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That Time When We Stayed Up The Road From An Active Volcano

Once upon a time, years and years ago, Sharon and I decided that when got married in 2002, we would honeymoon in Hawaii. We were going to take a cruise around all of the Hawaiian islands and had even booked and arranged all the plans for the trip, including flights. Then the unimaginable happened on the morning of September 11, 2001. We watched the horrific events happen on TV on the morning we were set to finalize the details of our wedding with our Disney wedding planner.

During the aftermath of the attacks, with the decreased amount of travel, the cruise line we had booked our honeymoon with went bankrupt and stopped all operations. We already had set plans to visit Hawaii with our flights so we decided to make the best of it and planned a whole new trip with about 2 months notice. We focused on two islands, Maui (where we were landing from our flight) and Hawaii (the Big Island). Now, the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island had been erupting on a continuous basis for over 30 years, since 1983 (it still is). Sharon loves volcanoes so spending some time near Volcanoes National Park seemed to be the best plan. With the limited internet available in 2001, I found 2 nights at a bed and breakfast in the nearby Volcano Village, HI and we hoped for the best.

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What Not To Do When Earning Points & Miles, The Horrible Thing About Google Fi, Travel Dad Of The Year, & More

Happy Sunday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, as well, so we’re passing them along.

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Sweepstakes Alert! Win A Trip to Maui!

HAWAI’I Magazine is running its 8th annual Best of the Best Readers’ Choice Awards for hotels, resorts, bed and breakfasts, spas, restaurants, food, golf courses, activities, products and a bunch of other categories.

Your picks will determine the winners’ lists in HAWAI‘I Magazine’s 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards feature, that’s current schedule for its March/April 2019 issue.

Here’s what you have to do to enter:

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The New Ban On 78% Of Sunscreens, New WDW Pass Options, How To Keep Your IHG Points From Expiring, & More

Happy Sunday y’all! We hope you had a good week! Here are some travel articles we’ve recently seen that we think you may enjoy.

Stephen from Frequent Miler dug a little deeper into the new Marriott hotel reward categories. He found many hotels where the number of points needed for award nights were increased just a few months ago and now were lowered. Is this a classic retail move of increasing prices just before launching your “Everything 50% Off” sale?
Sharon and I love floating around lazy rivers. Mommy Points found a rooftop one in the shape of Texas in the middle of downtown Houston. (Note from Sharon: That’s SO COOL!)

James from One Mile at a Time found a “too good to be true” rate from a travel website he’d never heard of. You might want to do your research before booking with unknown companies.
WDWMagic reports that Walt Disney World is introducing a new Annual Pass on July 9, as well as add-ons for other passes.
The Plaza in New York is changing owners. Loyalty Lobby looks into what changes this may mean if you want to stay there.
Million Miles Secrets gives some good advice on how to keep your IHG points from expiring.
Gary from View From The Wing recaps the new law in Hawaii that bans the sale of 78% of the currently available sunscreens to protect the coral reefs, maybe.

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Must-Buy Items To Bring Home From Certain Cities

When visiting a certain city, what’s the item you need to bring home? You know, that thing that’s only available there. You might even get excited about going somewhere because you know you’re going to be able to buy this specific item.

Over the years, we’ve developed a list of things we need to bring home if we’re going to be somewhere. Granted, I know that nowadays you can pretty much order anything from anywhere. Frankly, I don’t need these items that much to pay the shipping and handling costs; I can go without them. But if I’m visiting a place where I can just buy it, why should I pass up that chance?

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