165 episodes

Want to make more family travel memories without breaking the bank? Longtime travel journalist Lyn Mettler shares her top tips to help families quickly and easily travel for less using rewards points and inspires you with ideas of where to travel on your next vacation.

Families Fly Free Lyn Mettler

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.0 • 93 Ratings

Want to make more family travel memories without breaking the bank? Longtime travel journalist Lyn Mettler shares her top tips to help families quickly and easily travel for less using rewards points and inspires you with ideas of where to travel on your next vacation.

    159 | Tips for Choosing the Right Tour Company for Your Family With Christine Sarkis

    159 | Tips for Choosing the Right Tour Company for Your Family With Christine Sarkis

    The super low discounted price of the Families Fly Free membership implemented at the beginning of the year is coming to an end very soon! Join now at the lowest price membership has ever been and get your plan in place before your summer travels. We have limited capacity at this price to make sure we can onboard everyone at the highest level of support. It's time to put traveling with your family back at the top of your to-do list! Learn more and join at FamiliesFlyFree.com/Join.
    Have you ever considered traveling with a tour company to a particular destination? Christine Sarkis, with TourScoop.com and FamilyVacationist.com, gives us some tips for how to decide if a tour is a good fit for your family and if so, how to choose among the many tour companies like Backroads, Road Scholar, Go Adventures, Intrepid, Wilderness Travel and more.
    Want to get on the fast-track to always fly your family free? Come join us inside the Families Fly Free membership, the BEST way to learn how to fly free using travel rewards...
    https://www.familiesflyfree.com 

    Download Lyn's FREE list of 7 INSIDER hacks she uses to personally fly her family free...
    https://familiestravefree.com/7hacks

    • 36 min
    158 | Success Story: The 80/20 Rule Applied to Travel With Jesse Brown

    158 | Success Story: The 80/20 Rule Applied to Travel With Jesse Brown

    The super low discounted price of the Families Fly Free membership implemented at the beginning of the year is coming to an end very soon! Join now at the lowest price membership has ever been and get your plan in place before your summer travels. We have limited capacity at this price to make sure we can onboard everyone at the highest level of support. It's time to put traveling with your family back at the top of your to-do list! Learn more and join at FamiliesFlyFree.com/Join.
    The value of focusing on the most impactful travel rewards strategies to not only save you money, but tons of time, as well from someone who once flew free as an airline employee. Plus, he shares many great travel tips that we all should take to heart. 
    Resources:
    Email Jesse about his Lake Tahoe vacation rental at bobalinresort AT outlook.com
    Want to get on the fast-track to always fly your family free? Come join us inside the Families Fly Free membership, the BEST way to learn how to fly free using travel rewards...
    https://www.familiesflyfree.com 

    Download Lyn's FREE list of 7 INSIDER hacks she uses to personally fly her family free...
    https://familiestravefree.com/7hacks

    • 36 min
    157 | Tips for Traveling to Hawaii With Young Kids With Marcie Cheung

    157 | Tips for Traveling to Hawaii With Young Kids With Marcie Cheung

    The super low discounted price of the Families Fly Free membership implemented at the beginning of the year is coming to an end very soon! Join now at the lowest price membership has ever been and get your plan in place before your summer travels. We have limited capacity at this price to make sure we can onboard everyone at the highest level of support. It's time to put traveling with your family back at the top of your to-do list! Learn more and join at FamiliesFlyFree.com/Join.
    Planning a trip to Hawaii but not sure about bringing young kids? Marcie Cheung of HawaiiTravelWithKids.com has taken her children, now 7 and 10, at least 10 times and shares how it's doable, along with some of her best tips to navigate Hawaii with kids. 

