Weβre a married, age-gap couple with a passion for exploring the U.S., one road trip at a time! Our travels focus on national parks, scenic drives, and hidden gems, with detailed itineraries to help you plan your own adventures. While we cover destinations across the country, we have a special love for Southern California, Las Vegas, Florida, and our current home baseβDayton, Ohio.With a background in hospitality and tourism management (B.A. & M.S.) and experience in hotels, theme parks, guided vacation sales, and special events, we bring both industry expertise and firsthand travel experience to our content.Follow along as we uncover the best weekend getaways, off-the-beaten-path spots, and foodie finds across the U.S.!
Discount Travel Secret: Follow up on your advanced reservations as your travel dates get closer!
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Discount Travel Secrets: Check up on your reservations Hi Reader, The other night I was watching the World Cup games and decided to check up on my reservations for my 2 trips this summer to see if there were any changes to make or update. I decided to just see what the current hotel rates were to see if it helped me to book in advance or if last minute availability would be the better deal. Spoiler alert: it was about 50/50 I have a total of 6 hotel reservations for this summer and for 3 of them I was able to find a better deal. The other 3, well let's just be thankful I booked those MONTHS in advance because what's available now is significantly more expensive. The moral of the story here is that it doesn't hurt to take a few minutes to check while you're not doing anything else. Here's what I was able to get:
Overall, we saved $10 and 19,000 points, which is nearly halfway to another free night π Go check on your reservations and let me know what savings you find! See you next week, Eva and JP π P.S. Ready to plan your next trip? Find some of our favorite travel-related resources below. Follow us on Social Media! π |
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Weβre a married, age-gap couple with a passion for exploring the U.S., one road trip at a time! Our travels focus on national parks, scenic drives, and hidden gems, with detailed itineraries to help you plan your own adventures. While we cover destinations across the country, we have a special love for Southern California, Las Vegas, Florida, and our current home baseβDayton, Ohio.With a background in hospitality and tourism management (B.A. & M.S.) and experience in hotels, theme parks, guided vacation sales, and special events, we bring both industry expertise and firsthand travel experience to our content.Follow along as we uncover the best weekend getaways, off-the-beaten-path spots, and foodie finds across the U.S.!
Saratoga Springs One Day Itinerary Hi Reader, While we were road tripping around New York, we took a detour to visit Saratoga Springs, for just one reason. We wanted to see how it compared to Disney World's Saratoga Springs Resort! π I have been a Disney Vacation Club member since my 16th birthday, so I'm quite familiar with the resort and I was curious what elements are true to the actual Saratoga Springs and which elements were just "inspired". Here are the highlights from the itinerary:...
Lake Placid One Day Itinerary Hi Reader, As you know, over the summer we spent some time up in Lake Placid for my brother's wedding. We spent a few days there, but I was able to condense everything we did down to a one day itinerary, since we were doing wedding related during a lot of our free time. I published the itinerary a couple days ago, but here's the summary: I recommend visiting the Olympic Museum, where the Miracle on Ice hockey game was played I recommend taking time to just walk...
A Haunted Hotel In The Adirondacks Hi Reader, Earlier this summer, we took a road trip up to Lake Placid for my brother's wedding. When I was researching places to stay, the first thing I did was check if there were any good rates with Hilton as Diamond Members because Lake Placid is notoriously expensive. During my search, I found a Curio Collection hotel, which is basically Hilton's boutique hotel collection. It was in the neighboring town of Lake Saranac, only about 10 minutes from the...