Be Free To Wander is a Travel Blog for people who don't think they can afford to travel. I provide tips, tools and examples of how you can travel for less or FREE.
We’ve all been told to book flights on Tuesdays or use incognito browsers so airlines can’t track our cookies. Those are largely myths and we don’t have much evidence they are a thing outside of some lucky breaks.
I’d rather focus my energy on tangible savings.
…and no I’m not going to write about ‘skip lagging’. Here are some downright funky ways I’ve found to actually save money on flights.
Where is Roatan, anyway?
The beach is stunning, the people are the friendliest, the seafood is good and the prices are low. What a beautiful island.
Traveling in 2022 is a new frontier! Where the rules are made up and your status doesn’t matter. Flights are getting canceled left and right, hotels are deciding a $10 breakfast coupon is a suitable alternative to three closed restaurants, and your checked bags just sort of end up… wherever….
Well I am a strong believer in controlling what I can control, and not stressing about the rest (if I can help it). Here are a list of things we can control to hopefully not get into that kind of mess.
It broke my heart to spend a year inside, and the following year on a limited travel itinerary. In 2022 I went ham and booked 22 trips, so excited to get back out there and enjoy my favorite hobby.
Then, BAM, flight prices skyrocketed, road trips became laughable as a means of affordable travel, and hotels decided to have a price hike free-for-all. Ooooof! Now what!?
As a points/miles and travel hacking coach here are some of the most asked questions I’ve gotten recently and how I answered them.
