Nice Hotel For 50 Bucks

In all the years I’ve been dong this, I don’t think I’ve mentioned Hotwire once. There are just never any deals there worth mentioning. But a few of my grouchiest readers (who typically don’t like anything) reached out with positive words about this one. A 4 or 5-star hotel in NYC, Miami, San Francisco, Chicago, LA, Austin, DC, or Orlando for $49 is definitely worth a post. This is for travel through July 8th. You won’t know the name of the hotel ahead of time, but readers have been happy with the results of this gamble (so far).

Easy Wyndham Points

Get 1,500 LaQuinta/Wyndham points for linking a Visa card, using the card, and replying to a text message. It doesn’t get much easier than that. In fact, this is the current list of easiest things to do in the world:

  1. Take candy from a baby.
  2. Be better with money than Johnny Depp.
  3. Find a dishonest blog.
  4. Go on a bad date with Bill Cosby.
  5. Get 1,500 points from this promo.

Passport Photos

Thanks to reader John for sharing this one. It will most likely be the smallest deal of the month, but I admire the creativity and frugality. Can’t say I’d ever heard of this method before.  Getting eight passport photos for 9 cents is pretty impressive (as ultra small-scale deals go).

Lyft

Many of you have been deeply touched by cancer in your lives.

Sadly, so have I.

Lyft is now offering free rides to patients (to and from treatments) in 10 cities including LA, Philadelphia, Houston, Miami, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Denver, St. Louis, and Atlanta.

I have nothing sarcastic to say here. I really just think this is awesome and want to leave it at that. Have a great weekend, nerds!

 

IHG And Hertz Promos

You can register for the IHG summer promo here. Or you can get a deal on points + cash stays. And, if neither sounds good, don’t forget the transfer bonus to United is still available.

On a more impressive note…

A few of you have asked me about increased Hertz bonus emails. Those were already good, but if they contacted you and offered 1,100 points for a non-airport rental…that’s one of the best promos you’ll ever see from a rental car company. Strongly consider taking advantage of it.