Hotel elite status is a great way to make your travels more comfortable and rewarding. With benefits like early check-in, late checkout, free breakfast and room upgrades, it can make sense to concentrate your hotel spending on a particular program. Each major hotel chain offers perks to loyal members, but how much are the different…

Here at TPG, we love credit cards. We’ve experienced the power of redeeming credit card rewards, and we want to help everyone else have that great experience. But if you’re new to the world of credit cards, reading a credit card application (or even a review) can make you feel like you missed a course…

Porter Airlines is bringing its jets to the other side of the Hudson River. The Toronto-based airline announced on Monday that it would add service to New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) after years of exclusively serving nearby Newark as its sole New York City metro area operation. Porter’s LaGuardia flights will take off on May…

If you’re looking to plan a European vacation this summer, there are currently some great cash fares available with Norse Atlantic Airways from various U.S. airports. The best deals we found were all under $600 — we even found some flights departing from New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) for as low…

We love credit cards that come with an array of perks — especially when they can outweigh the card’s annual fee. Maximizing benefits on a credit card can mean the bank is essentially paying you to keep the card year after year. However, not using the perks means you’re potentially paying a fee for no…

When people tell me they hate Bangkok and don’t find a lot of things to do there, I totally understand. It’s a love/hate city that most people aren’t a fan of on arrival. In fact, when I first visited Bangkok in 2006, I despised the city and couldn’t wait to leave. It wasn’t until I…

Hong Kong. Its name inspires visions of a chaotic, jam-packed city with soaring skyscrapers, thick smog, endless noodle stands, big finance, and wild nights out. It’s one of my favorite cities in the world. The fast pace creates a sense of permanent change, and the crowds, multiculturalism, and food keep me continuously coming back. Oh,…

When I finally decided to visit Peru, I knew one thing: I wanted to hike with the company that Mark Adams, my friend and fellow travel writer, used for his book Turn Right at Machu Picchu. The stories he shared about his treks and what he learned on them convinced me that those were the…

In a world without posted award charts, it’s hard to say when a program devalues its rewards currency. But, based on online reports and our own searches, Marriott Bonvoy appears to have increased its award costs across a slew of properties. This marks a serious devaluation for its members who save up points to take…

The answer should be zero. After all, it is against federal law to bring a loaded or unloaded firearm to and through an airport checkpoint. But in 2024, Transportation Security Administration officers discovered 6,678 firearms at airport checkpoints around the country. Most — 94% — of the firearms found were loaded and were discovered in…