One of my all-time favorite family trips was to Thailand. We spent 3.5 weeks on trains, buses and planes swimming with elephants, holding baby tigers, zip lining, swimming, learning to cook Thai food, exploring street markets, enjoying massages and being blessed by the monks.
Extraordinary family time, culture and adventure.
And this trip started us on our journey of using points/miles for travel.
I thought it would be fun to see how much money we have saved in 2018 by using points and miles so here goes:
1. Washington DC flight round trip on points for me and my son flew FREE with Southwest Companion Pass - $1000 value
2. Sheraton in DC 4 nights on points, free breakfast in club with Starwood Amex (no longer offered) value $700
3. Salt Lake City flight - one way with points on Southwest - value $100
4. Denver flight - round trip on points - value $400
5. Boston flight round trip for me and my son flew FREE with my Southwest companion pass - $1,000
6. Cuba round trip with points and my husband flew FREE with my Southwest companion pass - value $1,000
7. Boston, a second time, round trip flight for me on points and my daughter flew FREE with my Southwest companion pass - $1,000
8. Hotel in Boston for two nights on points - value $600
9. Hotel in New York City for one night on points - value $300
10. Flights to Panama City, Panama on points - value $3,000
11. Hotel and breakfast in Panama City, Panama for 4 nights - value $500
If we add it all up, it comes to $9,700 in savings for a little bit of my time. Yes, I think it's worth it. So now the question is how much will I save in 2019? And will you join me? Because my mission is to show everyone how to do almost FREE family travel.
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