Good morning everyone, happy Friday. I hope you all have excited weekend plans. If your weekend plans involve going to Frequent Traveler University (FTU) Travel Expo or Signature in Chicago, come say hi to me. I will be walking around the FTU Travel Expo for a few hours on Saturday (11/18) and attending the FTU Signature presentations on Saturday and Sunday (11/18-11/19).
Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great Veteran’s Day Weekend. Sorry for the delay, but I have selected the winners for the 5 $10 Amazon eGift Cards. Thank you to everyone who left a comment on the giveaway post. I wish I could have picked everyone, but here are my 5 favorite comments, sorted chronologically. If you are a winner, check your email (and spam) for your Amazon eGift Card. Congrats to all the winners and thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway.
| Mrah | i take care of a 500 acre property (and ~40~ yr old horse!!) in northern GA and have recently met an older couple in my area while out on a bike ride. when i last ran into them, they sheepishly asked what i was doing this weekend. i didn’t have plans. but. now i have plans. i’m helping them out with some yard work that for someone like me ain’t nuthin’ but for them is a big sumthin’! they said they would like to pay me. i said, “sure, as long as it’s precisely and exactly $0.00!!” they laughed. and we shook hands. |
| Liz | Sounds like a fun weekend! I am attending a game night – I’m in a Meetup for board games, and a friend from that is having his own board game party. Will also see Murder on the Orient Express, with my boyfriend, and grab lunch that Sunday. |
| Anna | Haha! Also in San Diego this weekend! At the Hyatt Mission Bay on an Award night. Will go to Sea World (it always honors veterans). Also, going to see Megan Leavey (about a soldier and her military dog). Because I love dogs. And it’s a German shepherd. And it’s Veteran’s Day weekend. |
| Swisspotluck | I will drive down to visit my parents and we will go out to eat at their favorite restaurant. After the restaurant we will head to Starbucks and he gets his free Veteran’s Coffee. When we are tucked away at our table and chatting, I give him a handmade Veteran’s Day card. He was in the Air Force and went through the Russian language program at Syracuse. He was stationed near the North Sea and used to listen to Russian Radio transmissions for anything alarming. In respect to his particular job in the military, I always write the text in the card in Cyrillic. I use some true easy Russian words, but the rest is just English words transliterated into Cyrillic text. He doesn’t remember much Russian after 50 years, but still knows Cyrillic) |
| Lori | The local aquarium offers free admission for veterans and spouses and we could use a free car wash. My husband is an OEF/OIF veteran and usually spends the weekend talking to his buddies. I would love for us to travel to Washington DC over Veteran’s Day weekend as I have the points and miles, but he is not comfortable traveling/flying as of yet. |
Good afternoon everyone, I hope you all had a great Columbus Day Weekend. I wanted to thank everyone who participated in my giveaway and left a comment sharing their Columbus Day Weekend plans. I wish I could pick everyone, but I could only pick 3 winners. Here are the 3 winners who will each receive a $10 Amazon eGift Card.
| Chris D | Great timing. We are planning to possibly go to San Francisco/Monterey in Feb 2018. Would love to hear trip report of the Hyatt and aquarium in future. I was looking at Hyatt Monterey vs Carmel property. Our plans for Columbus day is to go to Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, CT with our 9 year old twins. We are big aquarium fans! Curious how Mystic will compare to your Monterey aquarium visit. Lots to do in the Mystic area with the old seaport and lots of shops and dining options. Thanks for sponsoring contest. |
| psychocycle | i am staying near great smoky mountains national park. each day of the extended weekend i am out for a “century” on my bike. each 100 mile ride will criss-cross and cross-criss the appalachian trail several times. the climbs will be heinous, but what goes up must go down, and i’ll be glad to let gravity do the work! all this being said, it looks like hurricane/tropical storm nate will soak me, but better to be soaked with rain than soaked with sweat! ha thanks for your site. and thanks for the chance to win! |
| Nitra | Going to Vancouver. My bday was Oct 1 so this is my “birthday trip.” Used 20k Avios to book DFW-YVR on AA round trip and using my 2 free nights from the Fairmont card for the Fairmont Pacific Rim. A friend is using UR points for another hotel for our 3rd night. Our Columbus Day Monday is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Enjoy Monterey! |
Thanks you for participating and good luck on the next giveaway :)
Good afternoon everyone, this is just a reminder for my meetup tomorrow afternoon. I am visiting my parents this weekend in Orange County, so I decided to do a miles and points meetup on Saturday afternoon. If you are free tomorrow, I would love to meet you and talk travel, miles and points, MS, and blogging.
There is no need to RSVP to the OC Meetup, just show up at 12pm and be ready to talk talk travel. I will do a reminder post later this week. I hope to see some of you there!
Good afternoon everyone. I am visiting my parents this weekend in Orange County, so I decided to do a miles and points meetup on Saturday afternoon. If you are free this Saturday, I would love to meet you and talk travel, miles and points, MS, and blogging.
There is no need to RSVP to the OC Meetup, just show up at 12pm and be ready to talk talk travel. I will do a reminder post later this week. I hope to see some of you there!