MSP Episode 13: Sedona and San Diego Trip report, 3-for-all Updates and More
Added 2020-10-26 22:24:30 +0000 UTCA double trip report and a look at the current MS landscape with Robert Dwyer
1:22 The most wonderful time of the MS year? What’s the MS favorability index?
10:40 Trip report #1 - Sedona
- Hyatt Residence Club Pinon Pointe
- Central location, great kids club (COVID closed), pool with a view, a patio/balcony in every room
- As a time share property, there’s a time share presentation angle
- The comfort and ease of traveling to a familiar destination. You know what the COVID situation is likely to be
- Hiking in Boynton Canyon,
- Best hikes article: https://www.backpacker.com/.amp/trips/best-dayhikes-in-sedona
- Search for trails on alltrails.com
- It’s the desert. Pack extra water
- Experience with the Amex Concierge
- Restaurants:
- Mariposa: www.mariposasedona.com
- El Rincon: www.elrinconrestaurant.com
- Pumphouse: pumphousestation.com
- AA flight home upgrade offer + biz class during COVID
36:46 Trip report #2 - San Diego
- Repurposed trip to Disneyland
- Aglie Travel’s hotel recap: https://milenomics.slack.com/archives/CFVNF6WQ7/p1599065774077400
- Hyatt Regency Mission Bay, explore san diego
- Booked into a corner suite, in the tower. ~$250 / night
- Stacked $50 off $250 amex offer + $10% up to $25 Chase offer.
- Loyalty recognition (as an Explorist!) with an unprompted ‘upgrade’ to a marina view. Fantastic views of America’s finest city
- Hotel del Coronado - iconic hotel, beach time!
- Construction at the property
- >$500/night cash rate for 2 nights for a cabana room (not a suite)
- You can get drink service on the beach in chairs close to the resort. Closer to the water and you’re on your own.
- ~60k hilton points + 2x$60 in Amex offers back
- Busy, but so great to be at the beach
- Next trip is to the Aviara
