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Affiliate Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you if you make a purchase through these links. I only recommend products and services I trust and believe will benefit you. Part of my 10 Days in Peru with Kids series. When people […]

August 24, 2026

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Affiliate Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you if you make a purchase through these links. I only recommend products and services I trust and believe will benefit you. Ten days. Six of us, including my mom and my aunt. Lima […]

August 23, 2026

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Affiliate Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you if you make a purchase through these links. I only recommend products and services I trust and believe will benefit you. Part of my 10 Days in Peru with Kids series. Read the […]

August 17, 2026

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There is a New York City girls’ trip that costs $800 per person before you even leave the airport. Flights, hotels, the whole thing adds up fast. This is not that version. Four of us flew from Kansas City to LaGuardia for $45 total. We checked into the Andaz 5th Avenue — one of the […]

July 21, 2026

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We just spent 8 days in Alaska as a family of four. Two teachers, two kids, no cruise ship, and the biggest costs covered with points and miles. We watched orcas and fin whales from the deck of a boat in Kenai Fjords National Park. We kayaked across Resurrection Bay to a remote beach and […]

July 7, 2026

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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 […]

June 5, 2026

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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 […]

June 5, 2026

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My husband and I are teachers in the Kansas City area. For a long time, a trip like this — Zion, Bryce Canyon, Antelope Canyon, the Grand Canyon, and Sedona — felt completely out of reach. But points and miles changed everything, and this is the exact trip we took our family of four on […]

May 11, 2026

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If you are ready to look at the current offer, my best offers page is always up to date: See current best offers I want to tell you about the card that has taken our family to some of the most beautiful hotels we have ever stayed in — and the five ways we actually […]

April 30, 2026

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January 15, 2026