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Heading to Koh Lanta at the end of November and stuck between these two hotels. We can get a villa with a private pool at either one.

We’re a couple with no kids, we like nature and less crowded areas, we love great service, which was steering us towards Rawi Warin but we really hate the towel game that typically comes with big resorts. Avani+ looks very nice but the rooms/grounds are more modern and we’re worried about it being too busy given its location. We do plan on exploring / leaving the resort quite a bit.

A slightly less attractive room at the Pimalai is also available. Would love any insight or recommendations!

Shut down this morning. Roach infestation/over 100 mouse droppings. :(

PLEASE. Please. 😭 Can I pay an Etsy witch for this?

Any recs for a financial advisor that’s done really well by you?

I’ve been trying to get ahold of the catering team at Pizzeria Portofino for four days now with no response. Trying to place a boat catering order for this Saturday. I’ve sent emails (no response) and called many times (no one answers and there’s no voicemail). When I call the restaurant they just direct me to the catering phone and email that I’ve already tried.

I’m approaching the 48 hour mark for ordering catering and getting nervous. Does anyone know a better or more immediate way of getting ahold of a member of the catering team? Has this been your experience too? Honestly it should not be this hard to give these people hundreds of dollars!!

Maybe there’s an email directly at Lettuce

Hello! Visiting Greece in Early-Mid September, I will be flying directly to Athens from my home airport in the US and arriving around 10AM on a Saturday. I’d like to fly to Paros the same day and am unsure on how much time I should give myself to do so as it will be a self transfer (two different airlines on two reservations). Given the new chaos of the EES, I’m wondering how much time I will really need to be safe. Is 4 hours cutting it too close? Is 6 hours egregious? I’m more inclined to go with the longer layover and just find something to do with my time if everything goes smoothly, but my husband isn’t anxious like me so I don’t want to push for a super long layover if it’s unnecessary

Hi there! I’m flying RT ORD-BKK this fall in business on ANA, booked a few months ago. I recently found out that I’m in theory able to get United points for this flight since they are a partner airline - it would be a lot of points given the route and fare class so I don’t want to miss out. However when I go to ANA’s website and try to enter my Mileageplus number, I get an error. Is there a different way I should do this? If all else fails can the ANA agent at the checkin counter at ORD add it to the reservation when we check in? Thanks for your help!

Got the word from our insurance that our home insurance rates are going up by 20% at renewal this month. Talked to a coworker who said the same thing. My taxes have been relatively flat for the last 7 years to be quite honest, but my insurance rates have SKYROCKETED. I know that there are more claims being made due to weather, and I also know that the claims are more expensive to pay out now because construction costs have gone bonkers, but 20% YOY seems wild.

Anyone else getting the same? Anyone have an insurer they like?

Ironically my auto insurance is going down, so, at least there’s that?!?!

… Was that gas prices were cheaper in both Maui and Oahu than they are in my neighborhood in Chicago. How is that even possible?! I was expecting it to be near $7/gal, honestly. Is it heavily subsidized? I know IL gas taxes are steep but Hawai’i being an island that imports everything, I assumed the gas would be as pricey as everything else.

I’ll be staying in Wailea at the end of May for five days, and in my searching for good restaurants for dinner I see there are many in the western part of the Island, especially the Kapalua area.

We will have a rental car, but driving 45+ minutes one way just for dinner seems excessive… that being said, if so many great spots are up there I don’t want to skip the area altogether.

So i’m thinking a half-day trip that ends in dinner would be the way to go. What kind of activities or things to see would be ideal for a few hours in the afternoon? I know there’s good beaches for swimming but we’d need a place to shower/change after that before dinner and we’re not going to go all the way back

Anyone have a recommendation for a good landscaping company to do some work in our yard? Looking to have it weeded and sodded, and we have two flowerbeds that we’d like planted. It would be ideal if we could also hire this company to do regular lawn maintenance. Would appreciate anyone sharing their positive experience, thanks!