A Quick Guide to Travel Hacking

A Quick Guide to Travel Hacking

Update: 2018-10-16

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This week we are excited to speak with Jet Set Lisette all about travel hacking! If you've felt apprehensive about the process of opening up credit cards to get points bonuses, you'll want to listen to this episode. Lisette, a travel coach whom has accumulated over a million miles and hotel points (saving over $90K in travel costs), guides us through the basics of travel hacking. She even lets us in on a credit card that will grant you 60,000 points with a single purchase!

If you want to know more about how to become a travel hacker, you can check out Lisette's course. Also, if you enjoyed listening to Lisette, you can continue to follow along on her podcast, The Globetrotter Lounge!

You can follow along on our adventures by going to our Instagram page or YouTube channel (@thejetsettingfamily). Thank you for continuing to listen, and feel free to reach out with any comments or questions by emailing us at hello@thejetsettingfamily.com.

The Jetsetting Family Travel Podcast is brought to you by Castbox and is produced by The Podglomerate.

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