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Frogner Park, Oslo for Vigeland’s circle of life installation

Ric Garrido — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 19:27:33 +0000

Clear skies over Oslo, Norway with a late-April temperature climbing to over 21C/70F made for a perfect day to walk through Frogner Park. The Vigeland Park sculpture installation consists of more than 200 stone and metal sculptures depicting people of all ages from infants to the elderly. Vigeland’s sculptures represent the circle of life. The […]

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Best Western Rewards points redemption value analysis June 2023

Ric Garrido — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 20:07:20 +0000

This Best Western Rewards points analysis looks at the range of Best Western Rewards points redemption values for 20 different hotels (10 USA, 10 world-wide). The surprising conclusion for me is the relatively small redemption value range from $5.83 to $8.12 points redemption value for 20 different hotels indicates the chances of finding a standard […]

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Rich pretenders at The Thief Oslo, Ascend Hotel Collection

Ric Garrido — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:59:13 +0000

While chatting with a couple of Norwegian football fans during a Liverpool match at The Highbury Pub in the Frogner district of Oslo, we were asked which hotel we were staying at. When I replied, “The Thief”, one of the guys rubbed his fingers in a motion signifying money, and said, “Oh, you must be […]

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LAX or SFO to Scotland in July low $585rt AA Basic Economy

Ric Garrido — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 15:16:11 +0000

American Airlines has Basic Economy tickets from LAX and SFO to Inverness (INV), Scotland at $585 round trip for departures beginning July 31, 2023. This is $79 lower than the $694 AA ticket price to London LHR and hundreds of dollars less than ticket prices for most destinations in Europe for July departures. Ticket prices […]

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San Francisco cheap InterContinental nights July 4th week

Ric Garrido — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:26:35 +0000

InterContinental San Francisco and InterContinental Mark Hopkins are available Fourth of July week at the lowest points price I ever recall. InterContinental San Francisco is only 20,250 per night using Chase 4th Night free and InterContinental is as low as 16,750 per night with Chase IHG 4th Night Free rate. IC Mark Hopkins adds a […]

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Choice Ascend Hotel Collection – 10 hotel points deals in USA for Autumn 2023 stays

Ric Garrido — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:40:02 +0000

Many Ascend Hotel Collection properties across the USA in the independent hotels brand of Choice Hotels show a 50 to 60% reduction in points required to book a night for September 16, 2023 – November 30, 2023 travel dates compared to summer award rates. For the past year, I have been shocked by the high […]

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Hotel Review: Crowne Plaza Amsterdam South to the city center easily accessible by metro

Ric Garrido — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:28:27 +0000

Amsterdam South is an area of the city we had never stayed in before over the eight months or so of hotel stays we’ve accumulated in trips to Amsterdam over the past 24 years. I chose Crowne Plaza Amsterdam South for a ‘Chase 4th Night Free’ stay in February 2023 primarily due to the hotel […]

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Choice Privileges points at lowest price of year

Ric Garrido — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 14:54:09 +0000

Daily Getaways offers Choice Privileges points today, June 19, at the lowest purchase price of the year – $5.18 per 1,000 points when you buy 55,000 points for $280. The price per point increases at smaller purchase amounts. There are four offers with 4,199 total packages available. Sale begins at 1:00pm Eastern, 10:00am Pacific. […]

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High Value of IHG Points Purchase for Our European Travel

Ric Garrido — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 17:19:09 +0000

I purchased 300,000 IHG points through the Daily Getaways sale on Monday this week for $1,500. My IHG account balance showed 304,000 points on Tuesday morning. An hour later my IHG account balance was back down to 13,000 points after booking 16 nights at InterContinental Hotels in Europe for 291,000 points. Most bloggers and credit […]

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Four weeks in California planning six travel weeks in Europe

Ric Garrido — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:43:24 +0000

“Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones,” is one of my favorite travel theme quotes by Sophie Swetchine. In the mid-19th century she was well-regarded for her Paris salon gatherings. I take my travel seriously and dedicated hours each day for the past month studying the options […]

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