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Review of Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa

Our stay at Lost Pines was in early June of 2023. Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Spa and Resort is a sprawling resort just outside Austin, Texas. Our stay was booked on points and our room was a standard room. The resort is beautiful and well maintained.


Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando Review 2021 and Staying Off Site for WDW

Overall, I would definitely recommend this hotel for a visit to WDW. Disadvantages would be ride share park pickup and drop-off lines if arriving at park opening and closing, and if you have to worry about car seats and strollers for young kids as opposed to staying on-site and using Disney transportation. Another would be that the pool is geared for older kids. Another disadvantage is that Disney resorts guests have extra hours available at the parks starting October 1, 2021. Advantages are that the resort has so much to do and has a fabulous pool for older kids, and ride share to the parks didn’t take any longer than taking Disney transportation to the parks as far as the duration of the ride itself. Lastly, the price was great using points for our stay and definitely worth the use of your points.


Hyatt Centric Key West Resort and Spa review

Final thoughts on this resort are that you really can’t go wrong with your stay here using Hyatt points. If you were paying cash, it might get expensive with your room rate plus resort and parking fees. Key West is not really a budget stay without using points


Key Largo Resorts: Playa Largo or Baker’s Cay

On our recent trip though the Florida Keys, we stayed one night each at Playa Largo Resort and Baker’s Cay Resort. I booked both nights through the Chase Travel portal using Ultimate Rewards points to pay for our booking. When researching for this trip, it seemed to me that both resorts were kind of competing for the same type of travelers and thought it would be interesting to stay at each to compare them.


First Vacation Using Points

I am pretty excited about going on our first family vacation in over a year! Like everyone else, I have had several plans cancelled over the last several months. In early February we had a family vacation scheduled to go Read more…