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Book cheap flights from Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, UK, Germany to San Francisco for only €215 round-trip with TAP!

Air France-KLM Flying Blue has updated its latest promotional awards valid for travel through June 30, 2022, that must be booked by January 31. The maximum discount is 50% off the usual number of miles required (although often the rebate is capped at 25%). You can access Flying Blue’s web page for promotional awards here or here. Available routes for the...

New Spring dates are now available! Book your double room at this 4* hotel in San Diego, California for only €50/ £ 45/ $60 / AU$68 per person/night based on booking for 2 people!

In 2015, I developed multiple tickborne illnesses after a day hike on Minnesota’s north shore. I remember pulling a tick from my sleeve, marveling that it was, quite literally, the size of a poppy seed. Two weeks later, I had a fever of 104. My body has never quite been the same since; more than that, my mind,...

What is a soul? Can it be touched? Does it have mass? These questions tormented Duncan MacDougall, a physician from Haverhill, Massachusetts, so much that he devised an experiment to determine whether souls have physical weight.  “The soul leaving the body” by Luigi Schiavonetti, circa 1810. MacDougall postulated that the soul was material and therefore, there should be...

Good deal! Book your room at 5* Residence and Spa Vallorcine Mont-Blanc for only €24.5/ $29/ £22/ AU$38 per person/night! (based on booking of 2)

Cheap flights from Milan, Italy to Reykjavik, Iceland from only €19.98 roundtrip with Wizz Air!

With the new year, some legislation that was signed mid-last year in the Maldives came into effect per January 1, 2022 – namely a steep increase in international departure tax from the island country. Especially premium class travelers are being hit hard with this new fee as it goes up to US$180 for international First Class tickets and...

Hilton has had a notice on its app and website since December 31, 2021, that they are updating the tier for the upcoming, now current, year. This stopping of displaying the current number of nights for 2021 messes up the ability to follow that the Milestone Bonuses for 2021 are correctly counted. You can access Hilton Honors here....

Marriott has updated the Terms and Conditions governing its Bonvoy guest loyalty program on January 1, 2022. However, their website states that the last modification would have been done in December 2021 (not correct). The most recent changes are how many awards can a program member gift to a third party, and changes to Ambassador qualifying spend. You...