We stayed one night at the Thompson hotel in Chicago’s Gold Coast. This was a spontaneous night away from home, as I realized I had a free night certificate for a Hyatt hotel, due to expire in December.
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College Football Weekends Can Get Expensive Too
A few weekends ago, we went back to my Alma Mater for a college football weekend. Similar to wedding weekends, a short weekend getaway can add up quite quickly between flights, hotels/AirBnB, football tickets, rental car, meals out, bar tabs…the list goes on. Normally, we like to plan these trips out way in advance, as small college towns fill up quickly around football weekends. This time we didn’t know we were going until about 3 months before the game.
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Make Hotel Promotions your Best Friend
EDITED: September 12 with Mariott promotion
One of the easier way to earn additional points or miles is through promotions. Especially hotels are known to run them on a quarterly basis. The good thing is, once you are signed up you can forget about them. Don’t have plans yet for hotel stays that quarter or period? Sign up anyways, as plans can change and you most likely forgot about the promotion at that point. It merely takes seconds. Continue reading “Make Hotel Promotions your Best Friend”