I cannot remember the last time I was home for the entire weekend without leaving in a few days for a longer trip. It must have been sometime in May or early June. We have been doing a lot a traveling and when we are in the area we have been at the New Jersey shore almost every weekend.

This year has been a great year for traveling and we have many more trips planned before the year is over. If everything works out as planned, my husband will have flown with me for free as my companion on Southwest on 17 flights this year. Of those flights 9 of mine were free too from our old Southwest credits. In addition our flights to Buenos Aires, South Beach, Maui, Amsterdam and my trip to Chicago only cost us taxes and fees. We saved on hotels by booking in advance only with cancelable rates using hotel offers, low rates, prepaid certificates, free nights, hotel points, and cash and points for our stays.

Here is my monthly vacation calendar for 2011.
January-Utah Ski Trip – Park City and the Cottonwoods Canyon
February-Home for a very cold and snowy month
March-Clearwater for the Phillies Spring Training & Atlantic City Restaurant week
April–San Diego for baseball and a birthday celebration and Amsterdam for tulip season
May-New York City
June-Long weekends at the New Jersey shore
July-Portland, Oregon and Lake Tahoe
August-Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and National Harbor, Maryland
September-Boston, Portland, Maine, Albuquerque and Santa Fe
October-Maui, New York City and a frequent flyer conference in Chicago
November-South Beach and Buenos Aires
December-Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, Florida with my parents