Jen
I'm Jen. Disney Lover, runner, penny pincher and mother of two boys, We live a few short hours away from Orlando and try to visit often. Follow along for family and adult Disney adventures as well as the occasional non -Disney family adventure.
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Summer Bucket List Trip to Banff Alberta
My family recently took a summer bucket list trip to Banff National Park and surrounding areas. The pictures and videos you see of this are so beautiful and don’t even do it justice. Several people have reached out wanting to know our itinerary, so I will share that with you here. Of course, I will share any money-saving or miles/points hacks here with you in another post.
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Points and Miles Tips For A Trip to Banff
This is the post where I share all the points and miles strategies I used to book my family’s Summer Bucket List trip to the Banff area. You can try out part of these options or stack them like I did for the maximum amount of points earned and spent. The credit card links are personal referral links, which means I will earn points if you use the link but there is no extra cost to you.
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Travel Hacking a Disney Cruise
Do you ever have serious FOMO watching other people’s vacations and wondering how they can afford them? Same. We booked a Disney Cruise in the middle of Covid times and had 18 months to pay it off. It was still painful. I have to say though, it was worth it! So we wanted to do it again.
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First Trip to Universal Studios Orlando
We finally did it. We went took our first trip to Universal Studios Orlando, mainly to check out all of the Harry Potter Attractions. I’m going to give you my opinion on the good the bad and the comparisons to Disney. We made a few mistakes and hopefully you can learn from them.
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How to save 30% on your next Disney Vacation
I am going to tell you about a trick I have learned to purchase Disney Gift Cards at 30% off or more. This is the best way I have to save money on your Disney Vacation. Everything is more exprenise these days and a Disney Vacation is no exception. If you are anything like me I am always trying to stretch my families dollar just a bit farther.
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How We Traveled for Free this Fall
This article is going to give you the quick and dirty of how my family of four took a five-day vacation to Mexico this fall for free. That’s right we were able to completely pay for our trip with hotel points and miles. Yes, that does take money on the front end, however, we were able to leverage our everyday spending on groceries and bills into a great vacation.
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Review of the Hilton Cancun All Inclusive
After a long travel hiatus, we saw a deal too good to be true and booked it. After several canceled vacations due to covid and related issues, we were finally able to take a much-needed break. This brand new hotel, The Hilton Cancun All Inclusive, just opened on November 7th!
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Topolino’s Terrace-Dining Review at Disney World
Topolino’s Terrace is one of the newest restaurants on Disney property. It is located at the top of the new Riveria Resort. This was our first trip to the resort and this restaurant. Both lived up to the hype.
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La Hacienda de San Angel- Dining Review at Disney World
On our, seemingly never-ending, quest to eat at every restaurant on Disney property we tackle La Hacienda de San Angel. This restaurant is located in the Mexico Pavillion at Epcot. It is located on the water of the world showcase lagoon.
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Our Glamping Adventure
Have you heard the phrase ” The year of the RV?” Well, it is here. Camping is the original social distancing activity. We decided to step up our camping game and rent a camper for the weekend. I am going to tell you all about it and I bet you may be willing to give it a try too. This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase an item through this link, it will come at no extra cost to you. We might make a small commission off your purchase. Thank you. First off let me say we have dipped our toe in some camping adventures as a family. One of…
