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Choice Privileges Jewel Game- Win 15,000 Points

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Screen Shot 2013-12-27 at 1.16.14 AMChoice Privileges is celebrating its 15th anniversary and would like to celebrate by offering you the chance to win some CP points in a new game- The Jewel Game.

About the game (from Choice Privileges):

There are five levels and the goal is to complete all five levels with the fastest. 5 players will be randomly selected from the top 10 times and one random entrant will be selected to win 15,000 Choice Privileges points. You can play multiple times to  achieve a higher score.

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Park Plaza Bed & Breakfast Deals In Europe- Book By 12/6

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Club Carlson’s Park Plaza has some good prices for stays in select locations around Europe.

Rooms can be had for as little as £69 (around $93) per night in the UK, the Netherlands & Germany for winter travel. Stays can be booked at these rates until February 28, 2014.

Rooms must be booked by December 6 and these rates include bed & breakfast for up to two people.

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Win A 2 Night Stay + Brunch In NYC

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Thompson Hotels is giving away a 2 night stay at the Smyth Tribeca (in NYC) including brunch in the Fall for Brunch Sweepstakes, which is being run through Facebook.

The prize sounds like the perfect staycation for a local New Yorker or a great way to visit NYC on the cheap for someone coming from further away.

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The Daily Meal: 101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around the World

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The Daily Meal came out with their second annual list of 101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around the World.

The list features hotels on six continents, in over 50 countries and 80 cities. Most of these restaurants are located in luxurious hotels with menu prices to match. The food varies from “classic Italian to French Fusion and from Caribbean to Catalan”.

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Hotel Review: Radisson O’Hare- Chicago

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On our brief visit to Chicago, my brother and I decided to stay at the Radisson O’Hare.
I rarely stay at airport hotels but decided to do so for a couple of reasons.

  1. The early start of the O’Hare 5K runway run
  2. The Radisson 1 for 1 promotion

With the Radisson promotion my brother and I each earned one free night for booking a night. To make this offer work for both of us, we each booked one night of the stay.
(Check out my Chicago trip planning post HERE)

My first impression of the Radisson O’Hare (from the exterior) was that it looked old, shabby and dated.  It actually reminded me of the Alamo just not as cool. However looks are not so important as long as the room is decent. Overall we were happy with our stay due to it suiting our needs for the visit. We didn’t use the common spaces in the hotel but there was a sitting area and small bar.

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The Alamo
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Our Awesome Experience with Airbnb

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Hotels in Singapore can be quite pricey. From what we could tell most moderately priced hotels ($80-$100 range) had horrible reviews and seemed downright dirty.

For our first night’s stay in Singapore I decided to use my free night from the Chase Priority Club credit card that I earned after my first anniversary. For a $49 annual fee I think I got a very solid value. We booked the Intercontinental Singapore  which would’ve cost us around $250 US had we just payed for our stay. The hotel was very nice and is in a great area.
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We procrastinated on booking a hotel for the last night of our trip which was back in Singapore. Since we were arriving from Kuala Lumpur around 9:00pm we’d basically be just showing up and passing out. I couldn’t justify using the Priority Club cash and points option to stay at the Intercontinental which would’ve been 15,000 points + $70. We weren’t going to get much use of the room-  so I really needed to find a place to stay in the $80-$100 range.
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Kim and I searched many different internet sites for a room and nothing was catching our eye. We had a couple of local, budget hotels on our list for consideration if we couldn’t find a better option.
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This is when I started thinking of other ideas. I had heard about Airbnb a while back but never seriously considered using the site. From what I understood, most rooms were in people’s apartments or homes. It didn’t sound like the ideal situation while traveling with an infant.
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