It got your attention, didn't it?

I actually thought about going the hotel route today. What is the SPG card? Is that the Starwood? Does it have a lot of hotels in Europe?

jbg44: Do you have any good websites you'd recommend? You're right about there being so much info out there - I'm a bit overwhelmed right now just trying to figure out what would be the best plan of action for us with the credit cards - I haven't even gotten to the actual trip planning. I preferably would rather not stay in hotels - I would rather do a homeswap or rent an apartment for a week or two - but then again, if we could get enough points to pay for all our hotels - I would stay in hotels.