Show notes
Julia started learning about travel hacking only three years ago, and she quickly has become a trusted expert in the space and is pushing for more diversity in the travel hacking community.
We discuss a number of topics with Julia:
- How Julia got started in the travel hacking space
- Why it’s a great time to start learning about travel hacking.
- The practical results of what you can enjoy from travel hacking, with examples from Julia’s recent Bahamas trip. They enjoyed a free hotel, very inexpensive flights, and upgraded travel experiences!
- Julia teases some more complex topics like the status match merry-go-round, and you can listen to her podcast to learn more about
- The different strategies people take on travel hacking, from enjoying limited first-class travel trips to a higher-volume of more economy-focused travel
- The fastest way to learn travel hacking is by talking to and engaging with others in the community.
- Julie encourages people just to start interacting with the community.
- Ask yourself, “What do you want to accomplish through travel hacking?”
- Travel hacking is the art of getting free travel, using loyalty programs set by hotels and airlines, and credit cards.
- There is a misconception that to get a lot of these points you either have to fly a lot, sleep in a lot of hotels, or spend a lot on your credit cards. That’s actually not true, and there are different strategies in place so you can optimize rather than maximize all of your efforts!
- Julia is adjusting her future personal travel hacking focus from being about the quantity of trips and shifting to the quality of her travel experiences.
- Tips for travel hacking for kids.
- Julia is pushing for more diversity in the travel hacking space and talks about her journey to represent more diverse points of view in this community.
- The importance of using credit cards responsibly.
- Julia’s personal money goals, and prioritizing travel hacking vs. micro-managing and saving tiny amounts of money on other things in your budget.
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