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...

Minion Monies: How Much did my Birthday Flights Cost?

I'm often asked how much my trips cost. "Minion Monies" is a series of posts attempting to recount trip expenses and try to shed some light on my travel cost. All prices will be in CAD unless stated otherwise. Prices will be for when the travel occurred. It's likely prices will change over time so keep that in mind! The following will be an accounting of my Birthday Flights to Nowhere from...