- So you wanna travel in luxury
but you don't necessarily wanna pay those luxury prices.
Y'all came to the right channel because my husband
and I actually saved $10,000 on our luxury honeymoon.
And we're here to pass on the tips to you.
Before we get into everything we have to define
what in the world is luxury travel
because that definition is different
for every single person.
When I'm talking about luxury travel
I'm thinking about three top things.
The first one is, am I at a state of peace
when I'm on this trip?
A lot of the times, travel can be extremely anxiety inducing
and you're trying to time out how long the TSA line is.
So you can make sure that you get
to your gate before the gate closes for your flight.
I think luxury travel.
I think the opposite of that entire situation
where you truly feel relaxed
the entire time you're on your trip
and the only way you really get your adrenaline pumping
or when you have a mild case of anxiety
is when you're on a fun excursion
that's meant to make that happen.
Second factor is, do you feel catered to and cared about?
Kindness goes a long way in the hospitality industry.
And if an employee makes a guest feel so important
and cared for,
that's how you know you're getting the right kind
of treatment on a trip,
the last factor is a curated experience.
Do you feel like you're going
through an experience that is so unique
to whatever destination you're a part of
or whatever airline you're checking out or does it feel
like a task that you're just checking off
because trip advisor said to go there?
With the three factors of being peaceful, curated
and cared for.
When all three of these elements are together,
it does a lot of the times mean
that it is going to have a higher price tag
but it may not necessarily be the highest price tag.
Luxury travel to me does not mean it's the most
expensive place that you can travel to
because I have stayed at the most expensive five star hotel
in a city and have been treated horribly.
If that sounds like your kind of luxury travel
then this video definitely is for you.
But if you're more so on the budget travel side
and you're okay with couch surfing, splitting the bill
with 10 other people in one room, that's completely fine.
That's how I traveled beforehand too.
But this video isn't necessarily for you.
One of the best deals that you can find
when it comes to business and first class airfare
is actually not with the big names like Delta, American.
It's actually with a semi-private jet brand called JSX.
JSX is like a a first class, business class hybrid
because you're flying on a semi-private jet.
You don't need to go to the main terminal
and you go to a private terminal instead,
you actually don't go through TSA and get to stay
at a really chill lounge and have some light snacks
but you're not paying the business
and first class kind of prices.
JSX right now is in a handful of cities
more so in the Midwest and the West Coast.
If you're in areas like California, Arizona, Texas, Miami
then this option is definitely for you.
You're gonna be flying in a jet
meaning there's not gonna be as many passengers
on that flight.
You also have more plush
and comfortable seating with a two by two configuration.
You either have aisle or window seat
and there is no middle seat.
The seats are nice and wide and super plush.
Plus you have really great leg room.
Flights with JSX can be as low as $200
if you're flying from San Diego over to Las Vegas, one way.
If you wanna bring that price down even lower,
go ahead and go down to the description box down below
and I'll have my referral code down there
where you'll be able to get $20
off of your next flight with JSX.
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Another way that you can get really great deals
with luxury travel is being flexible.
If you don't have to fly on a Sunday
which is the most priciest date,
then don't fly on that Sunday.
What I recommend that you do is be super open
to the dates that you fly and even better,
be even more open to the location that you're flying to.
Use either Google Flights or Sky Scanner
and choose your destination that you're flying from,
for me would be Las Vegas.
And then for the destination that you're flying to
as well as the dates that you're flying on,
just leave it blank and see the flight calendar
because they will send you the best deals
from your home location
to wherever the cheapest flights are for business
and first class.
Another tip of flying is flying on Tuesdays, y'all.
Those really are some of the cheapest dates
that you'll find.
The next way that you can get a deal
on upgrading your seat on a flight
or even your room at a hotel is being one
of the card holders of whatever hotel that you're staying at
or whatever airline you're flying with.
Almost every single big branded hotel from Marriott
to Hyatt to IHG Hotels will have a credit card
that you can be a card holder of
and will give you a higher status
with whatever airline or whatever hotel you're staying with.
For example, I have the World of Hyatt Credit Card
with Hyatt Hotels, and that automatically
by just being a card holder gives you Discoverist status
which is the second tier in their loyalty program.
Although it's just one tier above the free loyalty tier
with this status, I have actually gotten room upgrades
on every single booking and every single stay with Hyatt
since I've been a card holder
and that's been over 30 nights in the past year.
If you're looking to apply
for the Chase World of Hyatt co-branded card
I'll leave my referral link down below.
You'll actually get a sign up bonus
when you sign up with either my link or anybody else's link
but support your girl and apply through my link.
That would be incredible.
Y'all may be surprised because these next two tips
are things that I bet you do almost every single day
and they may earn you free
or low cost hotel rooms and airfare.
And this next tip is don't pay for your travel.
What? Is Maria trying to get me
to like get a sugar daddy or a sugar mama?
Are we breaking into the hotel room
so we can stay there for free?
No, that's not y'all.
It's actually the way that my husband
and I were able to stay at an $8,000 hotel room
for $0 out of pocket.
This is how we did it, it's called travel hacking.
What travel hackers do is they apply
for things called travel credit cards
that are meant to give you great deals on travel.
A lot of these credit cards have things
called sign up bonuses.
These sign up bonuses are a way that you can get a bunch
of travel point that you can use
to book your hotels and your airfare
instead of using your hard earned money.
I have so many videos about travel hacking
and how you can do it too.
I'll make sure to link that at the end.
Travel hacking is definitely for somebody
who has about a thousand to $2,000
in their regular spending every single month,
because that 1000 to $2000 per month
can get you thousands upon thousands of points
every single year.
By not spending without your means
and forcing yourself to make all
of these big purchases when you don't need to.
It's really cool.
I'll also have my favorite travel hacking cards
linked down below that you can check out.
World of Hyatt is definitely one of them.
Chase Sapphire preferred as well
as the American Express Platinum are definitely
two of my other favorites.
This next one is to shop online.
When you shop online at whatever store
or when you're paying off a utility bill, make sure
that you're doing so through an online portal
that will get you those travel points.
And a lot of the times you don't even need
to have a travel credit card.
Yes, Chase card holders do have their own shopping portal
but for y'all who are not Chase card holders
and don't have a specific Chase travel credit card
then you need to sign up for a service called Rakuten.
Rakuten is a free online extension
that every single time you shop online
you just activate the extension
and then it will track how much percentage
and how many points you're earning
for every single purchase.
This is great because you can either or earn cash
or what I opt in for
is American Express Membership Reward Points.
For example, we just moved to Las Vegas
and then set up our internet with Cox.
They were partnered up with Rakuten and we activated one
of the deals where if we sign up for a new plan,
we're able to get 4,000 points, which is equivalent.
When I transfer that over to American Express
to almost hitting a free flight with Delta
and that's round trip too
whether you're looking to cash out in points
or whether you're looking to cash out an actual cash,
I have a referral link down below
where you'll be able to get $30 from Rakuten
if you sign up with my online code.
That is $30 free money.
That's a lot of free boba, just do it.
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If you found value in this video,
I highly recommend you check out this video right here
which is that video about staying
at the $8,000 hotel in California
or binge this playlist of luxury travel right here.
See y'all in the next video, bye.