by Cherry | Senior Travel Editor, The Miles Academy | Jan 20, 2026 | Travel Guides
At TheMilesAcademy, we keep seeing the same pattern in ultra-luxury residential buildings. A pool, fitness center, and spa used to feel impressive. Now they feel like table stakes. Developers still build them, but they do not win buyers with them. The amenity that...
by Cherry | Senior Travel Editor, The Miles Academy | Jan 20, 2026 | Travel Guides
Hotels love posting neat little check-in and check-out times like they are laws of physics. You show up at the published hour, you expect a key, and you expect a room that is actually ready to use. Most of the time, that is exactly what happens. But if you travel...
by Cherry | Senior Travel Editor, The Miles Academy | Jan 20, 2026 | Travel Guides
Luxury solo travel is not a niche anymore. More people want the freedom of going at their own pace, and they also want the comfort that makes a trip feel effortless. We see this shift everywhere: more curated trips built for one, more properties designing experiences...
by Cherry | Senior Travel Editor, The Miles Academy | Jan 20, 2026 | Maximizing Points and Miles
January is when prices, plans, and promises all collide. Airfares swing, hotel rates jump around, and a lot of people decide they are going to travel this year, then they book one trip and wonder where the budget went. Points and miles fix that problem in a practical...
by Cherry | Senior Travel Editor, The Miles Academy | Jan 20, 2026 | Travel Guides
Jamaica took a direct hit on Oct. 28 when Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a Category 5 storm. Reports from officials described winds up to 185 miles an hour and intense rain that flooded parts of central Jamaica by roughly two feet. If you paused your travel plans...
