Reminder Update: I first blogged about this yesterday. It was a very popular post and I’ve got lots of positive feedback. A lot of people visited the site and joined the newsletter. Make sure you join too for a chance to win 25,000 points.
My travel hacking posts are consistently some of my most popular posts, so I thought I’d start a new website all about travel hacking.
I’m excited to tell you about the launch of my new website: RayTravelsFree.com – learn how to travel for free like me!
In five short years, I’ve accumulated MILLIONS of frequent flyer points & miles. Needless to say, it’s changed my life. I can now travel the world for free or close to it.
I want to show you how to accumulate points & miles to get free flights, hotels, and unforgettable experiences so you can learn how to travel for free too!
See how easy it is by reading Ray Travels Free, subscribe to get weekly updates, and ask me questions – I can’t wait to see where you go!
CONTEST: Sign-up and join Ray Travels Free weekly newsletter and you’ll be automatically entered into a draw to win 25,000 miles – that’s enough points for a round-trip flight to anywhere in North America!
My travel hacking posts are consistently some of my most popular posts, so I thought I’d start a new website all about travel hacking.
I’m excited to tell you about the launch of my new website: RayTravelsFree.com – learn how to travel for free like me!
In five short years, I’ve accumulated MILLIONS of frequent flyer points & miles. Needless to say, it’s changed my life. I can now travel the world for free or close to it.
I want to show you how to accumulate points & miles to get free flights, hotels, and unforgettable experiences so you can learn how to travel for free too!
See how easy it is by reading Ray Travels Free, subscribe to get weekly updates, and ask me questions – I can’t wait to see where you go!
CONTEST: Sign-up and join Ray Travels Free weekly newsletter and you’ll be automatically entered into a draw to win 25,000 miles – that’s enough points for a round-trip flight to anywhere in North America!
Energy Efficiency Alberta (program by Government of Alberta) is a new provincial agency providing programs and services to help Albertans save money and energy.
The Residential NO-CHARGE Energy Savings Program offers direct, no-charge installation of energy efficient products along with qualifying products for FREE in Albertans’ houses, apartments and condos. Whether you own or rent your home, an Energy Efficiency Alberta installer will visit your home and conduct a walk-through to identify potential opportunities for energy-efficient upgrades at no charge. Most homes can be upgraded in about an hour. The program is expected to cost the Alberta Government $21.5 million.
Energy Efficiency Alberta’s trained installers will be in the field starting in April 2017. Sign-up now to be one of the first to have energy efficient product upgrades installed in your home free of charge. When they visit, the trained installers will—at no charge—install energy-savings products that will allow you to save money right away. These products—lightbulbs, faucet aerators, and smart thermostats—will help your home become more energy efficient.
Please share this with family, friends, and neighbours. They will be visiting the entire province over the course of 2017, but the more registrations in your area, the quicker they will visit!
How does it work? Getting your no-charge, energy-efficient products is easy:
You’ll receive a call to schedule your installation, and a second call from the installer the day prior to their visit.
An installer will visit your home, and conduct a walkthrough to identify potential opportunities for energy-efficient upgrades at no charge.
The installer will upgrade your home to energy-efficient products, and show you how to use them. Most installations don’t take longer than an hour.
You’ll save money and conserve energy—immediately. And the products are yours to keep at no charge!
What kinds of products are included?
LED lightbulbs
LED nightlights
Faucet aerators
Low-flow showerheads
Advanced power strips for audio-visual equipment
Smart thermostats
When will the program launch? Installations will begin in early April 2017, but you can sign up now to be among the first people in your area to get energy-efficient products at no charge.
Why is it free? It is free to Albertans who register for the program. It is not free in the sense that this program is funded from the revenues earned from the carbon tax (which we pay through other means). The program is expected to cost $21.5 million.
Join your local Toys R Us store for free family events every Saturday in March 2017 – events include fun Make and Takes, product demos, giveaways and more! No purchase necessary.
