Ski Weekend Getaway
BY Ms. Vine
Monday March 30, 2020 0 Comments Blog, Lifestyle, Travel, Uncategorized
In January, we spent a weekend with another couple at a ski resort. The resort is within driving distance for both of us, so it made for a simple short getaway. The resort has downhill and cross country skiing opportunities, in addition to other winter activities like tubing, snowshoeing and fat tire biking. This resort... Read More
Free Money! How we use credit card points
BY Ms. Vine
Monday March 16, 2020 0 Comments Lifestyle, Personal Finance, Travel, Uncategorized
This post may contain referral or affiliate links. See our full disclosure here. We don’t consider ourselves expert points hackers. Maybe we just don’t like labels. In any event, we use a carefully curated credit card collection to help squeeze a little bit more out of our travel budget. We carry a couple of cash... Read More
February 2020 Progress Update
BY Ms. Vine
Monday March 9, 2020 0 Comments Blog, Progress Update, Uncategorized
The month began in sunny Costa Rica. The trip was the perfect dose of Vitamin D for us. A full review will come in the future. Until that review is posted, we paid for the Costa Rica trip with some travel hacking. We tried something a little different with this travel schedule--we departed on a... Read More
Rental Car Tips from our Florida Roadtrip
BY Ms. Vine
Monday March 2, 2020 0 Comments Blog, Travel, Uncategorized
Our flight arrived slightly behind schedule on Friday night, around 9:30 p.m. We flew into Jacksonville and planned to spend Friday night at Mr. Vine’s parents’ home in St. Augustine. I had a rougher flight than usual. It had been a long day for both of us by the time we landed. It took about... Read More
January 2020 Progress Update
BY Ms. Vine
Monday February 17, 2020 0 Comments Blog, Progress Update, Uncategorized
What is with these winter months lagging? We had a full and busy month, but it still feels like the month dragged by. The good news is that we feel a bit more settled and like we are finding a routine. That does make for somewhat boring monthly updates. Half of my immediate family celebrates... Read More
Delta vs. Spirit: Airline experience comparison
BY Ms. Vine
Monday February 10, 2020 One Comment Blog, Travel, Uncategorized
As discussed previously, we booked a hacker fare to Florida. This meant that we booked one way flights on two different carriers. On our return flight, we also booked separate itineraries due to gift card redemption. All of the details on our airfare pricing are included in this post. Today, we’re going to talk about... Read More
Should we upgrade our timeshare?
BY Ms. Vine
Monday February 3, 2020 0 Comments Blog, Personal Finance, Travel, Uncategorized
Recently, Mr. Vine sat down and plotted out each of our “big” vacations from now until our expected Financial Independence Day. By “big” we mean trips of seven days or so that will require using vacation time from work. Part of the purpose behind this exercise was to decide how we wanted to use the... Read More
Holiday Airfare to Florida for $125!
BY Ms. Vine
Monday January 27, 2020 One Comment Blog, Travel, Uncategorized
We scored an amazingly low price on our flights to Florida over the Christmas holiday. We used a couple of hacks and some flexibility to do it, but ultimately we paid just $112.59 each for roundtrip travel from the midwest to Florida during what is the most expensive travel period. For reference at the time... Read More