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A suitcase that follows you?

Nov 30 2016

Technology is great, but sometimes you have to stop and scratch your head and wonder how is this possible and is this something we really want. Consider the COWAROBOT R1. This company says they have developed a suitcase that follows behind you. The Cowarobot has a GPS finder if you get to far from your luggage as well as a power bank with USB charging ports. Oh and I almost forgot, it is also a suitcase for your clothes.

The raised over 500K to get this going and are saying deliveries this month. When I first heard about this product I wasn’t sure it would ever make it to market but it looks like I was wrong. However, we haven’t seen them yet, but it sounds like we will soon. So get ready as you are passing through the airports this holiday season for that suitcase following behind someone.

You can read a lot more about the features here. cowarobot

What do you think, are we ready for suitcases that follow us?

Time to Start Planning Summer Travel

Nov 29 2016

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. As we are in the thick of the holiday season I wanted to mention that now is a great time to get the family together to start thinking about summer travel. I know most areas of the country haven’t even had a winter yet, but the summer will be here before you know it.

It might be that anniversary trip to Paris or finally taking the kids to Disney but one of the great things about travel is the planning. The entire family can take part. I remember one year we made it a game where each of us had to pick one place we wanted to visit and prepare a presentation on where it was and try to convince the others to support your idea. It was a while ago and I recall there might have been some collusion but it made the process fun and then we all got involved with planning. When I was a child we had a piggy-bank we used for our travel and we would all put change in it and then when we got ready for a trip we would use the money so we all felt like we contributed. Unfortunately nobody carries change anymore, but maybe we could Venmo or PayPal some imaginary change.

Another benefit of planning ahead is you can decide where you might need some extra points for a flight or hotel stay. Several credit card promotions have great sign up bonuses including the Chase Sapphire Reserve card which is currently offering a 100,000 sign up bonus after spending $4,000 in 3 months Chase Sapphire Reserve It is starting to look like Summer 2017 might be a reasonably priced time to travel. Many airlines are having round trip international fare sales in the $400 range currently and with low oil prices and a strong dollar that trend should continue. Some experts are even predicting the US Dollar will become equal in value to the Euro in 2017.

So, where would you like to travel in 2017?

Welcome to Meaning Of Points.

Nov 25 2016

Join me on a journey to discover great ways to earn, use, and most importantly enjoy the points you have accumulated. I will cover many areas of travel including ways to earn hotel and airline points. I will review properties and places all over the world and right here in our own backyard. Where I hope to be different from other sites is I want to focus on how to use your points for memorable trips. The points you have earned should not dictate your travel, they should enhance it.

Life is about experiences and not about “things”. Things come and go and usually lose value as time passes, but experiences are with you a Lifetime and usually become more valuable as time passes. I hope this journey will help all of us find better and more affordable ways to have those great life experiences. It has been said that life isn’t about how many breaths you take but how many moments take your breath away. Let us begin this journey to find those moments. It is our goal that this site will help you find ways to earn more points, to travel to great places, and create a lifetime of memories. I have a lot of ideas for future post and I hope you come along for the journey.

Safe travels.

Howard

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