Episode 79: How To Get Free Hotel Upgrades and Other Travel Hacking Secrets With Julia Menez
Julia Menez is a travel hacking coach, speaker, and host of Geobreeze Travel Podcast, a travel hacking podcast. After traveling to more than 30 countries before the age of 30 and saving thousands of dollars each year by travel hacking, Julia distills the strategies from top travel hackers around the world on her show. She also prepares personalized points and miles plans for her private coaching clients. Through her podcast, Julia features a diverse roster of guests with experiences that are traditionally underrepresented in larger points and miles blogs and media. Her episodes often highlight travel hacking women, immigrants, and people of color. In this episode, Julia Menez shares how to get free hotel upgrades and lesser-known travel hacking secrets like secret passwords and surveys. Expect to go beyond the beginner travel hacking 101 topics.
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Advanced Travel Hacking with Julia Menez
Table of Contents
In this episode we cover:
- How to negotiate credit card annual fees?
- How to get free hotel upgrades?
- Secret passwords at Kimpton Hotels.
- Hidden bonuses:
- Surveys
- Earn 10,000 Hilton Honors points just by taking one survey.
- Why frugality is screwing us up when it comes to points and miles.
A Gift For Listeners:
Grab the hotel upgrade email template that Julia has used to save $1,000 at the Grand Wailea in Maui.
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Connect With Julia Menez
Website: http://geobreezetravel.com/
Instagram: @geobreezetravel
Listen to Episode 32 of the Geobreeze Travel Podcast to learn how I’ve created 12 income streams as a travel content creator.

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