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Squish Like Grape

Remember this scene from Karate kid?   Walk right side road – Safe. Walk left side road – Safe. Walk…

Joel November 18, 2020

Webinar recording: How to turn Chase Sapphire Preferred’s Signup bonus into $1000 to $15,000 in travel benefits

Ever feel like the airlines have a gun to your head when you NEED to fly somewhere? Here’s a guaranteed…

Joel October 2, 2020

7 quick-and-easy trip customizations

Have you ever decided to research a trip and been disappointed at the price? So you play with different options…

Joel August 21, 2020

Positioning flights (Advanced travel-hacking strategy)

A positioning flight is a flight someone takes out of a different airport than their own when they can fly…

Joel June 25, 2020

How does JGOOT work? Are these fares real?!?

Hi there,   If you’re reading this – you might be wondering how I’ve been able to take over 20…

bmerkle January 22, 2020

“Sorry, this just seems like a scam”

For every one “Thank You” email I get from a paid subscriber, I probably get ten from free subscribers who…

Joel July 10, 2019

The best way to save big on lodging (that is overlooked 90% of the time.)

Today’s blog post was inspired by a question I get asked almost as often as “Can you give me a…

Joel July 9, 2019

The more often you look – The luckier you get

I’m flying my family of four across the country for only slightly more than what most people would pay for…

Joel June 8, 2019

Don’t look for deals on cruises. Do this instead:

Here is my response whenever I get asked if I have deals on cruises.  Thanks for reaching out.  I solely…

Joel April 27, 2019

Planning a trip to Hawaii

Yesterday, a premium subscriber called with a question about the best way to plan his Hawaii trip. Since it was…

Joel March 7, 2019

“A Star Is Born” and and unexpected reaction

Last night, in hopes of cramming one last Oscar nominated movie in before tonight’s award ceremony, my lovely wife Michelle…

Joel February 24, 2019

Abe Lincoln, sharpening axes, chopping down trees, and traveling for pennies on the dollar

[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” custom_class=”] We all like to think we’re good at finding deals when it comes to travel.…

Joel February 24, 2019

JGOOT Subscriber story: “Flights so cheap we got to bring the grandparents!”

Nikki Sandschaper and her husband are both school teachers – which might seem great for vacations, but considering the only…

Joel February 20, 2019

Exploiting the airline industry’s “Achilles Heel”

Whether dealing with discount airlines, or one of the big three – all airlines use extremely expensive software and algorithms…

Joel February 16, 2019

Like the Gideons give Bibles to Hotels

Sean and Janelle of Toward Awakening Travel were kind enough to invite me to talk about the concept of remnant…

Joel February 8, 2019
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