Credit Cards, Hotel Cost, Travel, Travel Cost

Hilton Family
Hilton Family
One of the best ways to earn Hilton Honors points (which can give you free rooms at the Hilton Hotels and Resorts) is to to sign up for one of the two types of Hilton-sponsored credit cards.   American Express Hilton Surpass card   One Hilton-sponsored card is the American Express Hilton Surpass card.  It has a $75 annual fee.  There is usually a sign up bonus offered with the card; the bonus varies from 60,000-100,000 Honors points, which are credited to your account after you spend a certain amount within the first 3 months of card membership.   The American Express Hilton Surpass card has great earning potential: – Earn 12 Honors points per dollar spent at participating Hilton properties – Earn 6 Honors points per dollar spent at U.S. restaurants, supermarkets (unfortunately, warehouse stores are not considered supermarkets in this regard), and standalone gas stations – Earn 3 Honors points per dollar spent everywhere else  

You will also receive Honors Gold status for as long as you have the card.  If you spend $40,000 per year on the card, you will also receive Diamond status.  The loyalty rewards benefits for Honors are described on the Honors website. read more

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Credit Cards, Hotel Cost, Travel, Travel Cost

One of our favorite hotel credit cards is the IHG Rewards Club Select Credit Card from Chase, which is affiliated with the InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) family of hotels including Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Candlewood Suites, and other hotel brands.  If you do a lot of paid travel with stays at IHG properties, you can really enhance your paid and free stays with this card.  The card is currently issued as a MasterCard, with a $49 annual fee (the fee for which is currently waived for the first year). read more

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Disney Cruise

Fish
Fish

We recently went on the Disney Dream for a 3-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral.  We stayed in room 7044, which is a Category 5C Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah.  It is located on the forward (front) port (left)  side of the ship on Deck 7, just in front of the forward elevators.   The room was in a great location.  We only had to go up a few decks to get drinks and we were very close to the forward elevators.  read more

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Disney Cruise, Shopping, Travel

Disney cruises are one of our favorite ways to vacation.  One of the few issues we have experienced while on the ship (and travel in general) is how to keep all of our electronic devices charged up.  As a family of four, we have a multitude of cell phones, iPads, and Kindles that need a recharge.  We used to travel with a bag full of wall chargers and cables that went everywhere.  This was a real problem once we boarded the cruise ship, since there are a limited number of wall plugs available. read more

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