Tag: United States

Minion Fam Jam: 911 Memorial and the Brooklyn Bridge

ByTravelling Minion November 3, 2024 1 Comment
While our first stop is the 911 Memorial, beside our hotel is a small bakery called Siena bakehouse. Since we are unsure how long we will spend at the memorial. We decide to pick up a coffee and something for breakfast before heading over. 911 Memorial With full bellies and caffeine in our systems, we head to the 911 for the admission time on our tickets. After entering we are ushered to a small...

Minion Family Trip to New York!

ByTravelling Minion October 20, 2024 1 Comment
We are setting off again! This time to New York and the East Coast with the immediate Travelling Minion Family! The plan is to spend a few days in New York, train to Boston, then board a cruise that will take us around the maritime provinces before we fly home from Montreal. YVR Transborder Plaza Premium Lounge Today is mainly a travel day since we need to fly from Vancouver to New York. We get...

Flying Home

ByTravelling Minion March 17, 2024 1 Comment
Today I start my journey home! After waking up and spending a bit of time packing, I head down to the restaurant for another excellent breakfast! Instead of describing the breakfast from yesterday, I do want to highlight how happy I am that many of the Middle Eastern hotels seem to offer a wide variety of fresh juices. Those that know me know I'm a huge sucker for watermelon juice and I am super...

Travelling Minions in 2022

ByTravelling Minion December 31, 2022 2 Comments
2022 saw the return of travel for me and much of the world! With many countries loosening their COVID restrictions, the prospect of exploring is tempting again! Airlines begin to offer deals to win back business, and tourism ads start to pop up in YouTube Advertisements again. Looking back, I realize a lot of my travel is concentrated in the back half of 2022. I suspect this is due to most...

Minion Monies: How much did my 2019 trip to Hawaii cost?

ByTravelling Minion July 17, 2022 0 Comments
The following will be an accounting of my 2019 trip to Hawaii. If you've not read the blog, you can do so here. It might provide some extra context to the costs below! The Transportation ($699.67) The Flights ($414.52) To get to Hawaii, I booked a round trip Flight on Westjet between Vancouver and Honolulu. Everything is pretty straightforward for this one as we only had one set of flights to...

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

ByTravelling Minion June 26, 2022 0 Comments
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 &...