IMPORTS DRAGON GIVEAWAY SATURDAY, MARCH 4 FROM 11AM – 1PM FREE giveaways from Imports Dragon! Choose from The Grossery Gang or Shopkins Season 7 mystery foil bags.
MEGA CONSTRUX HALO MAKE AND TAKE SATURDAY, MARCH 11 FROM 11AM – 1PM Build and take home a MEGA Construx HALO ship!
BEYBLADE BURST + PLAY DOH DEMO & CRAFTS SATURDAY, MARCH 18 FROM 11AM – 1PM Test your skills and challenge other participants at our Beyblade battle for the burst event! Kids can receive a Beyblade Burst certificate for participating and parents can enter our contest in-store for a chance to WIN cool Beyblade prize packs!
Also, kids can feel like junior chefs and create all kinds of delightful Play-Doh foods to take home. With Play-Doh Kitchen Creations, the best ingredient of all is imagination! Activity includes Play-Doh Kitchen Creations playsets to demo and an assortment of Play-Doh colours to play and create with.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST EVENT MAKE AND TAKE SATURDAY, MARCH 25 FROM 11AM – 1PM Celebrate a timeless tale at Toys“R”Us. Build and take home a LEGO® Mini Cogsworth and create and take home a Play-Doh Rose!
All events are offered In-store only. While quantities last. Giveaways and make and takes are limit to one per child. Child must be present to participate. Events recommended for children ages 5 years and up. Parental supervision required at all times.
Find Your Store Visit your local Toys“R”Us store to take part in the exciting promotions and activities your kids will love. Events may vary by location so be sure to contact your local store for details. Remember to check back weekly for new offers and events. Find store.
Click here to visit Toys R Us’ website for more details.
There’s absolutely no charge and is available any-time of the day. The freebie is available at all participating McDonald’s restaurants in Canada. There’s a limit of one per customer, per visit. You can also upgrade to a medium for an $0.75 plus tax or a large for $1 plus tax.
Enjoy a small cup of our McCafé Premium Roast Coffee, on us! Each cup is brewed from 100% Arabica beans – widely recognised for its smoother taste and enticing aroma. And best of all it’s free! Not valid with any other McCafé beverage. Extra Value Meal or Value Picks offer. Limit one per customer, per visit. At participating McDonald’s restaurants in Canada.
Click here to visit McDonalds’ website for more details
I’m always learning about travel hacking and wanted to share with you another amazing, even better offer –American Express Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) Credit Card! For a limited time, they’re offering an incredible 20,000 Welcome Bonus Starpoints (normally 10,000)! That’s enough points for up to 5 Free Nights Hotel at a Category 2 property! Each SPG point is worth around 2.7 cents USD so you’re getting tremendous value. I now use this card as my primary go to (daily use) card. I charge whatever I can to it because it gives me twice the value compared to my other credit cards.
Plus, the card has an awesome referral program – get 10,000 bonus Starpoints for each friend/family you refer to this card (earn up to 150,000 bonus points annually)!
To get the 20,000 welcome Starpoints, all you have to do is sign-up for the card and charge $500 in purchases to the card within the first three months of card membership. The card has a $120 annual fee, but even with that, this is the absolute best card to have because of the generous welcome bonus (worth over $500). If you don’t like the card, you can cancel the card at any time without penalty and keep your points.
If you’re new to the Starwood Preferred Guest program, it’s one of the best loyalty programs in the world because it gives you access to nine exciting hotel brands with more than 1,000 hotels and resorts in nearly 100 countries. Because of this, the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card is one of the best travel cards for earning travel rewards!
This is a special limited-time offer so don’t miss out! Sign-up now before the offer ends. The exclusive offer is valid for Canadians only. I did a lot of research before I got this card due to the $120 fee, but I’m so glad I got it! Here’s why:
Welcome Bonus: Earn 20,000 Welcome Bonus Starpoints, after you charge $500 in purchases to your Card in your first three months of card membership. That’s enough for up to 5 free nights.
