About SMorris Travels
No frills, no filters — just real people who like to travel, sharing their experiences and honest reviews.
Who We Are
The titles aren’t the point. What the training built is.
Jeremy retired as a Coast Guard Captain after 25 years of making operational calls where honest information wasn’t a preference, it was the job. Search and rescue, marine safety oversight, emergency response — environments where vague assessments get people hurt and sugarcoating what didn’t work means the mistake gets made again. He learned to look at things clearly and say what he found.
He hasn’t stopped. The subject matter just changed.
Shana flew Coast Guard helicopters for 25 years before her career grew into joint operations with the Department of Defense. Pilots have a strict relationship with truth — you can’t soften a weather report, and you can’t wish a mechanical problem into something manageable. When Shana says a place is worth it, she’s thought about it. When she says skip it, she’s already done the cost-benefit.
How We Travel
Retired, in our early 50s, and well past our backpacking days — but nowhere near the luxury hotel crowd either. The benchmark is somewhere around $275 a night: comfortable, not excessive. We take a handful of meaningful trips a year, use points strategically when the value makes sense, and write honest accounts of what actually happened — including what didn’t.
No tourism board copy. No fake positive endings. No pretending the elevator wasn’t slow.
The points and miles system is real and worth understanding. We put in the research — Jeremy focuses on airline programs, routing logic, and booking strategy; Shana evaluates hotel programs and has the final word on whether a property or experience actually earns what it costs. Between us, the options get modeled and the call gets made honestly.
Interested in getting more from your rewards? See how we can help.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken
Work With Us
Interested in getting more from your points? We offer personalized credit card strategy and award redemption advice — honest, specific, grounded in the same analytical discipline we brought to careers built on making consequential calls. Jeremy handles airline programs and booking logistics; Shana evaluates hotel programs and value decisions. Between us, you get the full picture.