Your weekly roundup of travel news is back! Despite the quickening pace of vaccinations in the US, the CDC still discourages travel. But that hasn’t stopped a couple of states from loosening their Covid-19 restrictions. We reported a couple of weeks ago that Vermont has waived its testing and quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated visitors. …
I tuned into a webinar last week hosted by Pam Keystone, a very successful travel advisor who’s founded two businesses, The Art of Vacationing and AwardTickets Worldwide. The webinar focused on several great North American destinations, tours and cruises that are accepting reservations for travel this year. These ranged from small Alaskan cruises to a …
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Since there isn’t a lot of breaking news in the travel world this week, we thought it would be fun to get all of you involved in sharing your Top Five upcoming trips. To set the tone, we’ll lead off with our Top Five, along with a couple of interesting links about each potential stop …
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Everyone has their own approach to researching their next big trip. Over the last few years, we’ve refined the way we’ve used the internet, especially social media sites, in our planning process. We’ve been thinking about a trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, a place that’s been on our list for a while. Here are …
It’s been a pretty quiet week for Covid-19 travel restriction changes. We haven’t seen much that would change the climate we reported on to you last week. About the only development of note is that Vermont is now waiving its testing and quarantine requirements for visitors that are fully vaccinated. There is continued discussion and …
Continuing the discussion about Unique Currency (UC) cards. . .for another user’s point of view, I’m turning this post over to Dave Castro, a Certified Financial Planner, fellow Exceptional Traveler and, most importantly, son-in-law! Here is Dave’s game plan for maximizing points: After playing the credit card points game for the past 10 years or …
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We talked last week about hotel loyalty programs and how to pick the one that’s right for you. Once you’ve made that decision, you have another choice: which is the best Unique Currency (UC) card for you? A UC is one whose issuer has basically set up a unique points ecosystem that is easy to …
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Welcome to our weekly roundup of travel related stories to help you catch up on the latest over the weekend. First, we’ll take a look at the continued impact of Covid-19 on travel. There have been a lot of changes in restrictions, particularly regarding travel between states. 41 states or territories now allow visitors from …
We are asked all the time about hotel loyalty programs: Which is the best? I’m going to try to tackle that question in this post. First, I will walk you through our choice and how it has benefited us over the years. Then, I’ll throw out a few additional factors that you might want to …
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Happy Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day weekend! Today is also the beginning of the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac calendar. In our previous lives, this was a great weekend to get away, but not so much this year. We invite you to think about future travel plans this weekend, with our weekly …
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