Welcome Toronto Star readers! I am happy to see my family in the article (a photo from our first family holiday to Europe in beautiful Portugal). The only error was my wife’s name (should be Lina)! I offer my tips on savings on travel hacking. My top tip at the moment is getting the American Express Platinum Card – currently…
the first two weeks of May seem to be a target for price drops, as you can see from this Google Flights search… Using Google Flights you can find sub $225 fares from YVR to LAX the first 2 weeks of May. https://www.google.ca/flights/explore/#explore;f=YVR;t=LAX;li=3;lx=5 Source
For the fifth consecutive year, Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has been named by Skytrax as North America’s best airport. The announcement was made in Barcelona earlier today during the World Airport Awards – a global benchmark of airport excellence that is known within the travel industry as the Passengers’ Choice Awards. The rankings are based entirely on independent passenger surveys and is held in the highest…
Air Canada has announced that its leisure carrier subsidiary, Air Canada rouge, is expanding to Western Canada to serve a number of predominantly leisure markets from Vancouver and Calgary to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Anchorage. Flights on these routes, currently operated by Air Canada, will be converted to Air Canada rouge service beginning this spring, as will…
Disclosure: I just signed up for the American Express Platinum Card because of the generous sign-up bonuses. This is the highest premium card in Canada (and a charge card). It charges $699 for an annual fee. This sounds pricey but let me explain why this was a good deal. Incredible travel benefits: 1. $200 Annual Travel Credit = $400 credit…
Register to earn 8X miles for every reservation made on bestwestern.com and get up to 20% off for stays until March 31. Link to the Best Western Promotion.
As you can see from my previous posts, I am a big fan of big sign-up bonuses and annual fees. The deal is that until June 9, 2014 only you can earn up to 24,000 points which is enough for up to 3 FREE hotel Nights at over 1,500 Choice Privileges locations across North America. By the way this card…
UBER New accounts can add an additional $20 credit. Sign-in, go to the promotions page and enter code HIPMUNK to add $25 credit. The additional credit will show under “additional promotions” and be available when you book your first ride. Credit to Dansdeals.com and their forum as the first place I saw this. AirBnb I love this website when…
Use this coupon to get 11% off the price of your booking at a participating Best Price Guarantee hotel when you spend a minimum of C$350 for your entire stay. You must pay for your stay when you make the booking. The discount doesn’t apply to any taxes, fees or additional costs, and you’ll need to pay the full price…
Like Royal Caribbean, Norweigian came out with a Kids Sail Free promo on some of the sailings. And unlike RCCL, NCL did not manipulate the cabin price to increase the adult fare. Better deals out there for families of 4 would be:– March 28, 2014 – 7 days Western Caribbean sailing on the NCL Pearl for $1053.28USD (interior guaranteed)– April…