We live in Kansas City. We are both teachers. We have two kids. And in May 2026, our family of four traveled to Greece and paid $2,185 out of pocket. The cash price of that same trip? $15,696. I want to break down every single number for you, because almost every piece of Greece travel […]

We paid $0 for five nights at Acron Villas in Paros and I would book it again tomorrow. That is the short version of this review. The longer version is below — what the property actually is, how it connects to Hyatt, how the points pricing works, and every detail you need to know before […]

We spent two nights at the Grand Hyatt Athens at the end of our Greece trip — after five nights in Paros and a long ferry ride across the Aegean — and it was exactly the right way to end the trip. A corner suite with a balcony overlooking the Parthenon, a rooftop pool, a […]

We had one full day in Athens. One. And we left having done everything on our list — the Acropolis before the crowds, a private museum tour, the flea market, the Olympic stadium, the National Garden, the changing of the guard, a dinner our tour guide recommended that became a favorite meal of the trip, […]