Published inTravel PunksWhat Travel Punks DON’T DoWhen I first heard about the travel-rewards Hobby, the mainstream articles focused on the trickery that Hobbyists would sink to in order…Feb 15, 2021Feb 15, 2021
Published inTravel PunksFuck Saving for TravelI’m a big Tim Ferriss fan, but I never read one of his most-recommended books — Vagabonding by Rolf Potts. When a fellow travel-addict…Feb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021
Published inTravel PunksI Flew Halfway Around the World Just Because of an Amazing PunTurkey was one of the first countries to open to US visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic, so it was on my radar early on as a destination…Feb 7, 2021Feb 7, 2021
Published inTravel PunksIs “Free Travel” Really Possible?I admit it — “Free Travel” is a great hook.Feb 6, 2021Feb 6, 2021
Is “Free Travel” Possible?Travel Punks talk a lot about using rewards points for “free travel.”Jan 30, 2021Jan 30, 2021
Published inTravel PunksWhich Airline Credit Card Should I Use?The short answer is “none of them.”Jan 28, 2021Jan 28, 2021
Published inTravel PunksMy Favorite Travel Story, or TheWorst Physical Pain I Ever ExperiencedThis may surprise some of you, but I have never given birth.Jan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
Published inTravel PunksWhy Use Credit Cards to Travel for Free?When people ask me how they can travel at the drop of a hat without saving, like I do, my first question is “How is your credit? Are you…Jan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
Published inTravel PunksHow Travel Credit Cards are like Premarital SexYesterday I shared the 3 Commandments of Travel Punks, which Carson and I use to make sure that we never get snowed under in credit card…Jan 19, 2021Jan 19, 2021
Published inTravel PunksThe “3 Commandments” to Avoid Credit Card Debt and Fly for FreeYesterday I talked about how people think credit cards are dangerous debt traps … and they aren’t entirely wrong. It is depressingly easy…Jan 17, 2021Jan 17, 2021