Spoilin' the Wife...

This will be the first of many posts about our weekend getaway to Pennsylvania.
The first point I want to say is that I have to make a concerted effort to quit spoiling the wife... Leading up to this weeend getaway a major concern was how much $ this mini-vacation would cost - I reassured the wife that our Hotel rooms would be FREE since I have accumulated so many Holiday Inn Priority Club points. (Some of you may scoff at me bragging about Holiday Inn points but the Holiday Inn in Valdosta has been the best Hotel there until recently when 2 new hotels have just opened - so I have been staying at the best Hotel in Titletown for over a year.) I decided to cash some of these points in so that we could keep the costs down.

I learned 1 important message... Cashing points in has its' privledges - you are more apt to get upgraded when cashing in your points than when you book a base room with a locally negotiated discounted rate. In Mooresville, NC we were in a 6th floor (top) 2 room suite that had a jacuzzi tub in the Living Room. I had never seen a tub in the Living Room. We could watched TV from the tub - never even thought of doing that in my lifetime. Then Saturday we were in Allentown, PA and we got the 9th Floor Entertainment Suite. This place was huge, with a wet bar for entertaining. I looked at the placard and this room normally goes for $399 per night.

So, the last 3 times I have spent the night with the wife in a Hotel has been on major upgraded rooms. And here I go back to Valdosta again tomorrow to begin earning some more points so I can take care of her again.

(I will be posting more about the trip shortly - time for bed now.)