My family just go back from a spring break trip visiting one of our favorite places! Our family just loves springtime in Arizona. We are big Royals fans, and the mix of sun, baseball, and family time always hits the spot this time of year! We have been to the Phoenix/Scottsdale area a bunch of […]

A Spring Break Trip to Arizona

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My family just go back from a spring break trip visiting one of our favorite places! Our family just loves springtime in Arizona. We are big Royals fans, and the mix of sun, baseball, and family time always hits the spot this time of year! We have been to the Phoenix/Scottsdale area a bunch of […]

A Spring Break Trip to Arizona

I have a smaller immediate family, but that for sure isn’t the case for a lot of people. We often get asked about tips when traveling with families of 5 or more. Obviously, I don’t have a ton of experience in this area, but we have heard many tricks from others that do it, so […]

Can you travel on points with a large family?  Yes, yes you can!

If you want to use points and miles long term, opening business cards is an essential part of your strategy. There are so many business cards out there and they often have great signup bonuses they are a great way to space out your personal cards and have a long-term travel card strategy. But there […]

Our Favorite Business Cards

At KC Savvy Travelers, we talk a lot about cards from a specific bank. But, once you get a little further into points and miles, it is good to start diversifying the points and miles that you earn! There are two cards from Capital One that we often talk about as our “next step” cards. […]

Our Favorite “Useful” Travel Cards

Earning Extra Points: Many people with travel credit cards are earning points, but at a slow pace. Being strategic about using specific cards can really up your points earning potential! You will see people that travel with points saying that they earned 3X or 5X points. This basically means, instead of just earning 1 point […]

How to Maximize Your Points Earning Potential!

People are always looking for ways to save for Disney! Now that we have done both Disney World and Disney Land with points and miles, I can share with you some ways to save and use those points! How We Saved On Flights To Disney Flights might be the most straight-forward way of saving on […]

How We Saved Thousands At Disney Using Points and Miles

Shopping Portals One of the easiest ways to earn extra points is through shopping portals. A shopping portal is simply a website you click through before shopping at the same stores you already plan to use. Many of these can be utilized using any credit card, you just have to sign up for an account.  […]

Earning Extra Points for Holiday Shopping!

We know that earning points to travel is one of the best benefits of holding our favorite starter card.  But, did you know that there are so many more benefits to holding this card? Travel and Rental Car Insurance Travel rewards credit cards help cover insurance on your travel.  You will definitely want to read […]

Our Favorite Starter Card Benefits: Beyond Points

We talk a lot about saving money on flights and hotels, but what about car rentals?! See some of our ideas below about how to save money when renting a car on vacation. Idea #1- You can use the bank travel portals to book car rentals. You would do this just like you would if you […]

How to use Points and Save Money on Car Rentals

Those of us here at KC Savvy Travelers are HUGE fans of Chase Bank. We love their easy-to-use travel rewards, the flexibility and variety of transfer partners, the value we get with transferring points, etc. We definitely almost always recommend starting with them, but there is another card that we like to recommend for vacation […]

Using Points for Vacation Rentals, Cruises, and More!

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