Referral Bonus: Refer a friend or family, and get 10,000 bonus points for each successful referral! This is the absolute best part of this card, as the SPG card sells itself!
Earnings: You can earn 2 Starpoints for every dollar of eligible purchases charged to the Card at participating SPG and Marriott Rewards hotels. Earn 1 Starpoint for every $1 in all other purchases charged to the Card. You are getting over 2.5 cents return per dollar, higher than almost every other card out there!
Free Travel Insurance: Get $500,000 Travel Accident Insurance, Flight Delay Insurance, Baggage Delay Insurance, Lost or Stolen Baggage Insurance, Hotel/Motel Burglary Insurance and more! Travel with peace of mind!
Free Entertainment Access: Get special Front of Line Advance Access to all the popular concerts that are always sold out. Purchase tickets before everyone else! With this perk, I’ve never had a problem purchasing any concert tickets that I’ve wanted to go to!
Free Shopping Coverage: Buyers Assurance Protection Plan doubles manufacturer’s warranty automatically up to 1 year longer, and Purchase Protection Plan automatically insures your products for physical damage and theft!
The exciting thing is what you can do with your SPG Points:
SPG Moments: Experience once-in-a-lifetime events with SPG Moments (biggest music, sports and cultural events in the world).
No Black Out Dates: Redeem Starpoints for Free Nights with no blackout dates at over 1,200 hotels and resorts in nearly 100 countries. Here’s a list of hotels available.
5th Night Free: Book 4 nights and get the 5th night free if you book Category 3 and above
Transfer to Marriott: With Starwood and Marriott’s partnership, you can instantly transfer to and from Marriott points at 1:3 ratio. Get even more hotel choices!
Transfer to Frequent Flyer Miles: Transfer Starpoints to frequent flyer miles with nearly 30 airlines, usually on a 1:1 basis.
I’ve already saved thousands of dollars thanks to SPG. I started by signing up for the card and then referred my wife – just by doing that, we got 50,000 SPG points for $240 ($120 annual fee X 2 cards). We recently took a trip to New York City and stayed at the Element New York Times Square West for 5 nights. Because the 5th night was free, we only used 48,000 points with no additional fees or taxes! For our dates, the price would have been about $1,850 all in, so we got almost 4 cents per point value! Just by signing up these 2 cards, we managed to save over $1,600 and still have a couple thousand points to spare!
I won a SPG Moments auction and went to the NHL All-Star game!
Because the card sells itself, I’ve been able to easily refer friends and family to also sign-up for the card and accumulate lots of bonus points (10K bonus points for each referral). Earlier this year, I used a bunch of points to bid and win a SPG Moments auction and got to go to the NHL All-Star Game in Nashville! It was truly an once-in-a-lifetime experience and I was only able to go because of SPG.
If you consider all the points, this is a deal you can’t ignore! Worst case, you take the 20,000 Starpoints and cancel the card before the first year.
I’m always learning about travel hacking and wanted to share with you another amazing, even better offer –American Express Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) Credit Card! For a limited time, they’re offering an incredible 20,000 Welcome Bonus Starpoints (normally 10,000)! That’s enough points for up to 5 Free Nights Hotel at a Category 2 property! Each SPG point is worth around 2.7 cents USD so you’re getting tremendous value. I now use this card as my primary go to (daily use) card. I charge whatever I can to it because it gives me twice the value compared to my other credit cards.
Plus, the card has an awesome referral program – get 10,000 bonus Starpoints for each friend/family you refer to this card (earn up to 150,000 bonus points annually)!
To get the 20,000 welcome Starpoints, all you have to do is sign-up for the card and charge $500 in purchases to the card within the first three months of card membership. The card has a $120 annual fee, but even with that, this is the absolute best card to have because of the generous welcome bonus (worth over $500). If you don’t like the card, you can cancel the card at any time without penalty and keep your points.
