Another Word For Travel

28/12/2025

One thing I need hotels/tour guides/airlines to change in 2026: Please stop defaulting to "Mr." in your salutations. Because the real fact: on average, women are the ones who are booking hotels, tours, flights, etc. even if they are not traveling solo. It is extremely disrespectful.

11/12/2025

09/11/2025

We are excited to be one of the first to sail on the brand new Celebrity Xcel! Our Mediterranean group trip (June 27-July 4, 2026) will be on Celebrity Xcel so we look forward to bringing you behind the scenes footage of the ship!

10/10/2025

AWFT has arrived in Colombia! Today we are exploring the AfroColombian town of Palenque. We always try to find our roots wherever we go and Colombia is no different. As we learned from our friends at Cultured Ghana it is always "For the Culture!"

28/07/2025

So Citi came out with a new premium card. Check out what I think about it and whether I recommend it.

The Citi Strata Premier now transfers to American Airlines 1:1. Learn why this $95 card may be the smartest travel pick of 2025.

07/07/2025

Excellent news for U.S. Travelers!

21/06/2025

We are in Cuba planning our next Journey To Your Roots experience! Did you know that Cuba has a large population of West African descendants?

16/06/2025

Last week it was Chase Sapphire Reserved and Capital One Venture X news. This week it's AMEX Platinum. We anticipate the Platinum cards will go up to $895 or worse $1,000 for annual fees. Check out our new blog:
https://www.anotherwordfortravel.com/travelblog/amex-platinum-revamp-2025

14/06/2025

Part 4 of our Points Blog Series: We are using Capital One miles to book an 8 day/7 night vacation. We don't talk about Capital One miles a lot but one great thing about the Capital One Venture X card is the purchase eraser. While Capital One doesn't have many hotel transfer partners, the purchase eraser helps to offset that. Check out how we utilized the purchase eraser to get our trip paid for.

In Part 4 of my series, discover how to fly from Chicago to Peru and stay in 5-star hotels in Lima and Cusco—using Capital One Miles to cover 100% of your trip.

13/06/2025

Third blog post in this series and we are looking at point travel to Africa. This time we are leaving from Charlotte going to Kenya and staying in Five Star accommodations. Total out of pocket is less than $500. Have points that you want to use but don't know how? Send us a message and we will book your dream vacation using points!

Discover how I booked a 7-day trip to Kenya using Amex and Chase points—round-trip flights and 7 nights in Nairobi, all for under $500 out of pocket.

12/06/2025

In this second installment of traveling on points, we use 200k Bilt points for a free 7 day/6 night Jamaica from Nashville Tennessee. We are picking random places so you don't think all the best deals have to come out of New York. 😃 https://www.anotherwordfortravel.com/travelblog/blog-series-travel-on-points-for-free

11/06/2025

In our first blog in this series, we show you how to book a 3 day/2night Caribbean vacation for FREE using just 175,000 points.
https://www.anotherwordfortravel.com/travelblog/how-i-used-200000-amex-points-to-book-a-2000-caribbean-vacation-for-free