General Travel Planning

A winter trip to Finland calls for a special type of packing list. This post includes 10 essential items that you won’t want to forget for a cold-weather trip to Finland.

Step inside Hotel F6 in Helsinki, Finland. This post goes into the hotel in general, our specific room, and the location of the hotel.

In this post, I’m going to go through my recent experience with World Nomads Travel Insurance. I’ll start below with some basics of travel insurance and World Nomads before talking through this claim about my lost laptop.

In this post, I’ll share what it was like staying at The Montcalm Royal London House for three nights. I will review the amenities of the room and hotel, explain the club level experience and outline how the location of this specific hotel may impact your stay.

CLEAR Plus is a paid program that allows members to expedite the ID check at select airports. This post explains how to get & use CLEAR Plus.

If you are considering a night at the TWA Hotel or if you just have a general interest in unique hotels, this article is for you. In this post, we’ll outline the difference between the stays and explain when this hotel is a smart stay and when it isn’t.

In this post, I review the Graduate Iowa City, a hotel located in the heart of Iowa City, Iowa. We’ll talk through the background of this stay, our check-in experience, our very interesting King Suite, and what we think of this hotel going forward. Read on to see how we review the Graduate Iowa City.

One of the cards I keep around basically just for the perks is the Ritz Carlton Visa card issued by Chase. While this card isn’t open to new applications, there have been recent reports of product changes from the Chase Bonvoy cards being possible. The $450 annual fee is partially offset by a $300 travel credit. …

Planning an upcoming trip, I recently had the chance to book Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class with a transfer of points form Chase Ultimate Rewards. In this post I’m going to walk through how I settled on this flight plan, along with the step by step of the transfer and how I saved $500 with a simple extra step in my booking.

Virgin Voyages does cruising a bit different, so we’re sharing our 10 best Virgin Voyages tips to help you make the most of your cruise.