I’ve recently come to love the Hilton Honors program because you can now redeem Honors points to reduce to cost of any available hotel room thanks to their Points + Money option! In this post, I’ll show you how to Find the best deals using the Hilton app (which doesn’t work on their website) and …
Family Travel
My daughter and I took a trip to the beach a few weekends back and today I’m sharing how we made the trip for a little over $100. This includes two nights at a hotel, gas, food, and entertainment! My husband was out of town on a fishing trip so the girls headed to beautiful …
Here’s a quick post to share how I booked two nights at an on-property Disney resort for only $90/night – in peak summer travel season! I was able to get us discounted rooms at Disney’s All Stars Music Resort for two nights in June with one of my favorite money-saving strategies – using Orbitz promo codes …
My dad, my four-year-old daughter and I headed to South Florida this March to get some much-needed sunshine and spend some time together. I did a bunch of research to find the right place to stay and settled on the Embassy Suites Fort Lauderdale 17th Street. I chose this hotel because: It has large one-bedroom …
Here’s a seven-day East Coast Florida road trip itinerary for your spring break or summer vacation. An east coast Florida road trip is a great way to experience the best of the Sunshine state! Not only are the gridded highways and interstates easy to navigate but there are head-turning attractions all along the way. All …
I like to share the details of how we manage to travel while living on a tight budget in trip reports like this one. Hopefully, it will inspire some of you to pursue your passion, even if you think it’s financially out of reach! I suffer from pretty severe winter blues, so I planned this trip to …
When traveling to Walt Disney World, transportation costs can really make or break your vacation budget. Flights, car rental, parking fees, gas, tolls, etc. really add up quickly! One trick that you may not have considered is to fly one-way to Florida and drive the other way. Under regular circumstances, this wouldn’t be very frugal advice, …
UPDATE: In early 2016 Orbitz was acquired by Expedia. Soon after that Orbitz’s Best Price Guarantee changed, and now they only offer a maximum of $50 in Orbucks for a claim. I am leaving this article as it is for historical reference and the tips I share for scoring a claim still apply! Recently I learned …