Travel Hacks
Insider tips, points & miles strategies, and clever tricks to travel smarter and cheaper.
Travel Booking Sites Compared: Which One Actually Has the Best Deals
I spent an entire month doing the most tedious research project of my life. I searched for the same hotel, the same dates, on every major booking site, every si...
How to Keep Your Phone Charged During Long Travel Days
My phone died at 2 PM on a 14-hour travel day from Chiang Mai to Bangkok. I had taken a bus, two trains, and a tuk-tuk, and my phone was my map, my ticket, my t...
The Only Travel Apps You Actually Need in 2026
I deleted 38 travel apps from my phone over the course of three months. Each one had been downloaded with high hopes and abandoned within a week. Some were redu...
The 24-Hour Rule: How Timing Your Flight Booking Saves Hundreds
I found a flight from Los Angeles to London for $387 on a Tuesday afternoon. I showed it to a friend who was planning the same trip. He said he would book it "t...
Credit Card Points: The Smart Way to Book Free Hotels
I have booked over 200 free hotel nights using credit card points. That is not a typo. Two hundred nights in hotels, hostels, and resorts around the world, paid...
How to Get Your TSA PreCheck or Global Entry for Free
I used to arrive at the airport two hours before every domestic flight because the security line was unpredictable. Sometimes it took 10 minutes. Sometimes it t...
Layover Hacks: Turning a Boring Wait Into a Free Mini Vacation
I had 11 hours in Singapore's Changi Airport. My flight from Bali to London had a layover that seemed punishing when I booked it, but by the time I landed, I wa...
The Best Travel Credit Cards for Beginners in 2026
I signed up for my first travel credit card in a Costco parking lot in 2023. A woman at a folding table near the entrance offered me a free duffel bag if I appl...