31 | Top 10 Mistakes People Make Flying Free

Disney Top Tips and Hacks with Leah Althiser: Leah Althiser, of The Budget Mouse blog and podcast, provides some excellent not-to-miss tips for families planning a trip to Walt Disney World. by Families Fly Free

27 min listen

What's the Cheapest Day to Fly? My Top Travel Hacks to Save on Airfare: Learn the cheapest days to book airfare, the best days and seasons to fly and other hacks to save as much as possible on airfare whether you're paying in points or dollars. by Families Fly Free

25 min listen

The Hawaii Vacation of Your Dreams: How to Make It a Reality by Families Fly Free

20 min listen

You Can Earn Free Travel While Holiday Shopping! Here's How...: Learn how to easily earn miles and points for future free travel while doing your holiday shopping. by Families Fly Free

24 min listen

You Should Never "Pay" to Fly "Free"! Earning Frequent Flyer Miles Without Ever Setting Foot on a Plane: Lyn shares the first secret you need to know about flying your entire family free: It's easy to earn frequent flyer miles without ever even flying. she shares 4 easy ways to earn miles from home that you can later use to book your family on free flights. by Families Fly Free

21 min listen

What It's Like to Travel With a Family During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lyn shares her family's experiences of travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, including tips on airports, flying, hotels, dining, Lyft and the National Parks. by Families Fly Free

22 min listen

How in the World Do I Use Travel Credit Cards to Fly Free? A Beginners' Guide: Lyn reviews 5 things beginners need to know in order to use travel credit cards to fly their family free. by Families Fly Free

19 min listen

I Never Travel Without These! 7 of My Favorite Must-Have Travel Items: Here are 7 travel products that Lyn WILL NOT travel without from her favorite footwear and sunglasses to luggage must-haves and travel backpacks. by Families Fly Free

24 min listen

The ONE Airline Perk That Makes Flying Free Easy for Families: Looking for the ONE step you can take to fly your family free? This is it! Learn which airline perk can get your family flying free in a jiffy. by Families Fly Free

23 min listen

What It's Like to Stay in a Hotel During the Pandemic: Interview With Hilton's CleanStays Leader: What's changed in light of the pandemic in terms of hotels? Lyn shares her recent experience staying in three different hotels with her family and chats with Phil Cordell, head of Hilton's CleanStays initiative, to learn how Hilton is adapting to promote by Families Fly Free

43 min listen

National Parks in Winter? Absolutely! Ash Nudd Explains Where to Go & What to Do: Former National Park Ranger Ash Nudd, who runs the DirtinMyShoes.com blog, shares her tips and recommendations for planning a National Park visit during the winter months and offers her favorite options for both warm and cold weather. by Families Fly Free

51 min listen

But I Don't WANT to Get Up Early! Tips for Traveling With Teens With Tamara Gruber: Tamara Gruber, co-host of the Vacation Mavens podcast, chats with Lyn about how to engage your teenager on your family's trips, teen-friendly destinations and catering to their unique needs. by Families Fly Free

33 min listen

There IS a Best Airline If You Want to Fly Your Whole Family Free and It's...: Learn the simplest and easiest airline for families to fly free with the goal of taking as many flights as possible. Lyn shares her top 5 reasons to this airline is the best option for flying free and reviews the one downside and how to overcome it. by Families Fly Free

20 min listen

The Quickest Way to Learn a Language Slowly: How I'm Learning Italian Inspired By My Travels: For Lyn, travel is about learning and it inspired her to take up language learning, first with Italian. She explains how she's discovered the best way to learn a language quickly while still taking your time amidst a busy life. Everyone who's looking for by Families Fly Free

35 min listen

The Scoop From Disneyland & Grand Californian Resort Summer 2021: Lyn shares the state of Disneyland in July 2021, as well as her review of the Grand Californian. Learn about mobile ordering, virtual queues, fast passes, the newest rides and more. by Families Fly Free

24 min listen

5 Family-Friendly Vacation Destinations for 2021: Trying to decide where to travel in 2021? Here are 5 awesome family-friendly destinations that Lyn has visited with her family and recommends for 2021. by Families Fly Free

