Club Lounge | 365 Magical Days of Travel

06 Apr 2019

Trip Report: Spring Break 2019, Part 1

191/365 For Spring Break this year, we headed West to put our Six Flags annual passes to good use. In this part, I'll go over the budget, while the next part will include our itinerary and other fun stuff! If you click here, you can follow along on my trip budget spreadsheet as I go through each category. Entertainment I…

20 Mar 2019

By Debra Baca

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Date Night in Downtown PHX

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174/365 Earlier this month, Bryan and I headed downtown to meet up with friends and see Billy Joel in concert. We aren't getting any younger, and heading home after an 8:00pm concert didn't sound appealing, so we decided to get a room nearby for the night. Expiring Free Night Back in January, I had decided to change up our Universal…

24 Jan 2019

By Debra Baca

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Trip Report: San Francisco and the Bay Area, Part 2

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119/365 At the beginning of July in 2018, we decided to tack a trip to San Francisco on to a trek to the Bay Area for a family birthday party. You can read how we saved and what we splurged on in my post all about our budget here. Now I'll go through our itinerary and give you our impressions of…

23 Jan 2019

By Debra Baca

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Trip Report: San Francisco & the Bay Area, Part 1

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118/365 Over the summer, we had a family party to attend in the East Bay, so we decided to tack on a trip into the city of San Francisco. We had done a similar trip a few years ago, but it was a bit of a stressful flop. All of us wanted a redo. Transportation It's a good 13 hour…

28 Oct 2018

By Debra Baca

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Trip Report: 2018 Staycation

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Day 31/365 2018-2019 Since Phoenix is a resort town, we have lots of choices when we want a "staycation," especially in the summer when their occupancies drop and they lower their rates. A friend had recommended the Hyatt Regency at Gainey Ranch because she knew we could book on points and get a Club Lounge upgrade with our Hyatt Explorist…