75 Flights Later, Here’s What Works
Ep.146 We’ve booked 75 flights on 34 airlines. All in under 3 years. We’ve learned a lot and we share what actually works. Whether you fly often or just once a year, our strategies will help you avoid the mistakes that cost time, money, and peace of mind.
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Ep.136 What’s New for 2025: Our Complete Travel and Budget Planning Breakdown https://youtu.be/IkA76TWLvMM
Ep.132 The Reality of Full-Time Travel: How We Plan Trips https://youtu.be/PXlGWPyUnAA
Ep.131 Costly mistakes to avoid when booking travel in 2025 https://youtu.be/0kMfLSSta5Y
Ep.119 Avoid Airline Carry-On Fees | What We Pack for World Travel 2025 https://youtu.be/UiPkHF6jzWo
Ep.81 What we pack in 2024: https://youtu.be/yD-45hCjQl0
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00:00 – Start
01:05 – Our travel philosophy
02:06 – Saving money on airplane seats
03:22 – We book one-way flights
04:09 – Sharing a travel email address
04:38 – Sharing documents on the cloud
05:02 – Using our Travel Planner tool
05:22 – Start with big picture planning
06:03 – Accommodations first, flights last
07:09 – Staying flexible to make connections
07:42 – Cashflow is critical
08:57 – How we find flights
10:05 – How we pick our seats
10:52 – Avoiding airline gotchas
11:35 – Avoiding checked bags
11:53 – More ways to save money
12:47 – When things go wrong
14:02 – Chase Travel aren’t travel agents
14:52 – When we use points for travel
15:07 – Why we use budget airlines
16:08 – Beware of bad airlines
16:47 – Full-time travel changes everything
17:37 – When we use Google Flights
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