Trip Reports Directory

Here is the Trip Report Index of all the Hotels, Flights, Airline Lounges, Travel Guides, & Golf Course Reviews combined into a complete, beautiful itinerary per each trip taken via TPOL’s career.

2026

  • January
    • Curacao
  • February
    •  Carnival
      • Port of Spain, Trinidad

2025

  • May
    • Central America
      • Roatan, Honduras
      • Belize
      • Guatemala
      • El Salvador
      • Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
  • June
    • Side Trip
      • Medellin
  • July
    • Residency
      • Lisbon, Portugal
      • Athens, Greece
      • Manchester City, England
      • South of France
      • Madrid, Spain
  • October
    • Toronto
    • Philadelphia
    • Amelia Island, Florida
  • November
    • Residency
      • Buenos Aires, Argentina

2024

  • TPOL in NYC
  • April
    • Vegas
  • NYC
  • May
    • Birthday 2024
      • Medellin, Colombia
      • Fort Lauderdale, Florida
      • Anguilla
  • June
    • Punta Cana, Domican Republic
  • July
    • St. Lucia Carnival
      • St Lucia.
    • Olympics
      • Barcelona, Spain
      • Malaga, Spain
      • Marbella, Spain
      • Gibraltar
      • Granada, Spain
      • Paris, France
      • Dakar, Senegal
      • Moldova
      • Yerevan, Armenia
      • Istanbul, Turkey
      • Muscat, Oman
  • September
    •  NBC
      • Long Island, NY
      • NY, NY
    • San Diego, CA
    • Denver, Colorado
  • NY, NY
  • December
    • Detroit, MI

2023

2022

  • May
    • Iraq Homecoming (May)
      • Tallinn, Estonia
      • Vilnius, Lithuania
      • Kaunas, Lithuania
      • Baghadad Iraq
      • Mosul, Iraq
      • Telkaif, Iraq
      • Karbalah, Iraq
      • Nasiriyah, Iraq
      • Basra, Iraq
      • Istanbul, Turkey
      • Hammamet, Tunisia
      • Tunis, Tunisia,
      • Tbilisi, Georgia
      • Telavi, Georgia
  • June
    • Rum Rum 
      • Jamaica, NY
      • Antigua
      • St. Kitts
      • Nevis
  • August
    • Reunion Tour 
      • Scottsdale, Arizona
      • Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
      • Singapore
      • Bangkok, Thailand
      • Koh Phangan, Thailand
      • Baku, Azerbaijan
      • Tashkent, Uzbekistan
      • Sumerland, Uzbekistan
      • Tajikistan
      • Almaty, Kazakhstan
      • Doha, Qatar
  • December

2021

2020

The Lost & Found Year(s): Covid Trip Report

2019

2018

2017

TPOL in the Desert (December 9th)

Ohio State v. Michigan (November)

South America & Africa Points Heist (September)

Jerry World (August)

Round the Atlantic Tour (April)

Final Four San Antonio (April)

Detour in Mexico (March)

2016

The Year of the Monkey (December)

Michigan v. Ohio State (November)

Quest Around The Globe (August)

Whose Land? Iceland (June)

Tahiti Triumph (May)

2015

The Citrus Bowl (December)

TPOL in NYC (December 9th)

The Athens Marathon: The Original Course (November)

Southwest Companion Pass III (August)

Southwest Companion Pass II (April)

New York, New York, New York (March)

2014

So Long Mongolia, Hello SE Asia (December)

The Visa Run Through Asia (October)

Miserable Mongolia (August 1st)

Into the Cold, The Move to Mongolia (July)

A Trip to the Far East in Style (June)

30 Minutes to Costa Rica (May)

2013

The $77,000 Trip Heard Round the World (December)

Southwest Companion Pass I (August-November)

Steak And Malbec: Argentina in Style (August)

Final Four 4 Free (April)

RTW Dividends From the Geographically Challenged (March)

Beer & BBQ (February)

  • Nashville, Tennessee

2012

Losing My Points Virginity (December)

Alaska Marathon (August)

Never Too Old for Spring Break (March) 

2011

The Sugar Bowl: Celebrating Brady Hoke (December)

“You’re Fired!” Guess I’ll Go To Eastern Europe (June)

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Vienna, Austria
  • Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Bucharest, Romania
  • Sunny Beach, Bulgaria
  • Belgrade, Serbia
  • Budva, Montenegro
  • Kotor, Montenegro
  • Mostar, Bosnia
  • Split, Croatia
  • Hvar, Croatia
  • Ibiza, Spain
  • Barcelona, Spain

2010

Don’t Leave Cartagena for Panama (December)

Broke Expat in Shanghai (May-September)

Touring the Culinary Scene in Asia (January)

2009

MBA in Travel & Tourism Part II (August 2009-January 2010)

The MBA in Travel & Tourism Part I (Dec 2008-May 2009)

2008

Rio Carnaval (February)

1998-2007

The New Year’s Roll Call