Travel & Tourism

This page contains links to all of our articles about travel and tourism. Included are tips for preparing to hit the road, frequent flyer strategies and program details, info on vacation destinations, sightseeing suggestions, and more.

Do Apple Power Adapters Work Overseas?

by michael on February 13, 2012 · 0 comments

In a few weeks, I’m traveling to South America. In preparation, I’m trying to figure out what I’ll need in the way of power converters. As it turns out, just about the only things that I’ll need to plug in are made by Apple.

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Best iPhone GPS Navigation App

by michael on January 21, 2012 · 0 comments

If you’re looking for a GPS navigation app for your iPhone, look no further than MotionX GPS Drive. This thing is awesome — and it only costs $0.99. If you’d like turn-by-turn voice directions, it’ll cost you an extra $9.99/year, but still…

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Do you travel a lot? If so, do you ever find yourself having to run out and buy random toiletries that you might have left behind? We do. Or at least we did. Read on to find out how we solved the problem…

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What is a Delta Airlines Mileage Segment?

by michael on April 9, 2011 · 0 comments

I recently received a bonus offer from Delta Airlines that was targeted to frequent fliers. In short, if I fly six “qualifying segments” in the next three months, I’ll earn double miles plus I’ll qualify for a 75% mileage bonus for the rest of the year.

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Delta SkyMiles No Longer Expire

by michael on February 16, 2011 · 0 comments

This is just a quick note to say that you no longer have to jump through any hoops to keep your Delta SkyMiles from expiring. Just yesterday, Delta just announced that (effective 01/01/2011) your SkyMiles miles will never expire.

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How to Keep Delta SkyMiles from Expiring

by michael on January 20, 2011 · 0 comments

We recently received a letter from Delta Airlines stating that, in the absence of further account activity, our six year old’s Delta SkyMiles would expire at the end of January. Yikes! Time to act fast and save those frequent flyer miles…

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Things To Do in Destin, Florida

by michael on November 8, 2010 · 0 comments

During Spring Break this past year, we went spent a week on the beach in Destin, Florida. And yes, we were literally on the beach, as we splurged on a beachfront condo at the Destin Gulfgate. All in all, we had a very fun and relaxing week.

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In late August I mentioned the Garmin nuvi battery recall. Unfortunately, our Garmin nuvi 260W was in the “small subset” off affected units, so we sent it off for service. Better that than have our battery start a fire, right?

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