Ski Trip Mishaps, AI Interior Design, Reflecting on Life and More

All the Hacks: Money, Points & Life

Chris Hutchins

Business, Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement, Investing, Places & Travel

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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#270: Chris and Amy discuss lessons from three ski trips with kids, using AI to redesign rooms on a budget, their favorite new gadgets, navigating high-deductible health plans, and more. Link to Full Show Notes: https://chrishutchins.com/ski-trips-ai-home-design-health-finances-amy Partner Deals NetSuite: Free KPI checklist to upgrade your business performance Gelt: Skip the waitlist on personalized tax guidance to maximize your wealth Trust & Will: Get 20% off personalized, legally binding estate plans DeleteMe: 20% off removing your personal info from the web Upwork: Free job posting to find, hire, and pay top freelance talent For all deals, discounts, and promo codes from our partners, visit:chrishutchins.com/deals Resources Mentioned Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card Ski & Travel Epic Pass Woodward Vrbo Kirkwood Etekcity Luggage Scale AI Tools Gemini Claude ChatGPT Nano Banana Google Sites Bee Limitless Pendant Wispr Flow Deep Personality Home Gadgets Skylight Aura Frames Paprika Ratio Eight Series 2 Baratza Forté™ BG Health & Wearables Oura Ring WHOOP (← 1 month free) One Medical Blueberry Pediatrics (← $100) Money & Finance Mercury Copilot Money (free 2 months access with code HACKS2) ATH Podcast Ask Chris Anything! Newsletter #237: ⁠How to Design a Rich Life at Any Income with Ramit Sethi #268: Stop Planning, Start Experimenting: A Science-Backed Approach to a Better Life with Anne-Laure Le Cunff Leave a review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Email for questions, hacks, deals, and feedback: podcast@allthehacks.com Full Show Notes (00:00) Introduction (00:55) The Lost Clothes Disaster and A Surprisingly Good Outcome (14:30) What Ski Trips Are Really Like With Kids (15:06) This Ski Season vs. Last Ski Season (18:14) Smarter Ways To Book Houses for Ski Travel (19:03) How To Save Money on Checked Bags for Ski Trips (19:37) A Shoutout to the New Delta Sky Club in Terminal 2 (20:07) When It’s Better To Drive Instead of Fly (21:42) How Amy Has Been Redesigning Rooms in the House (23:22) Why AI Is Such a Powerful Tool for Home Design (23:54) Amy’s Step-by-Step Process for Redesigning a Room With AI (25:02) The AI Tools Amy Used and What Each One Did Best (29:51) Using AI To Find Better Furniture Ideas (32:38) How Much Money AI Saved vs. Hiring a Designer (34:18) New House Gadget: The Skylight Calendar (36:25) Why We Love the Ratio Coffee Machine Gen 2 and the Baratza Grinder (39:50) Oura Ring vs. WHOOP Band (42:53) Bee, Wearable AI, and the Future of Personal Memory (50:30) What It Looks Like To Integrate AI Deeply Into Daily Life (54:22) What We Learned Switching to a High-Deductible Health Plan (01:03:11) Best Practices for Combining Finances as a Couple Connect with Chris ⁠Newsletter⁠ | ⁠Membership⁠ | ⁠X⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠LinkedIn⁠ Editor’s Note: The content on this page is accurate as of the posting date; however, some of our partner offers may have expired. Opinions expressed here are the author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, hotel, airline, or other entity. This content has not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of the entities included within the post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On a recent trip, I accidentally threw away all of my wife and kids' clothes into a dumpster
0:05.8	and didn't realize until we got home.
0:08.6	My wife was not happy.
0:10.3	And let's just say the attempt to recover them is one of my favorite stories from 2026 so far.
0:15.7	So today I'm joined with my wife, Amy, to tell that story.
0:19.1	But we're also going to share how she's been using
0:21.5	AI to redesign all the rooms in our house for a fraction of what a designer would charge,
0:26.5	some of the learnings we have from going on multiple ski trips with young kids, our takes on
0:32.2	some health and life tracking wearables we've been testing, the $39 virtual pediatric visit that ended up saving us
0:39.0	over $700 on urgent care bills, our thoughts on managing finances as a couple, and a lot more.
0:45.7	I'm Chris Hutchins. If you enjoy this episode, please leave a comment or share it with a friend.
0:50.4	And if you want to keep upgrading your money, points in life, click follow or subscribe.
0:55.2	All right, Amy, you're back. We have a lot to catch up on.
0:58.7	I think recently we've done three ski trips in two months with two kids.
1:02.8	One of them went a little sideways.
1:05.1	I would barely call that a little sideways.
1:08.0	We went on this trip and it resulted in you throwing away all of our
1:14.3	belongings that we had backed on that trip and then driving home, which took an extra three,
1:23.9	four hours. Yeah. So the drive home was not my fault.
1:28.8	That's true.
1:29.3	There was a major accident on a bridge that happened five minutes before we got on the bridge.
1:34.1	So we didn't get rerouted.
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