Inside Haya Sofia, Istanbul, from my trip June 2012Definitely one of “those” travel moments for me   I am in San Diego for a conference. Schedule will be very hectic all day Thursday and Friday and I am traveling on Saturday. I will likely have a guest blog post on Friday, skip Saturday and perhaps […]

Priekestolen, Norway as seen in MatadorNetwork (see below) By the time you read this I am on a Delta flight to San Diego via Salt Lake City. One of the last flights as a Delta Platinum and the upgrade has not cleared! I think Delta may have been reading my blog? I am at a […]

Battle of the Oranges, Ivrea, Italy as seen at Gadling There were a lot of blogs posts thrown at me today, it was hard keeping up! I thought it may be my longest post ever but, as it turned out, it may be the shortest as so much of what I reviewed did not pass […]

TBB kids at the Great Wall of China in 2009…being stupid just like Dad! It was a very busy weekend in the blogosphere! Lots of material to share with you so let’s get started! BEST OF MILES/POINTS Head for Points has a  post on several recent deals that are…updated! The forever running Hilton MVP method […]

WINNER OF THE $50 MARRIOTT GIFT CARD The contest winner was Jeff @JeffTheWanderer  My daughter was going to help me pick the winner but she had better things to do. Therefore, I conducted the operation of picking the winner by very high tech methods…consisting of a pen, paper and the random.org website!Here was the pen […]

So much filler stuff on Friday, not much of substance worthy of passing the incredibly tough TBB screens to be featured here. No daily buzz tomorrow! I may have the $50 Marriott gift card winner and I may have something else, a very long comment on best blogging monetizing practices. Obviously I am NOT the […]

Faces of Mongolia. Seen at Just Travelous Some housekeeping: I added three buttons at the right side of the blog: 1) To subscribe in your RSS feed 2) To search in the blog and 3) An “About me” with a link to the TBB Google+ Profile. Next up? Affiliate Links (ok, that was a joke, […]

Band playing in Madrid, 2011 I hope you like what you read here, it is a labor of love! If not, please email me with any suggestions. Constructive insults always welcome too! The only thing I ask is for you to pass the link to my blog to anyone you think may enjoy reading it! […]

Hotel Kaklasutten, Saariseka, Finland Let’s get on with it, fasten your seat belts, let’s go for a ride! MVP POST OF THE DAY Okay, this is really weird! Matador Network features pics of “20 of the World’s Strangest Hotel Rooms“. All bloggers I feature here listen up! We are all getting a bit tired of your […]

Santorini island, Greece A whole lot of stuff but not that much worthy of featuring here based on the thorough TBB stress tests conducted 24/7! BEST OF The never ending Le Club Accorhotels Platinum link is still live at Loyalty Lobby. You can match to Club Carlson Gold or Priority Club Platinum. Read carefully how. […]