How to Plan A Free Theme Park Vacation

By H. Kinney

Are you dreaming of a theme park vacation, but think you can't afford it? Maybe you can!

 

This book reveals how to plan a free trip using points, miles, and other rewards. Full of tips and helpful advice, How to Plan a Free Theme Park Vacation shows there are many ways to pay for travel. You'll learn:

• Why rewards are valuable.
• How to find and compare rewards programs.
• How to strategize your spending for maximum rewards.
• What credit card rewards are, and how to use them.
• How to earn cash and gift cards without credit cards.
• How to use a five-step process to plan your free trip.
• Ways to save before, during, and after your vacation.

Life is short. Make your theme park vacation dream a reality today!

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Heidi Kinney
• Release date: Mar 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781737255789

Book preview

HOW TO PLAN A FREE

THEME PARK

VACATION

Budget and Pay for Travel Using

Points, Miles, and Other Rewards

H. KINNEY

Copyright © 2022 H. Kinney

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without prior written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. The advice and strategies found within may not be suitable for every situation. This book is for informational purposes only and is not professional financial advice. Neither the author nor the publisher, assumes any responsibility or liability on behalf of the consumer or reader of this material. For permission requests, contact [e-mail].

ISBN: 978-1-7372557-8-9

Contents

1. ANOTHER WAY TO PAY

2. my rewards journey

3. REWARDS from credit cards

4. other rewards programs

5. BANK BONUSES

6. YOUR FREE VACATION

7. maximizing savings

REFERENCES

AUTHOR’S NOTE

1. ANOTHER WAY TO PAY

How you pay matters.

It’s a delightful sunny day at a theme park. The enticing scents of buttered popcorn and sweet confections linger in the air. Laughter and cries of delight echo in the distance. You excitedly soak it all in, but you’re not alone. In an instant, you feel your child’s tight embrace and look down at a pair of sparkling eyes and the biggest smile you’ve ever seen. You smile too, not just because your child is happy, but because this trip was essentially free.

A few feet away stands someone else. This person interprets the situation differently. The weather is hot. The noise is loud. The smells are only a reminder of the cost of snacks and how much money will be spent on vacation. With financial worry constantly pressing a nerve, this person becomes irritable and unable to appreciate the beautiful and precious moments of the trip. You sympathize with this stranger because this person could have been you, if you hadn’t learned a better way to pay for travel.

How you pay for your vacation matters because it can affect how you feel and behave during your trip. If you’re not wasting mental energy worrying about how much money you’ve spent, or will spend when the bill arrives, you can focus more fully on enjoying your trip.

Maybe you’ve never considered planning a theme park vacation before. Maybe you assumed it was too expensive. For a long time, I shared this opinion. I convinced myself that it wasn’t an option. That was before I learned about rewards.

There are many ways to pay for a trip. Using the methods described in this book, I’ve planned and enjoyed several free theme park vacations. When I say free I am referring to zero out-of-pocket expenses. I paid for all expenses using rewards earned from various programs. Paying for trips with rewards can be extremely satisfying, easy, and fun. I’ve written this book so that you can learn how to do it, too!

Sometimes people assume that there’s something unethical or fishy about using rewards programs. If you’re not paying the normal way, and paying full price, then you must be doing something wrong. The recommendation to avoid things that sound too good to be true is sound advice, but it doesn’t apply here. It’s not too good to be true because you’re not getting something for nothing. You’re earning rewards by performing actions, like using a specific credit card for a purchase or taking part in a survey. You then use the rewards that you earn in the program to pay for specific purchases. It’s as simple as that, and there’s nothing shifty about it.

Here is a simple analogy to help you visualize the concept of using rewards as payment. You