One of our favorite readers, Maggie, sent us this reader success story. She recently took the Award Travel Academy course and then booked an incredible stay at the Secrets Impression Moxché all-inclusive resort—one that we have each booked for later this year. It is supposed to be incredible. Here is our Award Travel Academy Reader […]

It seems as though many of our readers enjoy the Hyatt Ziva Cancun as much as we do! We hear from you quite often about how you have enjoyed your trips on points there. Today, Katie shares her reader success story with the Hyatt Ziva Cancun. Here’s Katie’s story: Hi! Thanks for the content you […]

  Mexico has been a yearly travel destination of mine for years and years. Today I want to show you how you visit Cancun on points. I’ll go over how to get flights paid for and give you some great options to consider when it comes to choosing your hotel stay.   Flights The first […]

I have traveled over and over to Mexico – Cabo, Cancun, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta are my most common destinations. I have mainly used timeshares when I am there but it is also very easy to travel hack to Mexico. Today let’s talk about travel hacking to Cabo, one of my favorite destinations. I know […]

Last year, Alex and I went to Cancun on a mission. We wanted to compare the Hyatt Zilara and the Hyatt Ziva for our readers. The Hyatt Ziva was our favorite. This year we made a return trip to Hyatt Ziva Cancun on points. We knew it was the perfect place to bring Alex’s boys, […]

Alex, Jess, and I had planned to meet in Houston in December for a THM retreat to discuss upcoming plans and goals for 2023. We had always talked about going somewhere fun together when we hit a designated goal. That happened sooner than we thought (nice, huh?), so we changed our plans to a Cancun […]

Ever since we got into the points and miles game, my mom and I have been curious about the Hyatt all-inclusive resorts. We finally scheduled a trip to Cancun and booked both the Hyatt Zilara (adults-only) for three nights and Hyatt Ziva (family-friendly) for two nights. Originally we had booked four nights at the Zilara […]

Today’s reader success story to Cabo comes from Nicole, a young travel hacker with a skeptical Player Two. Let’s check in with her:   My name is Nicole Dietz, I am 26 years old. After following several travel hackers on Instagram for over a year, I got into the points game. I did a lot […]

Our latest reader success story is one to Cabo and comes from Kim. She took a trip to Cabo with points and miles – here is her story! For as long as I can remember, I have always saved my Chase Preferred Sapphire credit card points from the one and only credit card I had. I thought I […]

I just got back from a stay in Puerto Vallarta – I just love Mexican vacations! Although we used a timeshare, I want to share some ways that you can use points and miles to visit Puerto Vallarta. One of the best things about points and miles is that you can just use them for […]

What is your favorite place to travel to in the wintertime? I have one requirement – someplace warm!  A friend and I do an annual girl’s trip every winter and our destination is anyplace warm. We went to Vietnam last year and to Thailand the year before. This year it was Costa Rica and, of […]