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Anthony’s Philippines: “It was an Adventure” Jake Redman
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Anthony’s Amazing Singapore: “Toe Dipping” Point of SE Asia Jake Redman
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Anthony’s Ireland: Hellman’s Makes Ketchup Too Jake Redman
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Dallas, Disney and Deals. Our 100th Episode. Jake Redman
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AirBnB Cancels Some Cancelling & Jake Thinks Charlotte is a Beach Town Jake Redman
Is a hotel suite worth it for the occasional traveler? If you’ve been wondering, you already know the email by now. It usually lands a few days before arrival and acts like it’s doing you a favor. There’s a slider, a suggested number, and a little nudge to “enhance” your stay. I’m over it. For the occasional traveler, hotel upgrade bidding creates this weird low-grade anxiety that didn’t need to exist. You start doing math on whether $37 is savvy or just cheap enough to get ignored. And then you wonder if $62 means you got played. The whole thing […]
Get. That is the short answer on the Chase Sapphire Reserve 150K offer if you can hit the $6,000 spend and actually use the credits without inventing fake vacations to justify them. As of May 18, 2026, the headline math is still hard to ignore. At a rough 2 cents per point, 150,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points can be worth about $3,000 toward high-value travel redemptions. Add in the $300 travel credit, the two The Edit credits worth up to $250 each, and the one-time $250 Select Hotels credit for 2026, and the first-year setup can put you about $255 […]
For decades, Dominica has held a very specific, almost gatekept status in the Caribbean. It was the “Nature Island”, the place you went if you wanted to disappear into a Jurassic Park-style landscape of 365 rivers, volcanic peaks, and zero sprawling all-inclusive resorts. Dominica direct flights barely existed. Zero sprawling all-inclusive resorts. But there was always a catch. Getting there usually involved a high-stakes game of island-hopping, tiny prop planes, and enough transit friction to make even a seasoned traveler reconsider their life choices. Jake Redman, our CEO here at modhop, has checked into over 30 airports in the last […]
