He is bookEd and busy.
Since he launched the successful travel website and the successful Guy in 2010, Brian Kelly has been a source requested for advice to cross the world.
Now, the Guru de Go is taking its act of digital to printing, compiling 15 years of experience in its first book, “how to win on trips.”
“Frankly, traveling is still really confusing,” said the frequent player of 41 years to the post about motivation behind his new volume for tourists. “I see so many people making mistakes.”
In the and a half decade since “The Points Guy” was founded, Americans have been traveling at record rates, but many are still bewildered when it comes to planning the perfect trip.
Among overwhelming accommodation options, insurance policies doubts and reward programs for constantly evolution of the points, it is easy to feel reviewed before it can even register.
Fortunately, the Proipatetics Pro guide on all the previous shelves and more successes of February 4, and will slide comfortably into your hand luggage.
To coincide with the launch of the book, Kelly shared some of his most valuable vacation hacks with the publication: he continues to read and get the packaging.
Cheap seats
Flight prices rise very high in 2025, with tickets for some routes that are expected to increase in amazing 14% in the coming months.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Kelly is most frequently asked about how to acquire plane seats for the lowest possible price.
For years, rumors have run unbridled that Tuesday is the cheapest day for plane tickets, while some swear to reserve exactly six weeks hook the sweetest treatment.
But Kelly states that this is all literas.
“There is no better magical day in which, suddenly, the fairy flight sponsor simply make all cheap flights,” he said.
Instead: Be flexible, both with the dates and with their exact location, and get Google flights.
“Google.com/flights is a free tool that all travel experts I know,” said the expert. “The real trick with Google Flights is this small button called ‘Explore’ and that will allow you to put in your hometown and then a destination region.”
For example: “Say that it is very cold and you want Then select the cheapest flights. “
“This is how you save money,” Kelly said.
Sure
In addition to Google Flights, the expert issued says that there is a second place that is essential to see before flying: Insuremytrip.com
While most meaningless travelers will simply choose the standard insurance that is an optional complement to their airline or stay ticket at the hotel, Kelly says it is something to avoid.
“The biggest mistake that people make with travel insurance is to buy it through the airline or the hotel,” he said. “Don’t do that in general. That is not even travel safe. It’s called Travel Protection, and you’re paying a great cousin for really bad coverage. “
Instead, he advises to “compare and contrast policies” in Insuremytrip.com.
“It has all the insurers … it is very simple to compare and contrast policies,” he explained. The most expensive policies do not always provide the best coverage, so place your data for your trip. It will show the three main quotes and then see what is the best coverage for the best price. “
luggage
The former American Airlines CEO recently revealed that he would never check a bag when flying, and Kelly acknowledges that the tactic makes the airport experience infinitely easier.
“You have much more flexibility if you don’t check a bag,” he explained. “However, I have children, (then) there is no way that (alone) is doing hand luggage.”
Kelly urges those who check a bag to “get a credit card from the airline that gives you a free control bag because the bag rates continue to increase even more than the costs of air rates.”
In addition, he advises adding an Airtag to his marked luggage, so he can track his whereabouts in case he lacks the way to his destiny.
Meanwhile, an extra cautious Kelly even appears an additional plane in your hand luggage just in case.
“Sometimes we leave our luggage (hand) with the hotel that could disappear,” he said. “So, knowing where your belongings are at all times is critical.”
The summer trip is no longer hot
While Kelly said it is important to be flexible with the dates, he believes that some travel seasons are superior to others.
You urge you to forget to go to the amalfi of Italy or the Greek islands in July or August, where there are a large number of American tourists and a shortage of air conditioning.
Kelly says that it is still warm enough to enjoy Europe in September and even in October, and advise “shoulder season”, also known as: trips that take place in autumn or spring.
“During the summer … you are going to pay for the nose,” he said. “And, frankly, most Europeans leave cities in August, so you are going to go and have very non -authentic experiences.”
“The autumn trip (on the other hand) in Europe is fabulous,” said the guru. “You’re going to pay a cost fraction and you can still catch that really pleasant climate now in certain places until October.”
Where to go
Following the Covid pandemic, Portugal has become the destination of American tourists day, who are in love with low prices and the beautiful coast of the country.
But Portugal is already played? Kelly said that another European economic country, which also has beautiful coastal cities, is the place of 2025.
“Croatia has beautiful beaches, very funny party islands and (it comes) at a fraction of the cost,” he was excited. “It is definitely he hot point “.
And what is the only place in Europe that you can omit with confidence? Kelly says it’s Mykonos.
“It’s super expensive,” he said of the Greek island über-popular.
“If you are going to do Greece, the Riviera de Athens is where it is now,” he said.
“Just outside Athens, there are beautiful beach clubs … that’s where the true hidden gems are.”
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