Author Archives: Doug Webster

Rules for Planning a Credit Card App O Rama

We don’t pretend to be experts on the subject of credit, but we’ve researched it enough to feel comfortable “spending” a few points of our extremely good credit score to obtain travel bonuses that enable us to get out and … Continue reading

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St Augustine, Florida: The Most Historic Place in the US

In our recent Florida Roadtrip loop with free Club Carlson Hotels, I raved about the town of St. Augustine, Florida. Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously-occupied settlement by Europeans in the continental United States. Its history is … Continue reading

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Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours

Last week we showed you an easy way to take a vacation visiting Niagara Falls, NY and Toronto, Canada.  With a few points and miles your vacation costs are cut down significantly.  Thereby making your vacation possible, rather than expensive. … Continue reading

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Florida Family Vacation Roadtrip with Free Club Carlson Hotels

Our self-declared niche in the travel-rewards-blogosphere is to demonstrate amazing value in points redemption – lining out incredible itineraries which may actually cost you less than living at home.  One of our favorite methods is to develop “loops” – roadtrip … Continue reading

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Niagara Falls Vacation

Waterfalls are majestic places.  They are usually the backdrop of some amazing kiss on the Bachelor as one of the girls says “I could fall in love here.”  If only we spent more time kissing our lover in front of … Continue reading

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Free Travel Sounds too Good to be True

More often than not, our enthusiasm about free travel with credit card rewards is met with skepticism. A very common line of thought is that credit cards are dangerous. The world has rightly taught us that anything that sounds too good … Continue reading

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My First App O Rama

Now that I’ve been following the points and miles train for three years I’m feeling pretty confident about how it all works.  I’ve watched many people pull off these ‘crazy’ App O Rama’s where they apply for multiple credit cards … Continue reading

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