Every hotel chain these days has a loyalty program where you can earn points towards free nights, just like airline points for free flights. There are lots of debates and evaluation of the various programs, like Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, Starwood, Choice Hotels, etc. One hotel chain, Intercontinental Hotels – which includes Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Candlewood Suites, and Intercontinental Resorts – has a special program that they call “PointBreaks,” where they release a list of hotels that are offered at a discounted rate. Typically, most Holiday Inns are 25,000 points per night and Intercontinental Resorts are 50,000 points per night, Continue reading Intercontinental Hotels Priority Club PointBreaks→
3 Perfect Days in San Diego: Day 1 3 Perfect Days in San Diego: Day 2 3 Perfect Days in San Diego: Day 3 This is Part 3 of our trip to San Diego – if you haven’t had a chance to read the previous parts, you can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. After a relaxing first day and a zoo-filled second day, we had one final day left to see other parts of San Diego. As I mentioned a little in Part 1, the core downtown area of San Diego is easily walkable, but the suburbs Continue reading 3 Perfect Days in San Diego [Day 3]→
3 Perfect Days in San Diego: Day 1 3 Perfect Days in San Diego: Day 2 3 Perfect Days in San Diego: Day 3 This is Part 2 of our trip to San Diego – if you haven’t had a chance to read Part 1, which has details about our flights and first day in San Diego, you can check that out here. For now, on to Day 2… For Day 2, we planned to go to the San Diego Zoo, which is absolutely one of the highlights of the city. It’s not necessarily cheap (1 day admission costs $44 Continue reading 3 Perfect Days in San Diego [Day 2]→
3 Perfect Days in San Diego: Day 1 3 Perfect Days in San Diego: Day 2 3 Perfect Days in San Diego: Day 3 Last weekend, the Future Mrs. Guru and I flew to San Diego, and spent 3 great days there. Hopefully, this report will be useful to anyone planning a trip to San Diego, as I’ve seen and posted a number of good deals to San Diego recently. Early Thursday morning, we flew from Charlotte to San Diego with a quick layover in Washington DC (Dulles Airport). After a quick 50 minute flight from Charlotte, we spent the Continue reading 3 Perfect Days in San Diego [Day 1]→