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 […]

Flying Blue is the loyalty program for Air France and KLM, and it is one of the most useful programs for US families trying to get to Europe on points. We used it to fly all four of us from Washington Dulles to Athens — 29,500 miles per person and $280 total in taxes for […]

We spent the first week of our summer in Paros, Greece with our 9 and 13 year old, and it was exactly what we needed. No theme parks, no crowds, no schedule we had to stick to. Just a Greek island, a rental car, and five nights at a villa with a private pool we […]

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, […]

My family of four just got back from Greece — five nights in Paros and two nights in Athens — and almost every flight and both hotels were covered with points and miles. We paid $610 in cash on flights for a family of four against a retail value of over $6,500. The hotels were […]