43 min listen

BONUS EPISODE: The Priceless Benefit of Personal Help Flying Free with Krista Payne: Families Fly Free member Krista, wife and mother of 3 young children, shares how the features and benefits of the membership have helped her family save lots of money on travel. by Families Fly Free

21 min listen

BONUS EPISODE: We Saved $4,500 on 1 Trip Taking My Extended Family to Hawaii With Mike J.: Lyn chats with Families Fly Free member Mike who shares how he's used the membership to take his extended family of 7 on a once-in-a-lifetime family vacation to Hawaii for only 80,000 points, saving him $3,000-$4,000 and more than doubling his membership by Families Fly Free

18 min listen

5 Reasons to Make Friends With Chase Ultimate Rewards Points to Travel Free With Your Family: Learn about Lyn's favorite flexible travel rewards program, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and how these points can both simplify and maximize your family's ability to travel free. by Families Fly Free

17 min listen

The Glory That Is Utah: Why This State Is One of My Favorites for Families Flying Free: Looking for a great outdoors destination where you can be adventurous and socially distance? Lyn shares why Utah is tops for her family and provides her tips for visiting Utah's Mighty 5 National Parks and state parks, as well as where to stay. by Families Fly Free

32 min listen

There's a BETTER Way to Use Miles & Points for Free Travel by Families Fly Free

19 min listen

BONUS EPISODE: Even Advanced Travel Hackers Can Adopt a Simpler System & Benefit From Families Fly Free With Kristin P.: Listen as Lyn interviews Families Fly Free member Kristin, who's been travel hacking for many years. Kristin shares how the membership provides her family tremendous value through 1-on-1 consults, huge time-savings and even inspired her family to take the by Families Fly Free

20 min listen

Top 10 Mistakes People Make Flying Free: After doing numerous new member consults for her Families Fly Free membership, Lyn shares some of the top mistakes she sees people make, both newcomers and advanced travel hackers, when it comes to flying free. by Families Fly Free

23 min listen

I Can't Find Any Good Deals! How to Find Travel Deals When Demand Is Bonkers: Demand for travel is insane right now, so how do you find good deals? I walk through my family's strategy to always score a good deal on travel during busy times, like spring break, winter break and this post-pandemic surge we are seeing. by Families Fly Free

27 min listen

When Your Friends & Family Think You Travel TOO Much: It Happens to EVERYONE in This Hobby: Once you master how to fly your family free, you're likely to start getting comments and eye rolls about how much your family travels just like we do. Here are Lyn's tips for how to prepare and handle these comments and judgements from those around you. by Families Fly Free

17 min listen

Everything You Need to Know About Hiking With Mallory Moskowitz of Your Adventure Coach: Mallory Moskowitz, an expert on hiking who runs YourAdventureCoach.com, joins us to share her top tips from beginner hiking to hiking with kids to must-have equipment for your National Park hikes and beyond. Download her Ultimate Day Hiking Gear Checklist by Families Fly Free

37 min listen

5 Ways to Earn Southwest Points Fast & Before Year's End: Have you earned all 125,000 points you need to get your Southwest Companion Pass by December 31? If not, the counter starts over at 0 points on January 1. Lyn shares to 5 easy ways to earn large amounts of Southwest points fast and what you can do to avoi by Families Fly Free

23 min listen

The Inside Scoop on Traveling to Oahu: Local Tips From Amylee Udell: Amylee Udell of ProductiveMama.com shares her experience inside Lyn's Families Fly Free membership and offers her inside tips, growing up visiting Oahu, of what to see and do as an "almost" local from free beaches to what to look for in a hotel to afforda by Families Fly Free

55 min listen

Oh the Places We've Gone! My Family's Top 15 Bucket List Adventures Flying Free: With the idea of inspiring to think outside the box when it comes to things you can do while traveling, Lyn shares her family's top 15 amazing experiences they've done flying free since 2015 from attending the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to Comic Con i by Families Fly Free

34 min listen

Please Don't Do This When Trying to Earn Your Southwest Companion Pass!: The Southwest Companion Pass is hands-down the best deal in travel, but there are a lot of ins and outs you need to understand to avoid making a critical mistake when trying to earn one. Lyn shares the top mistakes she sees when consulting with her Famili by Families Fly Free

26 min listen

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