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...

Planning for Hawaii

Aloha! In May I will be travelling to Hawaii with some friends! Some familiar and some making their Travelling Minions debut! FunkyCat and Vino will be once again be travelling with me. Some of you will remember FunkyCat from our adventure through Japan in 2017. Vino Joined Gimpy and I when we visited Croatia after travelling through Turkey Meanwhile, we'll be introducing three new friends:...

Travelling to Turkey – Day 1

Travelling to Turkey It's going to be a LONG day. While I was excited to be travelling to Turkey and start exploring, I had a fairly long "road" to get there. Part of my excitement for this trip was the flight routing I had chosen to get there. I'd spent a lot of time figuring out a cost effective business class routing to and from. While I was excited to try the different cabin products, it...