This may win the award for coolest hostel ever… and I have a feeling that I might need to make a trip just to stay here. Jumbo Stay Hostel is a unique hostel built in a Boeing 747 jet. http://architizer.com/blog/spend-a-night-aboard-this-jumbo-jet-turned-hostel/ Thanks to Kirsten for the heads-up.
Last weekend I had the pleasure of hanging out with Point Princess, Frugal Travel Lawyer, and many others at the First2Board Seattle sessions. The reasons I love going to sessions like this are two-fold: I get to see many friends that I only see once every few years and I learn something new every time. Here…
Starwood has opened registration for their current promotion, Bring On The Nights. If you stay at Starwood hotels, you should go to the Starwood website and register. Here are the details from the Starwood website: Start packing so you can start earning. With the SPG® Bring On The Nights promotion, you’ll earn 2,500 bonus Starpoints®…
A few months back, I posted that one of my favorite credit cards for business travel, the U.S. Bank Cash+ card was capping the amount you could earn on the 5% categories, making the card much less attractive to business travelers. When I arrived home yesterday night, I found a letter in my mailbox from…
For those of you staying in Hilton hotels, Hilton recently announced their third-quarter promotion: Double points for weekday stays and triple points for weekend stays. From their website: Get to your next getaway three times faster with the Hilton HHonors™ Triple Your Trip promotion. Sign up and stay Friday, Saturday or Sunday nights to earn…
Changes are coming to the US Bank Cash+ card in July. Thanks to reader Eric for the heads-up on a lot of the changes. Starting in July, US Bank will award a $25 bonus for redeeming $100 or more in rewards only once per calendar year. However, all redemptions of $100 or more made prior to July…
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