My daughter, Stephanie, is going down to New Orleans to interview at Tulane’s Medical School, so Dad was naturally looking for agood deal on airfare and a place for her to stay. I came across this offer from Hilton. It is a pretty good deal and one of the few discounts I have found that applies…
I related to you the strategy for getting inexpensive plane tickets. I’ll now go through the planning and execution phases for our hotel nights in Singapore. So the good news is that Singapore is one city so you can’t wander too far when booking a hotel. Sometimes I have booked a hotel in a “city”…
Ironically, people focus primarily on airlines miles, but typically you will spend more on a hotel room than your airfare when on a trip. Think about it- what does an airfare cost-$400 to $500? That’s the same cost as 2-3 nights in a typical hotel (and one night in some hotels)! Obviously, the math depends…
This week, I wanted to pass along something from my Chaplain. Sandy Cove is a vacation spot offering a free stay for veterans of OIF/ OEF and their families. Fully paid for through some generous donations. See the full story below: Great opportunity for families to rest and reconnect after a deployment. More details go to www.sandycove.org/oasis. http://www.sandycove.org/getaways/free-military-stays Sandy Cove is serenely situated halfway between Baltimore and Philadelphia near the town of North East, Maryland, just 10 minutes south of I-95, and 1 hour south of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, via Route 272. Any service man or woman in uniform, including those in the Reserve and National Guard, returning home from deployment in support of OIF, OEF or Operation New Dawn can come to Sandy Cove with their immediate family for FREE! This includes comfortable accommodations in the Chesapeake Lodge or Pioneer Campground cabins, all meals, recreation and program if scheduled. Five nights for a family of four would normally cost up to $2980, but through generous donations, Sandy Cove is able to offer this as a…
Eight or nine years ago, before GSA ruined the use of the term, we had a Commander’s Conference at the Marines Memorial Club in downtown San Francisco. Previous to this, conferences were held in some nice getaway places like Reno, but by the time I got a battalion command, they were already looking for cheaper and less conspicuous places to hold meetings with guys in military uniforms running around where the public could see them. To my fortune, I discovered the Marines Memorial Club and hotel. Legend has it that the Marines had saved up a lot of money in WW2 to run a PX system for the occupation of Japan, when the war suddenly ended. This was back in the day when things were a lot looser with money and the Marines decided that they would buy a hotel in downtown San Francisco so Marines would have an inexpensive place to stay when on shore leave there. They also wanted to memorialize the Marine legend and particularly recognize all the extreme…
Most military members are aware of at least some of the military-run resorts that are set up to offer military families as first-class hotel at a discounted rate. The four resorts are: Shades of Green at Disneyworld Hale Koa in Waikiki, HI Dragon Hill Lodge in Seoul, Korea Edelweiss in Garmisch, Germany (the German Alps)…
While most hotels have a military discount, here is the only chain that I know if with an actual military club you can join to gain additional benefits. Choice hotels comprises Comfort Inn/ Suites, Sleep Inn, Quality Inns, Econolodge, and many others. While many focus on gathering points in the big sexy chains such as…
