Episode 3 : It’s All About the Plan

Welcome back to ZorkCast, the podcast that is all about helping you travel smarter, gamble smarter, and maximize your adventures. On today’s episode we are lightly touching on the topic of travel and trip planning. One of my favorite personal activities is planning trips. I just love looking at all of the different potential items and possibilities. Be it routings, airlines, air fare, hotels; I just enjoy it! I know a lot of people don’t enjoy it, but I think it’s rather fascinating and it’s also sort of a game to hunt for the best potential deals or being able to optimize your use of miles, points, and loyalty perks on a particular trip, which is a very big part of planning. If you are going to be using miles and points for a trip, you are going to have to do a lot more work than somebody who is just planning to purchase a trip. Keep listening for some pointers and great ideas on planning your trip successfully. Key Points From This Episode: • Doing the right amount of research. • Booking travel using loyalty or reward points. • Identifying a reasonable redemption of points. • The importance of the concept of positioning. • Keeping all your information together. Tweetables: “if you’re going to be using miles and points for a trip, you’re going to probably have to do a lot more work than somebody who is just planning to purchase a trip.” — @travelzork [0:01:45.0] “You’ll often have to position yourself for fly to a city that isn’t the exact city that you would like to go to.” — @travelzork [0:06:25.0] Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: TravelZork — https://travelzork.com/ ZorkCast on Facebook — facebook.com/travelzork ZorkCast on Twitter — https://twitter.com/TravelZork ZorkCast on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/travelzork/ Google Flights — https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0&gl Expert Flyer — https://www.expertflyer.com/ (if joining or doing a trial, please use the TravelZork affiliate code link : ExpertFlyer referral : http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=208409&U=1436121&M=25056&urllink= Award Wallet — https://awardwallet.com/en/ (if joining or doing a trial, please use the TravelZork affiliate code link : Award Wallet referral : https://awardwallet.com/?refCode=s30p9t3zsc FHR (AMEX Fine Hotels & Resorts Program) — https://www.fhrdigitaldirectory.com/ FHR News (the best source for details about the AMEX FHR Program) - https://www.fhrnews.com