{"id":1678,"date":"2012-01-04T21:43:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T04:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2012-08-20T22:57:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T04:57:40","slug":"from-wanderlusting-to-wandering-los-cabos-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=1678","title":{"rendered":"From Wanderlusting to Wandering &#8211; Los Cabos, Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned the cold winter as a wanderlust inducer.\u00a0 It&#8217;s actually been pretty nice so far, though I know that at some point in Jan\/Feb I&#8217;ll be dying to get some sand between my toes.\u00a0 Tina&#8217;s photo will provide some solace at that point, but it would be even better to see myself on this beach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cabo.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1680\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?attachment_id=1680\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cabo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cabo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cabo-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cabo.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1680\" title=\"Cabo\" src=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cabo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cabo.jpg 960w, https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cabo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is extraordinarily convenient, as well, because\u00a0a good friend of mine was just asking for a recommendation on an all-inclusive resort to celebrate his anniversary later this month.\u00a0 Admittedly, I haven&#8217;t been an &#8220;all-inclusive&#8221; kind of guy &#8211; but that&#8217;s mostly because I&#8217;ve always seen them as being over-priced and full of tip-grubbers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Vacations-to-go-Resorts.png\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1679\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?attachment_id=1679\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Vacations-to-go-Resorts.png\" data-orig-size=\"590,611\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Vacations to go Resorts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Vacations-to-go-Resorts-289x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Vacations-to-go-Resorts.png\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1679\" title=\"Vacations to go Resorts\" src=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Vacations-to-go-Resorts-289x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Vacations-to-go-Resorts-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Vacations-to-go-Resorts.png 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a>That was before I found my way to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vacationstogo.com\">www.vacationstogo.com<\/a>.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve talked about it before as a great place to score a cheap cruise, but they do the resort thing, too.\u00a0 I wanted to put together some options so I did a search and came up with some surprisingly cheap options at some incredible places.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere\u00a0around $500 will get a couple 3 nights in a worry-free Cabo San Lucas paradise &#8211; complete with food, fun and entertainment. Take your pick, but I dont think you could go wrong with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.resortvacationstogo.com\/resort.html?res=101\">Royal Solaris Los Cabos Resort.<\/a>\u00a0 The\u00a0three night weekend stay at the end of January I checked in on was priced at $478 &#8211; and no, that&#8217;s not per person, that&#8217;s for the couple!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re having a hard time justifying so frivolously spending $500, you could opt to exchange the 50k Ultimate Rewards Points you get from the <a href=\"http:\/\/track.linkoffers.net\/a.aspx?foid=2727356&amp;fot=9999&amp;foc=1\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Chase Sapphire<sup><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">SM<\/span><\/sup> Preferred Card<\/a>\u00a0 for $500 in cold hard cash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Flights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to give it to you straight&#8230; for whatever reason, unless you&#8217;re in Los Angeles, flying to SJD (Cabo) isn&#8217;t cheap &#8211; which is why you&#8217;re going to need some frequent flyer miles.\u00a0 If you were going to Cancun, I&#8217;d say buy your tickets &#8211; they get pretty cheap.\u00a0 But since we&#8217;re talking Cabo, I&#8217;m hoping you&#8217;ve got some American AAdvantage miles &#8211; 35k from the US with plenty of winter availability.\u00a0If you haven&#8217;t gotten them the old fashioned way, you could look at<a href=\"http:\/\/creditcards.citicards.com\/usc\/Travel\/AA\/Aug\/2011\/Triple\/50k\/default.htm?promocode=fly6&amp;BT_TX=1&amp;ProspectID=294245931A53480CB02EC5921A2B2AED\"> this offer for 50k miles<\/a>\u00a0on the AAdvantage Citi Select.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Wrap-up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I really hope it doesn&#8217;t sound like we are foisting credit cards on you disrespectfully.\u00a0 We fully realize what an asset it is to have good credit.\u00a0Please check out our <a title=\"Before You Apply\" href=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/2011\/07\/27\/before-you-apply\/\">Before You Apply <\/a>post along with the <a title=\"Doesn\u2019t it Hurt my Credit?\" href=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wont-it-hurt-my-credit\/\">Doesn&#8217;t it Hurt my Credit<\/a>? post.\u00a0I know that just because you&#8217;re wanderlusters doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;re ready to gamble\u00a0with something as important as your credit\u00a0score\u00a0and the last thing we&#8217;d want is for people to be irresponsible in their pursuit of glorious travel destinations.\u00a0 I can tell you, though, that it can be done responsibly. In the past year and a half I&#8217;ve applied for\u00a07 cards (+6 for my wife)\u00a0and\u00a0my most recent credit evaluation from <a href=\"http:\/\/track.linkoffers.net\/a.aspx?foid=2865932&amp;fot=9999&amp;foc=1\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Credit Sesame<\/a>, a totally free credit monitoring service, has my score as high as it&#8217;s ever been.<\/p>\n<p>We also hope to\u00a0be adding value\u00a0and inspiring you whether or not you ever elect to take the credit card FF miles\u00a0route.\u00a0 In full disclosure, we do get paid a commission when you use some of the links on our site.\u00a0 It helps me justify the time I spend to my wife as I neglect my honey-dos.\u00a0 More than anything, it is very satisfying to see so many people catching on and flocking to our blog.\u00a0 Thank you for taking the time and please stick around.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t hesitate to comment and send us questions.<\/p>\n<p>Chase Ink Bold Card for Business gives you 50k Ultimate Reward Point bonus after meeting the $5000 spending requirement in 3 months.\u00a0 Click the card for terms and conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned the cold winter as a wanderlust inducer.\u00a0 It&#8217;s actually been pretty nice so far, though I know that at some point in Jan\/Feb I&#8217;ll be dying to get some sand between my toes.\u00a0 Tina&#8217;s photo will provide some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=1678\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12,13,426],"tags":[427,428,395,429,420],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1DhXV-r4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}