Two Tickets to Paradise

One of the hard parts of my job is that at times I have to travel away from home... the only upside to the travel is that we get to keep all of our travel frequent flyer points... for airfare, hotels, rental cars etc.

Lots of travel = Lots of points

Mr. & I have made plans to use there points a few times - trip to Alaska.... trip to New York.... trip to Vegas... etc.

And each time something has come up to prevent us from leaving


*Huge Frowny Face*


So my Delta Skymiles has been growing for quite some time... and now we have enough miles to go to:

Alaska - Via Alaska Fishing Charter

OR

Hawaii - Via Go4Less

OR Even

Paris!!! - Via Hotel Pulitzer

Delta has a non-stop flight from Salt Lake City to Paris ... so the number of miles per flight is only 60,000 or 120,000 for us both... and really, we don't want to spend our honeymoon in France.... we'd much rather be in Italy... but we'll book the free flight to Paris and take a less expensive hopper to Rome... or Venice... or Milan...

SO.MANY.OPTIONS!!!

Now to just get our passports.... hmm....

Where are you planning your post-wedding getaway?

The Great Boondoggle.... Part One

Image from Thee Mightee Kittens

What is a Boondoggle you might ask?

Well the generally accepted definition is a project or activity that wastes time and or money. At my work it is kind of a joke we have about side trips while on the road.... So what is this post about? Glad you asked....


At my job I am often required to travel around the country to different food production facilities. This August I was in the middle of a resources tug-o-war and ended up on a project in Pennsylvania.


Just so happens that this job site was fairly close to an Amtrak station = unlimited possibilities!!! I may live and work in Utah, but I got my degree in upstate New York which happens to be where my mom and little sister still currently live.


You can see how that would make dress shopping together rather difficult.


So when I went to purchase my tickets to and from PA I looked into the cost of returning from New York instead, and wouldn't you know - it was cheaper to leave from NYC!!! So I got the ball rolling - plans in motion- appointments set for Dress shopping with my 2 favorite NY ladies!

Unfortunately not every adventure that starts well, ends well.....