Planning A Family Vacation: Travel Thursdays with Ebates
As a travel writer, I am always thinking about my next adventure. Recently, my husband and I were brainstorming trips and travel destinations that we would one day like to experience with our kids. One idea that kept resurfacing was ‘Watching the Northern Lights,’ so I decided to explore this option a little further. According to good ol’ Google, the best places to check out the Northern Lights are Alaska, Northern Canada, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Northern Scotland. Out of all of those ‘Northern Lights’ destinations, the one spot that aligned with our overall ‘must-visit places’ was Iceland; I decided to focus my research there. Planning A Family Vacation: Travel Thursdays with Ebates
When it comes to booking travel, it is important to make our trips high impact while remaining cost effective. It is so easy for the cost of flights, luggage, hotels, rental cars to add up, so we are always looking for ways to save money and where possible, get some cash back. Planning A Family Vacation: Travel Thursdays with Ebates
While I knew Ebates was a great way to get cash back on my day-to-day purchases, I only just discovered that I could use Ebates on travel purchases such as airline tickets, rental cars, hotels, luggage and more. I wish had known before! So many international airlines, hotel chains and booking companies that I already use are on the Ebates site; I had no idea. Planning A Family Vacation: Travel Thursdays with Ebates
Back in February 2018, Ebates launched Travel Thursdays, a 24 hour promotion (on Thursdays…obviously) that gives members up to 10% cash back on hotel bookings, airfare, rental, cruises and activities. At 10% cash back, members can receive an average of $40 cash back for a three-night stay or $70 for a five-night stay. Yes- you read that right.
Additionally, each Travel Thursday will have a specific theme that offers special pricing and deals on certain destinations. From cities nearby to the Greatest Wonders of the World, every Thursday highlights further travel deals on a destination.
Ebates Cash Back Visa® Credit Card holders will automatically receive additional 3 percent cash back when booking travel throughEbates Hotels, increasing the total amount saved to 13%. Working with travel companies from Expedia.ca to Intrepid to Travelocity, you can use coupons and additional deals on the site for even more money back.
So what does that look like for a family of four (one of the four who actually isn’t even born yet) traveling to Iceland? Based on my research, we need about a week to see the Northern Lights and some of the other major sights in Iceland, with the best time to go between April and August. I looked up flights (with 10% cash back), hotels (with up to 20% off) and my hand hovered anxiously over the ‘Book Now’ button. I searched for some of the hottest deals and coupons for visiting Iceland on Ebates right now and here is what I got: 195 options for real discounts and cash back.
There were so many options when it came to taking my family to Iceland, I didn’t know where to start! Every click took me to a different travel opportunity, more activities that I hadn’t considered and more ways to make it happen financially. The more time I perused the site, the more excited I was! I was inspired to look into other trips around the world.
Other than the Northern Lights in Iceland, we are dreaming about taking our family on safari in Africa, visiting the bright lights of Tokyo and surfing in Costa Rica…to name a few. I want my boys to experience the world. I want them to see great sites, meet many types of people, taste lots of different cuisines and make memories that help shape them into conscientious global citizens. Over-arching idealistic goals aside, I want them to have a good time.
Now, with Ebates and Travel Thursdays, we can accomplish all of this and still save a few bucks on the way.