A month ago I wrote a post sharing which credit cards we use to pay for hotel stays (see: Living In Hotels: These Are The Credit Cards We Use To Pay For Stays). That was a partial answer to the following question we received from a reader: Question for you – when you stay at … [Read more...] about Points Vs Cash: How We Decide How To Pay For Hotels
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Living In Hotels: These Are The Credit Cards We Use To Pay For Stays
One of the ways we're able to afford living in hotels on our road trip is by earning as many hotel points as possible. We then maximize those points as best we can to get as many free nights as possible. Trying to maximize our points when redeeming them means that there are … [Read more...] about Living In Hotels: These Are The Credit Cards We Use To Pay For Stays
These Are The Tools We Use To Plan Full-Time Travel
I recently asked what you'd like to know about our 50 state road trip for when I create our FAQs page. Yesterday I answered one of those questions in more detail (see Here’s What’s In Our Travel Pantry) and today I'll answer another one as it requires more than just a two … [Read more...] about These Are The Tools We Use To Plan Full-Time Travel
Here’s Why We Don’t Travel Full-Time In An RV
When people find out that Shae and I are on a 5 year, 50 state road trip, one of the first questions we're asked is "Do you have an RV?" The answer is no. I've always meant to write a post explaining why we made that decision and remembered recently that I'd never gotten … [Read more...] about Here’s Why We Don’t Travel Full-Time In An RV
13 Reasons Why I Love Hyatt Place Hotels (And 3 Ways They Can Improve)
"It feels like we're home". That's what I remarked to Shae when we arrived in our room after checking in at the Hyatt Place Kansas City/Lenexa City Center last week. The reason why it felt so familiar is because we spent 60 nights in 9 different Hyatt Place properties in … [Read more...] about 13 Reasons Why I Love Hyatt Place Hotels (And 3 Ways They Can Improve)
10 Things I Miss Now We Have No Home
It's time for the dark side of full-time travel. Well, not so much the dark side, but the not-so-great aspects of life on the road. It's been about 14 months since Shae and I started traveling full-time and, for the most part, it's great. There are pros and cons to … [Read more...] about 10 Things I Miss Now We Have No Home
Here’s How We Can Afford To Travel Full-Time
Shae and I have been traveling full-time for just over a year, having set off on our 5 year, 50 state road trip on January 1, 2018. One of the questions we're asked most frequently (after "Are you traveling in an RV?") is "How are you paying for it?" It's a completely … [Read more...] about Here’s How We Can Afford To Travel Full-Time
2.5 Million Hotel Points: Here’s How We Earned Them
A couple of weeks ago, I shared how we planned to use the 2.5 million hotel points we'd saved up before leaving on our 50 state road trip. After publishing that post, I realized it might be helpful to explain how we did that. After all, 2.5 million points is a significant … [Read more...] about 2.5 Million Hotel Points: Here’s How We Earned Them
2.5 Million Hotel Points: Here’s How Many Free Nights We’ll Get
If you've been following along with our road trip stats each month, you'll have seen that we have a ton of hotel points. After publishing our stats for June 2018, I totaled them up out of interest and was surprised by quite how many we have. 2,580,279. More than 2.5 … [Read more...] about 2.5 Million Hotel Points: Here’s How Many Free Nights We’ll Get
12 Things We’ve Learned While Traveling Full-Time
It's hard to believe, but it's our 6 month anniversary of being on the road. On the one hand, it doesn't feel like it's been that long, but on the other hand it feels like a lifetime ago since we set off. 6 months represents 10% of our 5 year, 50 state road trip (you can read … [Read more...] about 12 Things We’ve Learned While Traveling Full-Time