    Check out Marcie's Hawaii Travel Guides: https://www.familiestravelfree.com/hawaii-travel-guides (thanks for using our affiliate links here to purchase the Hawaii travel guides)

    HawaiiTravelWithKids.com
    Want to get on the fast-track to always fly your family free? Come join us inside the Families Fly Free membership, the BEST way to learn how to fly free using travel rewards...
    https://www.familiesflyfree.com 

    Download Lyn's FREE list of 7 INSIDER hacks she uses to personally fly her family free...
    https://familiestravefree.com/7hacks

    • 36 min
    156 | 10 Romantic Getaways for Couples

    156 | 10 Romantic Getaways for Couples

    The super low discounted price of the Families Fly Free membership implemented at the beginning of the year is coming to an end very soon! Join now at the lowest price membership has ever been and get your plan in place before your summer travels. We have limited capacity at this price to make sure we can onboard everyone at the highest level of support. It's time to put traveling with your family back at the top of your to-do list! Learn more and join at FamiliesFlyFree.com/Join.
    It's a great idea for all couples to get away together without the kids from time to time. Here are 10 recommendations for fun romantic getaways for a couple's getaway.
    Want to get on the fast-track to always fly your family free? Come join us inside the Families Fly Free membership, the BEST way to learn how to fly free using travel rewards...
    Learn more

    Download Lyn's FREE list of 7 INSIDER hacks she uses to personally fly her family free...
    https://familiestravefree.com/7hacks

    • 31 min
    155 | Why You Should NOT Buy Discounted Southwest Gift Cards

    155 | Why You Should NOT Buy Discounted Southwest Gift Cards

    The super low discounted price of the Families Fly Free membership implemented at the beginning of the year is coming to an end very soon! Join now at the lowest price membership has ever been and get your plan in place before your summer travels. We have limited capacity at this price to make sure we can onboard everyone at the highest level of support. It's time to put traveling with your family back at the top of your to-do list! Learn more and join at FamiliesFlyFree.com/Join.
    While discounted Southwest gift cards SEEM like a good deal, they're actually not. Here's why...
    Want to get on the fast-track to always fly your family free? Come join us inside the Families Fly Free membership, the BEST way to learn how to fly free using travel rewards...
    Learn more

    Download Lyn's FREE list of 7 INSIDER hacks she uses to personally fly her family free...
    https://familiestravefree.com/7hacks
    Resources:
    Southwest Gift Card Terms & ConditionsArticle: Why You Should NOT Buy Discounted Southwest Gift Cards

    • 10 min
    154 | Feeling Alone in Your Miles & Points Hobby? I've Got Some Tips

    154 | Feeling Alone in Your Miles & Points Hobby? I've Got Some Tips

    The super low discounted price of the Families Fly Free membership implemented at the beginning of the year is coming to an end very soon! Join now at the lowest price membership has ever been and get your plan in place before your summer travels. We have limited capacity at this price to make sure we can onboard everyone at the highest level of support. It's time to put traveling with your family back at the top of your to-do list! Learn more and join at FamiliesFlyFree.com/Join.
    Do you ever feel alone in your love of collecting miles and points and scoring a great travel deal? Lyn sees this a lot and shares some quick advice.
    Want to get on the fast-track to always fly your family free? Come join us inside the Families Fly Free membership, the BEST way to learn how to fly free using travel rewards...
    Learn more

    Download Lyn's FREE list of 7 INSIDER hacks she uses to personally fly her family free...
    https://familiestravefree.com/7hacks

    • 11 min

Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5
93 Ratings

93 Ratings

Ape@Jan ,

Excited Beginner

I found this podcast over the summer 2023 and I listened to some episodes at least 3 times. Very clear, concise information presented very articulate. I am excited to say I have my first Southwest credit card. I am ready to apply for the next one to earn my sign up bonus and earn my Companion Pass in 2024. Thanks Lynn for sharing all your insights and the others you have brought on the show, very helpful. ✈️

caitbabo ,

So informative!

I love this podcast! It is so informative. I get excited to implement the information I’ve learned here. And the podcast hosts level headed even keeled temperament help me to think through the logic of my decisions. Thank you for helping us understand these complicated rewards systems. Please do a podcast on the new Delta Skymiles credit card offer - 90,000 sign up points, $350 annual
Cost of the card, and fly with a plus one. I can’t tell if there is a minimum number of points to obtain prior to obtaining plus one status.

CW7373663( ,

Great resource for travel hacking

Thanks so much Lyn for hosting this podcast I love the tips and I’ve learned so much! :-)

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