Elevate Your Family & Group Getaways: Get Travel Deals with Smart Planning and Points

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Get expert tips on affordable group and family air travel, from maximizing points and rewards to booking the best flights and maximizing airline perks. How can you make group travel both enjoyable and affordable? What are the best strategies for using travel points and credit cards to your advantage when planning group trips? Hosts Sean Pyles and Meghan Coyle discuss the intricacies of group travel planning and the mastery of travel points and credit card perks to help you understand how to have a memorable group trip without breaking the bank. They begin with a discussion of group travel planning, with tips and tricks on securing the best deals, navigating planning for multiple people, and leveraging travel credit cards to mitigate extra fees such as those for seat selection. Then, Meghan interviews credit card Nerd Erin Hurd about the nuances of booking flights for groups. They discuss strategies for using points effectively when traveling with a group, the benefits of programs like Southwest Airlines' Early Bird Check-In and Upgraded Boarding, and the flexibility of pooling points with hotel programs like Hilton and Marriott. Has this episode given you a travel bug? Then check out our list of the 15 Best Travel Credit Cards of March 2024. In their conversation, the Nerds discuss: group travel, travel savings, travel rewards, travel tips, budget travel, group vacations, travel points, travel credit cards, Southwest airlines, early bird check-in, family travel, travel planning, airline points, companion passes, airport lounges, group flights, group lodging, travel experiences, airline perks, travel benefits, travel coordination, credit card perks, flight booking, pooling points, credit card rewards, airport lounge access, travel itineraries, airline status matching, airline incidental fees, and upgraded boarding. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.9	Believe it or not, the summer travel season is fast approaching.
0:33.9	Have you made your plans yet?
0:35.5	Put together a budget?
0:36.8	Well, if you're traveling with a group,
0:38.6	today we start a special series that will give you a big head start on figuring out the best
0:43.3	deals for all kinds of travelers. Really planning ahead is probably the biggest tool in my toolbox
0:48.9	to get the best prices for flights. If you want to go to Hawaii over Christmas break, or if you want to go
0:56.1	to Florida for spring break, or if you want to travel at a really popular time, there's going to
1:01.5	be a lot of competition, right? And that means prices are going to be inflated. Welcome to NerdWallet's
1:09.8	Smart Money podcast. I'm Sean Piles. And I'm Megan Coyle. This episode kicks off our nerdy deep dive into the cost of group travel. Spring is coming. So if you've got a travel it, you're just dying to scratch. And you're hoping to bring friends or family along with you. Listen up. Yeah. Throughout the month, we're going to have all kinds of tips and tricks for group
1:29.6	travel, from flights and hotels to transportation, and yes, cruises. My favorite.
1:36.2	Not my favorite, but I digress. So, Megan, why are we doing the series?
1:42.5	Well, group travel is growing in popularity. A 2024 travel
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