If you’re new to the Starwood Preferred Guest program, it’s one of the best loyalty programs in the world because it gives you access to nine exciting hotel brands with more than 1,000 hotels and resorts in nearly 100 countries. Because of this, the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card is one of the best travel cards for earning travel rewards!
This is a special limited-time offer so don’t miss out! Sign-up now before the offer ends. The exclusive offer is valid for Canadians only. I did a lot of research before I got this card due to the $120 fee, but I’m so glad I got it! Here’s why:
Welcome Bonus: Earn 20,000 Welcome Bonus Starpoints, after you charge $500 in purchases to your Card in your first three months of card membership. That’s enough for up to 5 free nights.
Referral Bonus: Refer a friend or family, and get 10,000 bonus points for each successful referral! This is the absolute best part of this card, as the SPG card sells itself!
Earnings: You can earn 2 Starpoints for every dollar of eligible purchases charged to the Card at participating SPG and Marriott Rewards hotels. Earn 1 Starpoint for every $1 in all other purchases charged to the Card. You are getting over 2.5 cents return per dollar, higher than almost every other card out there!
Free Travel Insurance: Get $500,000 Travel Accident Insurance, Flight Delay Insurance, Baggage Delay Insurance, Lost or Stolen Baggage Insurance, Hotel/Motel Burglary Insurance and more! Travel with peace of mind!
Free Entertainment Access: Get special Front of Line Advance Access to all the popular concerts that are always sold out. Purchase tickets before everyone else! With this perk, I’ve never had a problem purchasing any concert tickets that I’ve wanted to go to!
Free Shopping Coverage: Buyers Assurance Protection Plan doubles manufacturer’s warranty automatically up to 1 year longer, and Purchase Protection Plan automatically insures your products for physical damage and theft!
The exciting thing is what you can do with your SPG Points:
SPG Moments: Experience once-in-a-lifetime events with SPG Moments (biggest music, sports and cultural events in the world).
No Black Out Dates: Redeem Starpoints for Free Nights with no blackout dates at over 1,200 hotels and resorts in nearly 100 countries. Here’s a list of hotels available.
5th Night Free: Book 4 nights and get the 5th night free if you book Category 3 and above
Transfer to Marriott: With Starwood and Marriott’s partnership, you can instantly transfer to and from Marriott points at 1:3 ratio. Get even more hotel choices!
Transfer to Frequent Flyer Miles: Transfer Starpoints to frequent flyer miles with nearly 30 airlines, usually on a 1:1 basis.
I’ve already saved thousands of dollars thanks to SPG. I started by signing up for the card and then referred my wife – just by doing that, we got 50,000 SPG points for $240 ($120 annual fee X 2 cards). We recently took a trip to New York City and stayed at the Element New York Times Square West for 5 nights. Because the 5th night was free, we only used 48,000 points with no additional fees or taxes! For our dates, the price would have been about $1,850 all in, so we got almost 4 cents per point value! Just by signing up these 2 cards, we managed to save over $1,600 and still have a couple thousand points to spare!
I won a SPG Moments auction and went to the NHL All-Star game!
Because the card sells itself, I’ve been able to easily refer friends and family to also sign-up for the card and accumulate lots of bonus points (10K bonus points for each referral). Earlier this year, I used a bunch of points to bid and win a SPG Moments auction and got to go to the NHL All-Star Game in Nashville! It was truly an once-in-a-lifetime experience and I was only able to go because of SPG.
If you consider all the points, this is a deal you can’t ignore! Worst case, you take the 20,000 Starpoints and cancel the card before the first year.
If you haven’t started Travel Hacking yet, make this the year to start! You’ll be glad you did! It’ll change the way you travel forever. Travel Hacking is the art of collecting miles and points to get free flights, hotels, and more.
I’ve been blogging deals for a long time and this one of the best freebies and travel offers that I’ve ever seen! This is only the second travel rewards card that enticed me to sign-up and share with my friends and family.
