AARP Rewards Travel Contest 2022 - 5/9-5/27/22

Traveling east from Nevada visiting family along the way and in Florida.

In June, I am headed to Denver to celebrate my sister's 70th Birthday with her & my other siblings.  I am flying to Denver, & plan to buy an Uber gift card on AARP with my Member Benefits, & will use that for a ride from the airport to my hotel.

I am looking forward to visiting my mother this summer. I have no concrete plans so far but I hope the trip can be in the next few months. My mother is 94 years old and I feel horrible that I haven't seen her since Thanksgiving last year. Due to covid, I have severely restricted my travel and in person socialization with friends and family. My eyesight is also failing and I no longer feel confident driving, so my daughter has to be my chauffeur. I plan to use the gift cards I have either purchased or redeemed for points for meals and shopping.

my wife and I have been waiting to get back to washington d.c. and are hoping aarp can help us out with hotel accomodations. air fare assistance seems hopeless

We want to travel to Italy to the Puglia region to meet up with Alba, the owner of an olive grove and olive oil manufacturer whom we have become friends with on line. She presses the best olive oil we've ever had. Food is a huge part of our life,  especially Italian food. 

Later this month we are driving (not yet ready to get on a plane) to the Boothbay Harbor area in Maine just to get away for a few days and listen to the waves along the coast. We are using AARP help plan the trip and seek available discounts..

I am planning to travel to The Bay Area in California this August to visit my high school sweetheart who I got back in touch with online nearly a year ago today!!! He is now my fiance (though I'm still waiting for my ring!!)!! I cannot wait to see him, it's been 37 years since we have seen each other!!! I plan to use AARP Travel discounts along the way and once there!!!

I have been single far too many years and now I have someone to grow old with while sitting in our rocking chairs on his front porch!!!

I currently take care of my father, who has dementia, fulltime. I've done this for the past 8 years and I plan to do this until either he enters a home or his demise, which ever comes first. After that occurs, I will move for good to spend the rest of my life to San Jose, CA (where I was originally raised)

It's a very difficult situation to be in. While I truly love taking care of my father and learning so much about him, I miss my fiance very much and also cannot wait to begin the rest of my life with him!!!

My fiance is a very kind, patient and loving man! He is nearly perfect and I cannot wait to visit him in August!!

Thank you for taking the time to read my "reply" and for considering me for one of your gifts!!! I truly truly appreciate this!!!

Sincerely,

Gretchen Quinones-Vieweg

I travel extensively through my timeshare. For covid safety, I drive instead of fly and visit “countryside “ instead of city. I look for AARP discounts on medicine and travel. 

During covid shut down, my husband and I drive the Lake Michigan shoreline and stopped at every park from South Haven to Ludington.  We are ready to join the general population so we are taking another road trip to the UP but we are actually staying at a casino using our AARP discount on the room.  Thanks AARP!

We plan to visit our friends in the Fingerlakes area over the Independence Day weekend.  We use AARP Rewards for our hotel reserveration.