A family of adorable pink pigs is making themselves right at home in Texas, and they can’t wait for you to come over and jump up and down in muddy puddles with them. On Saturday, Merlin Entertainments opened the country’s second Peppa Pig Theme Park in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, following the success of the…

I cruised with one of the least expensive cruise lines in the industry, and — spoiler alert — I loved it. Cruise fares are the highest they’ve ever been, and cruise lines are making conscious efforts to add more for-fee onboard options for passengers. Yet one line, Margaritaville at Sea, remains a fierce holdout. Its…

February may be the shortest month, but this one was certainly jam-packed with hotel news. On the less-than-exciting side, Hyatt rolled out its annual hotel category changes. Hyatt, thankfully, still uses an award chart to price nights booked with points, but every year, a number of hotels move up or down in category. This year,…

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There’s a Hyatt brand and a Hyatt hotel for every budget, from labels like the casual new Caption all the way up to tony Park Hyatt. You might even be surprised to discover some smaller boutique hotels are also connected to the World of Hyatt loyalty network, thanks to Hyatt’s partnership with the Mr &…

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After a long, gray winter, few things can lift my mood like seeing the first pink cherry blossoms of spring fill the sky. I’m especially lucky — some of the best buds on the East Coast bloom near me at Branch Brook Park in Newark (yes, that Newark). The 5,000 trees create a cotton candy…

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It’s becoming an annual tradition. Each February or March, World of Hyatt announces its annual category changes about a month before implementing them. As soon as Hyatt releases the list of category changes, loyalists — myself included — carefully examine the list to see if properties we love or hope to eventually visit will soon…

Wi-Fi for $35 on a cross-country flight? That’s currently the going rate on American Airlines. However, changes might be on the way. The Fort Worth, Texas-based airline is officially trialing free Wi-Fi beginning next week, the airline announced internally on Friday and also confirmed with TPG. The test will cover just three routes (in both…