren't enough bathroom products to use for this week's edition though, … [Read more...] about Extreme Minimalism: Week 18 – Toiletries & Frames Edition
Why I’ll Be At The Chicago Seminars This Weekend
Shae and I are going on separate trips this coming weekend. She's off to Washington D.C. on Saturday with Truffles to meet up with a couple of friends. I'll be leaving a couple of days before that as I'm flying to Chicago for the weekend. That's because there's a points and … [Read more...] about Why I’ll Be At The Chicago Seminars This Weekend
What’s The Best Credit Card To Use For IHG Hotel Stays?
One of the best ways to maximize how many points you earn for hotel stays is to pay with a credit card that earns bonus points. The best card to use differs based on which hotel chain you're staying at. We're therefore starting this new series to explain the best card to use … [Read more...] about What’s The Best Credit Card To Use For IHG Hotel Stays?
How To Earn The Most Free Hotel Nights With Hilton
Hilton Honors is the hotel reward scheme for all of Hilton's brands which includes Hilton, Hampton, Embassy Suites, DoubleTree and several others. It's also one of the most rewarding hotel loyalty schemes in terms of how easy it is to earn points. Their points aren't as … [Read more...] about How To Earn The Most Free Hotel Nights With Hilton
Review: The Village Grill, Roanoke VA
While Shae and her mom went off to get tattoos, I was tasked with finding somewhere for us to have dinner that evening. My instructions: somewhere local and a non-chain. Doing some Googling, there appeared to be a couple of farm-to-table options, but their entrées were ~$30 … [Read more...] about Review: The Village Grill, Roanoke VA
Extreme Minimalism: Week 17 – Toiletries Edition
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that our Extreme Minimalism challenge was getting harder by the week. In case you're new to our challenge, Shae and I are getting rid of most of our possessions in advance of us setting off on a 5 year, 50 state road trip. This week's and … [Read more...] about Extreme Minimalism: Week 17 – Toiletries Edition
Hiking To Stiles Falls, VA
On our weekend away in Roanoke VA, we wanted to go on a hike to a nearby waterfall. There were plenty of waterfalls within driving distance due to its proximity to the Blue Ridge Mountains, but we settled on Stiles Falls as it was one of our closest options. It's a three mile … [Read more...] about Hiking To Stiles Falls, VA