Travel to Galway (Ireland)

Flying to Ireland Even though I've been fortunate enough to travel a little in 2022, this would be my first (non-US) international trip since the pandemic began. (My 2021 Birthday flights notwithstanding since I never left any airports!). With this in mind I did arrive at the airport a bit early just to be safe. Breezing through security I had a few hours to spare airside in the airport, so I hit...

Minion Monies: How much did our trip to Turkey & Croatia Cost?

The following will be an accounting of my 2018 trip to Turkey & Croatia. If you've not read the blog, you can do so here. Or if you want a summary of the entire trip you can check that out here. It might provide some extra context to the costs below! The Transportation ($982.39) The Flights ($684.88) There were three flights which we booked for this month long trip. The first is the main...

Minion Monies: How much did my 2020 New Zealand & Asia Trip Cost?

The following will be an accounting of my 2020 trip to Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and New Zealand trip. If you've not read the blog, you can do so here. Or if you want a summary of the entire trip you can check that out here. It might provide some extra context to the costs below! The Transportation ($1906.67 & 208,000 Points) The Flights ($1076.90) The "Complicated Booking" ($628.06 &...

Minion Monies: How much did my 2022 Maui Trip Cost?

The following will be an accounting of the Maui Trip I took with several friends in March and April of 2022. If you've not read the blog, you can do so here. Or if you want a summary of the entire trip you can check that out here. It might provide some extra context to the costs below! The Transportation ($1279.12 & 6 eUpgrade Credits) The Flights ($401.11 & 6 eUpgrade Credits) Booking a...

Wrapping up our trip to Maui

Now that blogging about Maui is done. It's time to wrap it up with a few thoughts. This being the first "real" international trip I've taken since the pandemic, I'm glad it went as planned without much disruption! If you've spent the time to read through the trip, I appreciate it! If not and you want to, you can find the whole trip here. Here we go! Top 3 Highlights Highlight #1: Learning to Surf...

Heading to Maui!

Heading to Maui The first (hopefully of many) trips in 2022 is to Maui. I'm joined on this trip by some familiar faces from a previous trip to Hawaii: Cactoose, Lebron and Antetokounmpo! In early 2022, Lebron, Antetokounmpo and I wanted to do a trip "somewhere". We originally looked at flying to San Francisco in February. However, with rumblings and news of Canada dropping its testing...