Travel in my Destiny

I used to have this awesome health insurance. I mean, we're talking phenomenal. When I was hired at my former employers', it was billed to me as "incentive-based", which I thought sounded like a crock of, y'know, marketing-speak.

It turns out this crockpot worked for me in a big way. What made it different was basically that you got rewards points for proving that you were healthy -- taking a fitness test every 6 months (and your results on said test), participating in some kind of physical activity event, etc.; these were all ways of amassing points that you could then redeem for all kinds of stuff.

Over the three years that I had this insurance (Guardian Life-Destiny, by the way; I'm all for plugging it so more people adopt it!), I chose to redeem my points mainly for (a) the digital point-n-shoot that was responsible for the photos and video on this blog, (b) the Slingbox, and (c) certificates for free hotel stays. The latter were really tempting to me as I like to travel to big cities, where hotels can be darn expensive, and have of late been going to lots of out-of-town weddings. And they were valid for roughly 14-16 months, so what was the risk, right?

Well, I didn't end up using any while I was in Asia, wanting to save them for places where hotels were more expensive. But now I'm back in the States, wedding season is a few months away, and I have some hotel nights to use up... two this month, in fact. Eeps! Where to go? I'm feeling somewhere warm and sunny, preferably with a beach, but it also has to be close enough for a two-night trip... Ah well, I can't complain; it's as good an excuse to get out of the office as any, right?  Wish me luck, and a couple days off work!