Marriott brands

Travel Goals and Status Check Up – 2017 Mid-Year

ByJennifer Moody June 28, 2017

Jennifer checks in on her 2017 travel goals, what her progress towards status looks like, and whether she is achieving those travel goals at mid-year. Airline status, hotel status, leverage of travel technology, credit card strategy, and travel/life balance are just a few of the areas where she weighs on in the state of the union.

Hotels | Marriott brands

In-Room Snake – New Marriott Amenity?

ByJennifer Moody April 12, 2017

Forget the free bottle of water or complimentary points for hotel status. That’s so 2016. Hotel chains are looking for new ways to impress guests. So why NOT an in-room snake?! That’s the first thing I thought when I read this headline in Travel + Leisure. It seems a housekeeper at a Marriott Residence Inn in Massachusetts…

Dallas | Marriott brands

High-End Hotel Heist

ByJennifer Moody March 28, 2017

File this hotel heist under made-for-Hollywood plot lines. Thieves in the know make their way into a five-star hotel room while guests are occupied at dinner and make off with six figures worth of cash and jewelry. While this was a fictitious storyline last season on ABC’s The Catch, it played out in real life last…

American Airlines | Marriott brands | Starwood brands

“Sorry I’m Not Sorry” – Two Days of Shakeups in the Points and Miles World

ByJennifer Moody November 18, 2015

It has been a tough couple of days in the points and miles world for hobbyists (those who collect points and miles with airlines, hotels, and other travel providers) and low-fare leisure travelers. On Monday the announcement came that frequent traveler darling Starwood was being acquired by Marriott. And then yesterday American was changing almost all the rules of…

Meet Me Halfway… The Six Month Status Checkup

ByJennifer Moody July 3, 2015July 3, 2015

How can it be July 4th weekend already? I feel like I was just ringing in the new year. If you follow Jetsetter’s Homestead, then you know this has been a whirlwind year for me – I’m at a new firm after an acquisition which means my travel patterns have been altered a bit as I…

33 and a Third – What You NEED to Do This Weekend!

ByJennifer Moody May 2, 2015

If you are traveling in 2015, what you need to do this weekend is take a look at your current airline and hotel program use and make appropriate adjustments to your earning to be sure you are maximizing status opportunities. With eight months left, you still have plenty of time to make travel plans that…

Marriott brands

Surprise Gold Status with Marriott

ByJennifer Moody March 17, 2015

Tonight I was updating my status tracking spreadsheets (because it’s important to stay on top of how I’m tracking towards airline miles and hotel stays) when I encountered something a bit surprise. No, it wasn’t that I’m missing flights from both American and Delta (although that, too) but rather that my Marriott Rewards status was…

Introducing Master Pages

ByJennifer Moody November 13, 2014

I don’t know about you, but I hate having to dig for things on the internet. While the Googley people love nothing more than to dig for treasure, I prefer to spend my screen time reading. I have a large trip coming up and want to be able to write about it without having to…

Hotel Reviews | Marriott brands

Hotel Reviews – TownePlace Suites Richland Columbia Point

ByJennifer Moody November 4, 2014November 4, 2014

I know a hotel stay won’t be dull when I’m greeted by a gentleman walking around the hotel lobby in his boxer shorts. That was unexpected and also the first impression I had of the TownePlace Suites Richland Columbia Point. As I would quickly learn, nothing about this property was in the realm of the “expected”. …

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Hotel Status and New Master List of Hotel Reviews

ByJennifer Moody October 8, 2014

No wonder my purse is always so heavy. I pulled the last three weeks of room keys out of a side pocket this morning and realized I’ve got a lot more catching up to do! I don’t seem to be making any headway and I have another 3-4 stays in the next ten days. But fear…

Hotel Reviews | Marriott brands

Hotel Reviews – Fairfield Inn Sandusky

ByJennifer Moody August 29, 2014October 6, 2014

Once in a while, I have very mainstream hotel stays. Okay, if we are being completely honest, I very frequently have stays at places that somehow don’t rate on the blogger remarkability map (i.e. they are not the Hyatt Vendome in Paris) – places like the Fairfield Inn Sandusky in north central Ohio. I feel…

Marriott brands

Springhill Suites – Not What I Thought

ByJennifer Moody July 27, 2014July 29, 2014

I’m sometimes guilty of dismissing an entire chain because of my preconceived notions about what they are about. I did this with Springhill Suites – assuming them to be a type of hotel that I would not be interested in staying in. I was wrong. My interest in Marriott brands has increased in recent months,…