Vacation rentals can be a great way to keep the family (or multiple families!) together while you explore, but they can also be a huge expense for your trip. Here are some ways to save on vacation rentals or to even use points and miles to cover the cost of a vacation rentals.

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Hilton standard nights on points cost a lot more points compared to Hyatt, however there are some ways to maximize your Hilton bookings to get the most value out of your points and still get a great redemption! Keep reading for some tips!

We recently took a trip to Cabo and decided to resort hop between one property that we booked with Hyatt points and one that we booked with Hilton Free Night Certificates. Read on to find out my thoughts from each of the resorts!

While there are certain sweet spots of hotels and flights you can cover with points and miles, sometimes it can be tricky to cover other specific forms of travel - like cruises, Airbnbs, non-chain hotels, and rental cars. This guest post guide gives you all the details on a unique way to cover travel purchases to get the most out of your Chase Aeroplan miles.

If you’re looking for a budget-friendly family vacation on points, be sure to look into the IHG brand of hotels! These include Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotels which can get your family a hotel stay for free on points!

Booking a cruise with points and miles is usually not the best way to stretch your points and miles far (you can usually get a redemption value of 1-1.25 cent per point) however you CAN use points and miles to cover the cost of a cruise! If a cruise is something you value, using points is a great way to go on a cruise for FREE!

Rental Cars can be a huge expense on a vacation! Here are some ways to save on rental cars or to even use points and miles to cover the cost of a rental car.

Our family loves to go skiing in the winter, but ski trips can become very expensive when you add in lift tickets, ski lessons, winter gear, and more. If you can cover the cost of flights and ski resorts with points though, your next winter ski trip will be much more attainable and your travel budget can stretch so much further!

Using credit card points to cover the cost of your Walt Disney World stay can make your Disney dreams an affordable reality!

A trip to Florida can be incredibly expensive if you are planning to spend your days at Disney World or Universal Orlando, but when you are able to cover your flights and hotel with points, you are able to do much more with your money to enjoy your time at the parks!

One of our Travel Reward University students took a trip to Orlando with her husband and two daughters, ages 8 and 10, and used Hyatt points and a Free Night Certificate to stay at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort. Here is her review of their trip!

Needs some ideas on where to redeem your Hilton Free Night Rewards? Keep reading for some suggestions!

Marriott will often issue Free Night Certificates up to 50,000 points that you can use to stay at one of their many properties. Unlike my favorite Hyatt hotels, 50,000 Marriott points won’t go QUITE as far, but there are still several great ways to use these certificates!

One of the goals many of our Travel Reward University students set when they start to award travel is to be able to fly to AND stay in Hawaii for nearly free. A trip to Hawaii can be incredibly expensive, but when you are able to cover your flights and hotel with points, you are able to do much more with your money to enjoy your time on the islands!

One of the best ways to get a nearly free vacation is to use your points to book an all-inclusive vacation! Because it is so easy to rack up points for Hyatt stays, because Hyatt is such a good value for your points, and because Hyatt has nearly 100 affiliated all-inclusive resorts, I almost always recommend booking all-inclusive resorts through Hyatt!

Getting to use your points for not just a hotel, but an all-inclusive hotel, is a great way to have a truly inexpensive, nearly-free vacation. This guest post is a review of the beautiful All-Inclusive Secrets Impression Moxché Resort.

While earning a lot of points with a new credit card is great, getting to use them for an amazing vacation (or multiple vacations) every year is even better! If you’re curious to see just how far 90,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points can take you, I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite ways to “spend” these rewards.

One of the reasons Chase Ultimate Rewards are considered to be so valuable is because with the right card, you can transfer these points to great partners like Hyatt.  This allows you to book incredible properties for a very low amount of points.