Family Travel and Rewards Points in Canada

Travelling as a family, especially when you have more than two children, requires many tricks to control your budget and fully enjoy your trip.

In the milesopedia community, several members of large families have shared with us their tips for saving money while enjoying themselves. For our part, we provide advice on the rewards and benefits that credit cards can bring to large families:

• for grocery stores and restaurants
• for transportation
• for activities
• for accommodation (Airbnb, hotels, etc)
• to pay no conversion fees on foreign currency expenses

Discover below our series of articles dedicated to large family travel and below the different credit cards we recommend.

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends for families to save on airfare:

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends for families to use points for Airbnb rentals (or other reservations on Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com, etc.):

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends to families for hotels:

• 5 points per dollar with the Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express^® Card for bookings at Marriott’s hotels, with a nice welcome bonus
• 5 points per dollar with the Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express^MD Card for bookings at Marriott’s hotels, with a nice welcome bonus

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends to families for groceries:

• 5 points per dollar with the American Express Cobalt™ Card
• 5 points per dollar with the Scotiabank Gold American Express^® Card
• 5% cash back with the BMO^® CashBack^® World Elite^®* Mastercard^®*
• 3% cash back with the BMO Cash Back Mastercard, with no annual fee

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends to families for restaurants and bars:

• 5 points per dollar with the American Express Cobalt™ Card
• 5 points per dollar with the Scotiabank Gold American Express^® Card
• 3 points per dollar with the BMO Ascend World Elite Mastercard

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends to families for gas:

• 4% cash back with the CIBC Dividend^® Visa Infinite* Card
• 3 points per dollar with the Scotiabank Gold American Express Card
• 2 points per dollar with the American Express^® Gold Rewards Card

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends for families to save on activities like theme parks:

• The BMO^® AIR MILES^® World Elite^®* Mastercard^®* allows you to earn AIR MILES miles to earn Disney Gift Cards.
• The Scotiabank Gold American Express Card is the only card that earns 5 points per dollar for activities
• The Scotiabank Passport™ Visa Infinite* Card allows you to redeem points to pay for park entrances and other entertainment activities.

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends to families to pay no conversion fees for purchases made in foreign currencies (a 2.5% savings on each transaction)!

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends for families for insurance:

• Up to 60 days of out-of-province medical coverage with the National Bank World Elite Mastercard
• Up to 60 days of out-of-province medical coverage with the National Bank World Mastercard
• Up to 31 days of out-of-province medical insurance with the HSBC World Elite Mastercard

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends to families for cash back:

• Up to 5% with the BMO^® CashBack^® World Elite^®* Mastercard^®*
• Up to 4% with the CIBC Dividend Visa Infinite* Card
• 2% everywhere with the SimplyCash™ Preferred from American Express