Since 2009, when my parents bought an ill advised timeshare with Starwood Hotels (now Vistana owned by Marriott), Maui has sort of become a second home to us. Though we don’t go back to the island as often as we would like (there are far too many places to see …
The Westin Nanea Ocean Villas are located on Maui’s western coast along Kaanapali Beach. I booked two 2 bedroom suites for 10 nights at this hotel using my parents’. vacation rental weeks which we haven’t used in ages due to the pandemic. It’s a long story but they pretty much …
It’s been over 400 days since I last boarded a flight to anywhere or left the state of Texas for that matter. I know many of you have kept on traveling throughout the pandemic, for work or other purposes. While your bravery certainly made me want to venture out more …
Disclaimer: I am not a physician, please do not take my experience or advice as a prescription on how to handle your situation. Contact your PCP for any health related issues or questions. For those who don’t know: I am a healthcare worker at an outpatient facility (travel and blogging …
2020 has been a roller coaster of a year for everyone. No doubt one story overshadowed everything: COVID-19. It’s also a year where you guys haven’t seen very much of me in terms of blog posts or social media posts. There is good reason for it. I’ve tried many times to …
So I know this deal has been beaten to death, but I just noticed when I opened my American Express account today that the referral link from my account is now to the 100,000 Membership Points Offer for the American Express Platinum Card. I just signed up for this credit …
Let me start of by just saying that despite all the bad news, the majority of us are taking the proper precautions and safeguarding the people around us. If we were just a minority, the virus would already have killed millions of Americans. With that being said we need to …
So I have some good news from my end. Citibank kept its end of the bargain and finally gave me the 60,000 points I was owed for reaching the spend limit on my Citi Premier Card. I just checked my latest points balance after my last statement and there it …
This post has been pending for too long on my blog. I never could get this done with all the craziness that was happening last year with work, my grandfather’s cancer, and all the travel. Hopefully it’s not too late to write about what I regard as perhaps one of …
I hope everyone is enjoying the return of tennis with the US Open and the Western and Southern Open in New York. I can’t tell you how elated I am now that tennis is finally back (we are finally going to have a new slam champion on the men’s side!). …
