Tess Vigeland
speaker
155 appearances
8 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 13 Apr
Tess Vigeland’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It is. Just you. You don't have to worry about when somebody else wants to get up or go to dinner or anything like that.
And I'm Tess Vigeland, in for Megan Coyle for this first part of the show.
Yeah, crowded airports, long TSA lines, all that ahead.
I did. I went to Central Oregon, the lovely high desert town of Bend. It was beautiful. And I went to a Sting concert, the first one I've been to in about 30 years. And was it solo? It was not. It was with family and friends. So this is not a solo trip for me. How about you, Sally?
Exactly, exactly.
Oh, dear. Did any of them make you lose your lunch?
Yeah. Mac and cheese cone? Yes. Sally, I'm on the next flight, and I would like an extra large bullhorn-sized cone, please.
Well, we'll be getting a lot more details about your, shall we say, epic week?
So we established earlier that I am not a tour person. I am also not a line person. Basically, I have no patience. I've been working on that kind of my whole life. But Sally, I'm also guessing the park is not cheap.
Yeah, still worth it for that alone. And it's not just Epic that's expensive. In fact, NerdWallet just ran a survey about theme parks, and it found that of the 44% of Americans who plan to take a theme park trip, the average total spend is just over $1,400. Now, that does include tickets, transportation, lodging, food, souvenirs, but still, wow.
Yeah, certainly not. Well, moving over to Europe, I just got back from there, in fact, Hyatt opened its first ever hotel in Croatia. Wow.
You know, it's been on my list for a really long time. And I would imagine it could more easily become a favorite for a lot of other travelers. Hyatt says this is part of a bigger push to expand throughout the Balkans with plans to grow the Hyatt Regency brand there by 70% by 2027.
This was the workaround people were using to effectively transfer Amex points to Alaska Airlines, right?
So once that closes, the only major transferable point currency that partners directly with Alaska will be built rewards, right?
We've got some bad news there. Megan is living her best life in Italy now, and I know she's going to be sad to hear this as Smart Travel's resident built fan.
Built is
That's a pretty significant devaluation, and the current deal hasn't been live that long. Just two months ago, they announced you'd earn one point per dollar on rent with third-party cards from Visa, MasterCard, and Discover, so those earnings are getting cut in half. I know, it hurts.
Ah, yes, the back door, or the front door, I suppose, would be the case. That's it, that's it. All right, well, that's it for this week's travel news, so let's get into your and Megan's conversation about how to save your sanity and your budget when planning your next trip.
Wait, I thought you and Megan were going to do an episode of Disney.
Imagine if it was only $245 for an annual pass today.
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