After being at a job that involves heavy travel for about five years now, I thought I learned the secret of Skymall.  It knows it is ridiculous, but its goal is to wear you down. After five years of looking at some of their products, they start looking less and …

The Snow Village in Montreal is one of those ice hotels that have become quasi-trendy.  I say quasi because they are popping up in different places, but people don’t really actually stay there.  But I expected that ice hotels would be, you know–freezing. This hotel partner of the Intercontinental in …

If you were planning on paid stays at a Marriott anyway, United is currently offering a bonus for gift card purchases: You can earn up to 7,500 award miles  through the following methods: Anyone taking advantage of this? Disclosure: I don’t really stay at Marriotts.  It isn’t anything against them.  …