Colin Stroud

While I’ve been to some incredibly beautiful places all over the world, my favorite experience was first time in Europe in 2016.

We arrived in Warsaw, Poland in the evening and as I walked the streets of Warsaw, I was hooked.

I couldn’t believe the history, beauty, and culture. I’ll forever love Poland not because it’s necessarily “better” than other countries, but because it was the first country I experienced outside of the U.S.

My wife and my daughter and I landed at Indianapolis Airport with a 2hr drive home about 10pm.

We decided we would get a quick bite to eat then drive home and cancel our hotel reservation.

Well, by the time we got to our car, EVERYTHING was closed. We had a screaming toddler, a very hungry pregnant lady, and I was quite grumpy.

We drove around for 40 minutes trying to find somewhere that wasn’t McDonald’s to eat. We finally found a Culver’s where we waited another 45 minutes for the incompetent staff to bring us our food.

Luckily, we didn’t end up cancelling the hotel reservation and finally fell asleep after 1am.

Moral of the story? Don’t try and drive home late with a toddler. Get the hotel and go to bed.

I had a client booked two rooms for 7 nights at the Park Hyatt St. Kitts over New Years 2024. The points price was 30,000 points/night and the cash price was $2,300/night.

So, the total cash price was $32,200. Total points price was 420,000.

The fact that my client got a $32,000 stay for $0 out of pocket is truly one of the most insane deals I’ve been a part of.

It’s such a joy to help clients have these incredible experiences.

You know what I’m going to say.

Spirit Airlines is truly terrible. However, I do want to try out their new “First class” product. I will change my answer here depending on how that goes.