For a limited time, sign-up for the American Express Gold Rewards Cardand get a phenomenal 25,000 FREE Welcome Bonus Rewards Points! That’s enough points for a round-trip flight to almost anywhere in North America!
American Express is also waiving the annual fee the first year ($150 value) which means there’s zero cost to you, making this an unbelievable freebie! All you have to do is charge $1,500 in purchases to your card within the first three months of card membership to get the 25,000 welcome bonus membership points. If you don’t like the card, you can cancel the card at any time without penalty and keep your points.
This is a special limited-time offer so don’t miss out! Sign-up now before the offer ends. The exclusive offer is valid for Canadians only.
AMEX Membership Rewards points are very flexible and can be transferred one-to-one to Aeroplan or a bunch of other loyalty programs. Here’s a full list of all the Loyalty Programs that you can transfer your points to.
Aeroplan Flight Reward Chart
I took some convincing before I signed-up for the card and I’m incredibly glad that I did. Here’s why this Card is awesome:
Get 25,000 free Welcome Membership Rewards Points! That’s enough points for a round-trip flight to almost anywhere in North America (up to $550 value)! Or save up more points and travel to other destinations for free! See where else you can fly with Flight Reward Chart.
The first year is absolutely free ($150 value), so if you decide the card is not for you, just cancel it and get keep the 25,000 free bonus points! You can cancel the card at any time without penalty and keep all your points.
Earn one point for every $1 in card purchases, and earn double points on eligible travel and everyday purchases (Ie. gas, grocery, drugstores, and all travel purchase).
Transfer your points to frequent flyer programs, or one-to-one to Aeroplan and Avios.
If you consider all the points, this is a deal you can’t ignore! Worst case, you take the 25,000 free points and cancel the card before the first year.
If you haven’t started Travel Hacking yet, make this the year to start! You’ll be glad you did! It’ll change the way you travel forever. Travel Hacking is the art of collecting miles and points to get free flights, hotels, and more.
I’ve been blogging deals for a long time and this one of the best freebies and travel offers that I’ve ever seen! This is only the second travel rewards card that enticed me to sign-up and share with my friends and family.
For a limited time, sign-up for the American Express Gold Rewards Cardand get a phenomenal 25,000 FREE Welcome Bonus Rewards Points! That’s enough points for a round-trip flight to almost anywhere in North America!
American Express is also waiving the annual fee the first year ($150 value) which means there’s zero cost to you, making this an unbelievable freebie! All you have to do is charge $1,500 in purchases to your card within the first three months of card membership to get the 25,000 welcome bonus membership points. If you don’t like the card, you can cancel the card at any time without penalty and keep your points.
This is a special limited-time offer so don’t miss out! Sign-up now before the offer ends. The exclusive offer is valid for Canadians only.
AMEX Membership Rewards points are very flexible and can be transferred one-to-one to Aeroplan or a bunch of other loyalty programs. Here’s a full list of all the Loyalty Programs that you can transfer your points to.
Aeroplan Flight Reward Chart
I took some convincing before I signed-up for the card and I’m incredibly glad that I did. Here’s why this Card is awesome:
Get 25,000 free Welcome Membership Rewards Points! That’s enough points for a round-trip flight to almost anywhere in North America (up to $550 value)! Or save up more points and travel to other destinations for free! See where else you can fly with Flight Reward Chart.
The first year is absolutely free ($150 value), so if you decide the card is not for you, just cancel it and get keep the 25,000 free bonus points! You can cancel the card at any time without penalty and keep all your points.
Earn one point for every $1 in card purchases, and earn double points on eligible travel and everyday purchases (Ie. gas, grocery, drugstores, and all travel purchase).
Transfer your points to frequent flyer programs, or one-to-one to Aeroplan and Avios.
If you consider all the points, this is a deal you can’t ignore! Worst case, you take the 25,000 free points and cancel the card before the first year.
I did a lot of research before I got this card due to the $120 fee, but I’m so glad I got it! Here’s why:
