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Curious what to expect for 2025? Use the helpful information of astrology to help you along. Babs Cheung, The Astro Translator, is here to tell us about the retrogrades, the eclipses, the major impacts of certain planets that are effecting us all - plus, some inside scoop on certain signs (hello Leo, Gemini & Scorpio!) Even if you study or follow astrology, you will learn something hear, and help you coordinate some major decisions around placements that are influencing you. Babs Cheung, The Astro Translator, is an award winning writer, activist and astrologer with 20 years of study known for helping entrepreneurs plan their fiscal quarters according to their birth charts and speaking loudly about how using astrology casually dismantles patriarchy. Putting her Aries Mercury to work, Babs' words can be found in the The New York Post, ELLE France, Bustle, YourTango, CNN Underscored, Woman's Day, Well+Good and a handful of podcasts she begs you to listen to at 2x the speed. Find her at her website. For more information about Leah's work or to book a private session, visit her website. Thanks for listening! Follow leah on IG, FB & TK @leahthemodernsage for more!

We just can't quit you Pixel 9, can we? Even with guest Adam Doud on the show, Huyen Tue Dao, Mishaal Rahman, Jason Howell and Ron Richards are at it again.We'll be at Droidcon NYC this September!Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.NEWS0:17:26 - The dawn of AI Photos and the ethics of images that aren't real0:29:54 - We know when Android 15 will roll out and it's been a rollercoaster!0:36:21 - Android 15 QPR 1 has goodies like Lockscreen Widgets and more0:43:56 - Patrons picked the news that phone call recording is coming...only to the Pixel 9HARDWARE0:49:48 - The Google Pixel 9 reviewed!1:07:59 - A ton of features available on the Pixel phones1:13:56 - The Pixel 9 Pro uses 3 GB for AI1:16:56 - The Snapdragon 7S Gen 3 brings, you guessed it, AI1:19:04 - Foldable alert! Tecno's Phantom V Fold 2 and Flip 2 leak with great pricing1:22:55 - For my tablet fam, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Plus and Ultra details are hereAPPS1:24:55 - Niagra Launcher brings Android 15 features1:26:27 - Arc Browser is coming to Android!1:28:49 - Sharing clips from YouTube finally got easier1:30:56 - Google Tasks redesign brings productivity upgradesCOMMUNITY1:32:38 - Paul has a tale of frustration from Google sales support1:36:02 - Larry from Michigan is Google Fi curious1:42:54 - Mike from Georgia has an old Android version alertThanks to Adam Doud for joining us - check him out at Benefit of the Doud, Slashgear, Forbes, CNN Underscored, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a Text Message.In today's episode, Johnny Motley discusses how he found his way into freelance travel, booze, food and men's fashion writing and shares productivity hacks for writers. Follow Johnny's life and work here: https://johnnymotley.com/about-johnny-motley/ X: https://twitter.com/JohnnyMotley Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/motjohnny Muck Rack:  https://muckrack.com/john-motley-1Great Plains Roadtrip: https://matadornetwork.com/read/epic-road-trip-americas-heartland/The Points Guy: https://thepointsguy.com/author/jmotley/Paste:  https://www.pastemagazine.com/search?q=Johnny%20MotleyMatador: https://matadornetwork.com/author/johnnymotley/Timeout: https://www.timeout.com/profile/johnny-motleyInside Hook: https://www.insidehook.com/author/johnnymotleyCool Material: https://coolmaterial.com/?s=Johnny+Motley&filter=allTomato Timer: https://www.tomatotimers.com/Four Corners Roadtrip: https://matadornetwork.com/read/ultimate-four-corners-road-trip/Boise: https://adventure.com/basque-country-road-trip-american-west-united-states/Macon: https://www.thedailybeast.com/uncover-rock-n-rolls-roots-on-a-deep-south-road-tripSavannah: https://matadornetwork.com/read/savannah-wemoke-tour/Zen: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240125-mottainai-in-japan-creativity-is-key-to-a-no-waste-idealGourmet GP Cuisine: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240314-a-national-awakening-to-the-great-plains-gourmet-bountyRocky Mtn Towns: https://www.pastemagazine.com/travel/rocky-mountains/rocky-mountain-highs-the-10-coolest-mountain-towns-to-visit-this-summerFL road trips: https://www.pastemagazine.com/travel/florida/flo-ridin-the-best-florida-road-tripsSolas Award: https://besttravelwriting.com/2022/04/26/journeys-with-an-amazonian-shaman/CNN Underscored: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscoredWWOOF: https://wwoof.net/ Thank you for listening!  Please take a moment to rate, review and subscribe to the Media in Minutes podcast here or anywhere you get your podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.

This week the whole gang sits down to talk about a town in California for sale that Commando found an article about and they immediate decide to turn it into a tourist destination for deviants through the use of robots.  Sarcastro shares another list of gifts for Father's Day that are "better than whiskey stones" from their favorite CNN Underscored contibuting editor and it turns out Fatty has more than a few of these gifts. Intro and Outro music written and performed by Andrés Rodríguez (Androzguitar).

On March 26th 2024, we hosted “From Northern Ireland to the C-Suite of Silicon Valley: A Discussion With Sarah Friar” in New York City. ​Sarah Friar is Chief Executive Officer of Nextdoor where she leads a team that revolutionizes the way people connect and build community. Before joining Nextdoor, Sarah served as CFO at Square, SVP of Finance & Strategy at Salesforce, and lead software analyst and Business Unit Leader at Goldman Sachs.  ​While serving as CFO at Square, Sarah launched its initial public offering in 2015 and added $30B in market cap. She sits on the boards of directors of Walmart and ConsenSys, as well as the advisory boards of HOPE Global and the Blavatnik School of Government. She is the co-founder of Ladies Who Launch, a nonprofit that celebrates and empowers women and non-binary entrepreneurs. Sarah earned her MEng in Metallurgy, Economics, and Management from the University of Oxford and her MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where she graduated as an Arjay Miller scholar. She holds an honorary doctorate from Ulster University and in 2019 was granted an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to entrepreneurship.  ​Sarah is from Northern Ireland, has lived in South Africa, and now lives in Northern California with her husband and two children. This episode is a live-recording of the event with Sarah, in conversation with Digital Irish and CNN Underscored's Rachel Quigley.

Danielle Gober is an Orlando native and a graduate of Rollins College where she earned her Bachelor's in communication and public relations. She loves connecting with people and believes interpersonal communication is the best way to accomplish anything successfully. She loves creative writing, finding ways to make her fashion obsession more sustainable, and learning new public relations strategies. Gober's work has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Forbes, Better Homes and Gardens, and CNN Underscored. https://otterpr.com/about-us/meet-dan... LinkedIn: / daniellegober

Welcome to episode 353 of the Mobile Tech Podcast with guest Andrea Smith of CNN Underscored -- brought to you by Mint Mobile. In this week's show we discuss the ongoing Beeper / iMessage saga, Realme's hot new GT5 Pro, and Vivo's X100 series imaging powerhouse. We then cover news, leaks and rumors from Samsung, Moto / Pantone, Oppo, Honor, Tecno, Meizu / Polestar, and Google.Episode Links- Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tnkgrl- Donate / buy me a coffee: https://tnkgrl.com/tnkgrl/- Support the podcast with Mint Mobile: https://mintmobile.com/mobiletech- Andrea Smith: https://www.threads.net/@andreasmithtech- Beeper blocked by Apple (again): https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000609/beeper-mini-cloud-outage-imessages-investigating- Realme GT5 Pro: https://www.gsmarena.com/realme_gt5_pro_is_here_with_snapdragon_8_gen_3_5400mah_battery_periscope-news-60845.php- Vivo X100 series global launch: https://www.gsmarena.com/vivo_x100_x100_pro_global_launch_date-news-60871.php- Ben Sin's Vivo X100 Pro video review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CIlY9DP_Jw- Oppo Find X7 Pro dual-periscope rumor: https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_find_x7_pro_schematic_shows_a_dual_periscope_telephoto_camera_system-news-60887.php- Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra 5x/10x telephoto details: https://www.gsmarena.com/report_the_galaxy_s24_ultra_to_keep_10x_zoom_add_a_5x_as_well-news-60888.php- Honor Magic 6 series camera specs leak: https://www.gsmarena.com/honor_magic6_camera_details_surface_to_have_variable_aperture_lens-news-60878.php- Tecno future lens event: https://www.gsmarena.com/tecno_announces_variable_apperture_liquid_lens_periscope_coming_to_phantom_x_series-news-60864.php- Pantone "Peach Fuzz" Moto Razr+ and Edge 40 Neo: https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_razr_40_ultra_and_edge_40_neo_are_now_available_in_pantones_color_of_the_year_2024-news-60853.php- Meizu 21 / Polestar Phone: https://www.gsmarena.com/meizu_21_announced_with_snapdragon_8_gen_3_200mp_main_cam_and_flymeos_105-news-60766.php- My Polestar phone-related story: https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/tesla-phone-xiaomi-ev-the-line-between-your-car-and-your-phone-is-starting-to-blur-and-its-a-good-thing- Google Gemini: https://www.engadget.com/googles-answer-to-gpt-4-is-gemini-the-most-capable-model-weve-ever-built-150039571.html

Marissa Miller is an experienced commerce journalist and editor currently full-time for CNN Underscored covering all things health, wellness, fashion, beauty, home, and travel with work published in The New York Times, CNN, NBC News, Vogue, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Teen Vogue, GQ, Women's Health, SELF, Allure, USA Today and more. As a certified personal trainer with a specialization in orthopedic exercise, she is always on the hunt for the most effective and safe fitness gear and apparel for athletes of all levels. She holds a certificate in plant-based nutrition from Cornell University, so if she can't go grocery shopping with you IRL, she'd be delighted to make food and cooking product recommendations from afar. Beyond food and fitness, Marissa specializes in accessible and sustainable fashion, tech, beauty, and design, and wherever they each intersect with travel. Marissa is the author of PRETTY WEIRD: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome and Other Oddly Empowering Lessons. Learn More: https://www.marissa-miller.com/

Join me for episode 329 of the Mobile Tech Podcast with guest Jason Cipriani of CNN Underscored -- brought to you by Mint Mobile. In this week's show, we review Google's Pixel Fold, then discuss the latest OnePlus V Fold leaks and Vivo's Dimensity 9200+-equipped X90s. We also cover news, leaks, and rumors from RedMagic, Samsung, Nothing, and Qualcomm.Episode Links- Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tnkgrl- Donate: https://tnkgrl.com/tnkgrl/- Support the podcast with Mint Mobile: https://mintmobile.com/mobiletech- Jason Cipriani: https://twitter.com/mrcippy- Jason's Google Pixel Fold review: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/google-pixel-fold- Ron Amadeo's Google Pixel Fold issue: https://arstechnica.com/google/2023/06/rip-to-my-pixel-fold-dead-after-four-days/- OnePlus V Fold specs leak: https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_fold_details_surface_78_internal_and_63_cover_displays_4800mah_battery-news-59001.php- OnePlus Nord 3 launching July 5: https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_reveals_nord_3_design_on_twitter_to_be_available_in_two_colors-news-58978.php- Vivo X90s: https://www.gsmarena.com/vivo_x90s_announced_with_dimensity_9200_chipset-news-58969.php- RedMagic 8S Pro coming July 5: https://www.gsmarena.com/nubia_red_magic_8s_pro_features_battery_size_charging_speed_confirmed-news-59006.php- Samsung Galaxy S23 FE renders leak: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s23_fe_design_leaked_renders-news-58999.php- Nothing x Swedish House Mafia: https://www.gsmarena.com/nothing_phone_2_and_phone_1_getting_a_glyph_composer_swedish_house_mafia_creates_first_sound_pack-news-58979.php- Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2: https://www.gsmarena.com/snapdragon_4_gen_2_unveiled_the_first_4nm_chip_in_the_series_supports_faster_ram_and_storage-news-58976.php- Redmi Note 12R with Snapdragon 4 Gen 2: https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_note_12r_debuts_with_snapdragon_4_gen_2_-news-59003.php

In this episode of the Smooth Operator Podcast, host Blake interviews Bryce Widelitz, a seasoned performance and affiliate marketing expert. Bryce shares his journey from founding DesignYourDorm.com to his time at CNN, where he revolutionized monetization strategies and created CNN Underscored. He provides valuable insights into the power of partnerships, affiliate marketing, and driving revenue through innovative content strategies. Bryce's expertise and passion for growing digital businesses shine through as he discusses his role at Impact and how publishers can optimize their affiliate revenue. Whether you're a seasoned affiliate marketer or just starting out, this episode offers valuable tips, success stories, and strategies to take your performance marketing to the next level. Tune in and unlock the secrets of success in affiliate marketing!

Vanessa Gordon is the CEO and Publisher of East End Taste and the Founder of the Hamptons Interactive Brunch event series. As a freelance journalist, she has contributed to publications such as Pregnancy & Newborn, Parents Magazine, Thrillist, Psychology Today, and many more. She has been featured as a travel and parenting expert in Reader's Digest, MSN, Condé Nast Traveler, CNN Underscored, Yahoo, and most recently on BBC London Radio. She received her Master of Arts Degree in Education from New York University. She lives with her family in the Hamptons with her husband, two children, and three cats. In this episode, Vanessa breaks down how to curate a brand event, sharing her insightful tips on the event planning process and sponsorship pitching. She'll share her firsthand experiences organizing events through the Hamptons Interactive Brunch, shedding light on the valuable lessons that she's learned along the way.Here's what you'll learn:Tips on pitching for paid sponsors for event sponsorshipsHow Vanessa has raised capital for eventsInsight into Vanessa's career in writing and eventsHow to pitch a brand trade for event sponsorshipsThree to five things Vanessa includes in a cold pitch for an event sponsorship Tips on what to include in a pitch for an eventExamples of the events she's put on Ideas for pitching event sponsorshipsWhat types of content she is looking for as a journalistHow Vanessa pitches herself as an expert and recommendations for pitching her as a journalistAnd more! Social media links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanessapgordonhttps://www.instagram.com/hamptonsinteractivebrunchLinkedInWebsite: https://www.vanessapgordon.comSign up For Lexie's Weekly Insider to Receive Insider Tips, Invites, & More at: https://theprbarinc.com/newsworthy/Instagram: @theprbar_inc

In this episode, we are joined by Parima Ijaz, the Founder of Pure Parima, a luxurious bedding brand exclusively designing and producing top-of-the-bed 100% Certified Egyptian Cotton products and has been featured in CNN Underscored, Cosmopolitan, Martha Stewart, and Apartment Therapy. Due to the rarity and the costly expenses needed to produce pure Egyptian Cotton, many companies shy away or simply deceive the consumer. That is where Pure Parima tackled the issue head-on, producing purely 100% Certified Egyptian Cotton bedding products. Tune in to learn more!    

Over the past 45 years, Wayne Rash has covered every inch of the tech space. Among his many notable posts, Wayne was executive editor at eWEEK, eWEEK.com, and Ziff Davis Events. He was a senior contributing editor and a senior analyst in the InfoWorld Test Center. Additionally, Wayne worked as a reviewer for Federal Computer Week and Information Security Magazine. He also ran the reviews and events departments at CMP's InternetWeek and was a long-time columnist for Byte Magazine. Today, Wayne is based in Washington, DC, and contributes to Forbes, U.S. News & World Report, CNN_Underscored, and Red Ventures. In addition to his work as a reporter, editor, and reviewer, Wayne has authored five books, including Politics on the Nets: Wiring the Political Process, a 1997 work examining the emerging role of the internet in politics. Wayne also pioneered the use of big data analysis in his reporting. As part of his coverage of the 2016 presidential primary season, he was able to show a likely win for Donald Trump. Wayne is a retired naval officer and a former news director for a number of radio and television stations in Virginia.  In this episode of the Look Left @ Marketing podcast, Davida Dinerman gets Wayne Rash's insights on a wide variety of topics. Here are a few of the highlights: 01:51 - 20 years of service in the U.S. Navy03:31 - Technology advances through the years04:45 - Early online communities that foreshadowed social media05:48 - Tech that had promise but went bust06:53 - The current state of tech journalism09:52 – How content properly generated by companies can be helpful and influential11:45 - How to break into the news business13:29 - The best way to grab the attention of a tech journalist16:59 - Predictions for what's ahead in technology20:29 - The problem with building security into products22:18 - The bleak outlook for tech journalism

Today I am joined by Daniela Rodriguez. Daniela is the CEO and co-founder of Neems Jeans, a Latinx-owned denim company that designs custom jeans to your unique body for a perfect fit. Each pair is ethically handcrafted in Los Angeles and exclusively uses sustainable, rescued fabrics. Neems' mission is to empower folks with the confidence they deserve in their perfectly-fitting jeans, while never having to compromise on our planet or our people. Neems has proudly been featured in Business Insider, The Zoe Report, Ecocult, and CNN Underscored as the "jeans of your dreams". Tune in to learn more about Daniela's journey! Follow Neems Jeans Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neemsjeans/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearneems Website: https://www.neemsjeans.com/ Follow Werk Mija on Social Media TikTok: @werkmija Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/werkmija/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/werkmija Website: https://www.werkmija.com

This week, Jasmine Lewis, Founder and CEO of Vie Beauty, an esthetician-led luxury beauty brand curated to simplify skin care shares memories she's kept of her late best friend - her grandmother, who is her inspiration for the brand. She dives into the importance of family and freedom and how she built Vie Beauty by being consistent, showing up everyday, and merging the perfume experience with skincare.   Jasmine Lewis is the founder and CEO of Vie Beauty, an esthetician-led luxury beauty brand curated to simplify skin care and find effective solutions for dry, sensitive and dehydrated skin often caused by underlying conditions that disrupt the skin barrier. The Houston native attended the prestigious Clemson University earning a degree in Biological Sciences with a pre-med focus.    Vie Beauty is a hub for skin education, beauty services and curated experiences. Inspired by her late grandmother's first hand experience with damaged skin barriers due to chemotherapy and diabetes and her own battle with skin, Jasmine set out to create a brand and product, 30ROSES, she felt would have been beneficial when caring for her grandmothers and would change the trajectory of how we approach our personal journeys. 3ROSES, a hydrating luxury rose water, elevates the skincare experience and makes dry, sensitive and severely dehydrated skin more permeable in order to increase product effectiveness by infusing the necessary hydration into the skin.   Since its launch in 20202, 30ROSES has made its mark in the beauty community- even the beauty queen, Mariah Carey, is obsessed! They have since been featured in HelloBeautiful, CNN Underscored, Essence, Marie Claire, Black Bride and more.   Follow @iamjasminelewis and @viebeautyx or visit https://theviebeauty.com/.   Tune in to learn more from Jasmine and Kendra!   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Jasmine Lewis, Founder and CEO of Vie Beauty, an esthetician-led luxury beauty brand curated to simplify skin care shares memories she's kept of her late best friend - her grandmother, who is her inspiration for the brand. She dives into the importance of family and freedom and how she built Vie Beauty by being consistent, showing up everyday, and merging the perfume experience with skincare.   Jasmine Lewis is the founder and CEO of Vie Beauty, an esthetician-led luxury beauty brand curated to simplify skin care and find effective solutions for dry, sensitive and dehydrated skin often caused by underlying conditions that disrupt the skin barrier. The Houston native attended the prestigious Clemson University earning a degree in Biological Sciences with a pre-med focus.    Vie Beauty is a hub for skin education, beauty services and curated experiences. Inspired by her late grandmother's first hand experience with damaged skin barriers due to chemotherapy and diabetes and her own battle with skin, Jasmine set out to create a brand and product, 30ROSES, she felt would have been beneficial when caring for her grandmothers and would change the trajectory of how we approach our personal journeys. 3ROSES, a hydrating luxury rose water, elevates the skincare experience and makes dry, sensitive and severely dehydrated skin more permeable in order to increase product effectiveness by infusing the necessary hydration into the skin.   Since its launch in 20202, 30ROSES has made its mark in the beauty community- even the beauty queen, Mariah Carey, is obsessed! They have since been featured in HelloBeautiful, CNN Underscored, Essence, Marie Claire, Black Bride and more.   Follow @iamjasminelewis and @viebeautyx or visit https://theviebeauty.com/.   Tune in to learn more from Jasmine and Kendra!   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Summer Hull from TPG and Julian Kheel from CNN Underscored are back with us!  I'm constantly getting asked by listeners how we travel the way that we do.  We're lucky enough to have both Summer and Julian on the show this week to talk about some of the tricks we use to travel the way we do without breaking the bank. And, the best part of the episode may be Julian impersonating Richard in his absence. If you sent us a question and we haven't gotten to it yet, we promise we'll get you a reply. We've got a big backlog for future shows! Don't forget that you can leave us a voicemail or text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show!

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. Apparently, judging by the titles of our recent episode and this upcoming one, we are on a “F*ckin” roll, haha see what we did there? Anyway, Last week we talked about Kanye West and the complexities surrounding both loving and hating an artist, someone who may be a creative genius but has asshole tendencies. This week we are talking about another well-known celebrity who has become a household name. Despite being a successful business woman alongside the Kardashian clan, she recently gave some pretty shitty and arrogant business advice to working women a few weeks ago. There are so many misconceptions surrounding working women, especially working women of color who grow up without privilege and financial guidance. Where do wealthy privileged women get off on claiming to understand the average working woman? We are joined by our friend on the podcast Sarai Ashari, a Social coordinator at CNN Underscored aka one of the MANY hardworking women who got off their ass and worked. Follow Sarai on IG: thesaraiashari and Twitter @TheSaraiAshari Later the host introduces a new segment, Saucy but Sweet Tune of the Week, where she reviews the film Deep Water which has been released on HULU. Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson is a proud partner of Sundays non toxic nail care brand focused on wellness. Use the promo code ALIVENUE for 10% ALL ITEMS. Your nails will thank you later. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/saucy-but-sweet-with-ali/support

Senior Media Strategist Rahat Rashid talks to Mike Andronico from CNN Underscored about the good and the not-so-good experiences of a trade show journalist.

Wondering how to earn more points towards travel? Trying to decide which travel credit card is the best fit for your family? This week we chat with points and miles expert Jennifer Yellin about the best travel credit cards for families. Kim and Tamara also talk about the changing travel restrictions in Europe, the Caribbean, and cruises. Note that since this podcast was recorded, Italy has also dropped its testing requirement for fully vaccinated travelers. About Jennifer Yellin Jennifer Yellin is the founder of Deals We Like, where she helps her readers travel on a deal. She writes about everything travel related, such as travel credit cards, travel rewards (points and miles) and travel destinations. Jennifer is also a freelance writer for CNN Underscored and The Points Guy where she writes on similar travel topics. Jennifer loves traveling to beach destinations and embracing ski trips with her family. How to Pick the Best Travel Credit Card for your Family For family travel, you need to book early if you are looking to use points since they are popular times to travel and you need more seats than if you are traveling solo When choosing a credit card to start using points there are some that are very easy to redeem points, like Capital One which allows you to earn points and then use the points eraser to erase the travel charge on your credit card. Others, like Chase Ultimate Rewards, you transfer your points to airline or hotel programs to use your points. You can get better value that way but it takes a little more work There are also airline or hotel specific cards that provide certain perks, like a free night certificate or free baggage, that can be valuable if you are able to fully utilize it Also look at the annual fees and make sure you are getting more value than you are paying in annual fees The Hyatt card will help you earn Globalist status, which will provide nice perks like room upgrades. See our episode about the best hotel loyalty programs Southwest is a popular card for Southwest fliers that can earn the Companion Pass (see our episode about flying families for free) The Chase Sapphire Preferred is a great card but wait to sign up until they have a very good sign up bonus. Points transfer easily on a one-to-one basis and you can even book through their travel portal. They have a partnership with Southwest and OneWorld Alliance members like American and British Airways If you transfer 1-to-1 to Hyatt, you will get more value out of your points then transferring to Marriott If you do decide to have multiple cards, make a note of which cards give more points for specific categories (e.g. gas, travel, supermarket) and put a piece of tape or label on each card and write on it which category to use that card for If you have a specific trip in mind, find out what hotel you want to stay at and then look at signing up for that hotel brand credit card and sign up when there is a good bonus (unless a card like Chase has a better welcome offer) You can also sign up for credit cards in you and your partner's name or a personal and business card to get multiple sign up offers if you have a specific trip in mind When you want to use points for a family, it can be hard to find enough free seats for everyone. Just keep in mind that if you book separately you may end up separated if they reshuffle the flights but you can try to get the itineraries linked to avoid this If you have status, you probably want to buy a ticket for the person with status and use points for the rest Expert Flyer is a membership website that helps you find special award availability For international airlines, it also helps to use an award booking service to help find flights to a specific destination, these usually cost about $150-200. Usually you don't pay unless you can book You can use Point.me (used to be Juicy Miles) where you put in your itinerary and the system will provide you with options that you can book and that is a less expensive service because it is automated When you transfer points, it can take 24-48 hours for the points to show up in your account and you can't book until they are available. You can Google how long it takes to transfer points between specific programs Once you transfer points from your credit card to an airline or hotel program, you can switch them back to the credit card so be sure you want to use them To earn additional points, sign up for every shopping portal available such as eBates/Rakuten (for cash back or points), some have Chrome Extensions to remind you to purchase through the portal. Most mainstream ecommerce sites will earn you points There are also a lot of sign up bonuses around big shopping weekends Cashbackholic will show you which shopping portals offer the best rates/points offers EV Rewards will also compare for you Always look at the targeted offers that are sent to you from your credit card companies to earn extra points or cash back Buy gift cards through shopping portals, put purchases on credit card and have others pay you back for group dinners, class gifts, etc. Never sign up for a credit card without a sign up offer Southwest currently has a good offer for earning a Southwest Companion Pass Make sure you can always easily meet the minimum spend requirements when signing up for a new card If you are applying for a mortgage or a loan soon, don't apply for a new credit card, but otherwise it won't hurt your credit score Cancel cards when you are no longer getting value, but you can also call and see if you can get a fee waived or reduced If you have applied for 5 or more Chase cards in 24 months, you can't get approved for a new card and Amex offers are usually once in a lifetime but you may be able to get it once they roll off your credit card in seven years or so Full Episode Transcript [00:00:00.190] - Kim Tate Stay tuned to find out how you can charge your way to free travel. [00:00:15.450] - Announcer Welcome to Vacation Mavens, a family travel podcast with ideas for your next vacation and tips to get you out the door. Here are your hosts, Kim from Stuffed Suitcase and Tamara from We 3 Travel. [00:00:29.890] - Kim Tate Tamara. It's kind of a fun intro today because I feel like we're going to share some happy news for a change that's happening. Do you want to kick us off and start talking about some changes that are happening in the travel space lately? [00:00:41.710] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. I mean, just overall, I think everyone feels a whole lot better than they did a month ago, for sure. And I know traffic to my website showing that people are more interested in international travel than they have been, for obvious reasons. But it's just so nice to be on the side of things where it's like things are getting better. [00:00:58.670] - Kim Tate We have good news. Yeah. [00:01:00.680] - Tamara Gruber But as you guys know, we're planning a spring break trip coming up very quickly, and we've been keeping everything crossed that everything goes okay. But we saw just actually, I just saw very recently, I think it was on February 12 that France has lifted their testing requirement to get into the country. So it's just like one of these hurdles that I can check. I can just cross off like, okay, the day before, how am I going to get the test that I need? And is it going to come back in time depending on how things are there or they're going to shut now that things are better, they're closing some testing centers. What's the best way to get this test that they need? So it's just like one of those hurdles that I don't have to go through now. And it's just it's such a relief. And also because Hannah had COVID in early January, I was actually going to get her tested to see if she's still testing positive. Do I need to get the doctor's note and go through that whole thing? And so as restrictions are lifted, it's just so nice to have one less thing that you have to do as you're getting out the door, and then one less thing that could kind of screw up the road. [00:02:11.860] - Tamara Gruber Obviously, you could still get sick, but hopefully you would know that versus like, oh, no, you're actually asymptomatic. Not that we want to be traveling asymptomatically, but you know what I mean? So I'm just encouraged that there are a number of European countries that are lifting their testing requirements at the same time, though, I should say that is for people that are fully vaccinated and different countries have different rules about full vaccination. Like, for example, for France, you need to also be boosted if it's been more than seven months since your second shot or your only shot if you're like me when it was Johnson, Johnson. So you need to follow still those kind of guidelines and all of the rest. But at least on the testing front, it's one thing. So, yeah, so France lifted it. The UK has lifted that, Ireland has lifted it. Spain lifted it. And I've seen that both Portugal and Greece have lifted it for the EU. And so my matter of time before they lift it for the US as well. And part of it might be like the US still has the requirement that people need to test, including US citizens, on entry into the US. [00:03:24.420] - Tamara Gruber So it might be one of those things where it's like, well, if you lift it for us, we'll have it for you kind of thing. But yeah, at least I mean, right now we're still going to have to get tested in France to go into Italy. But at least we know that that's pretty easy to do. Like, there's tons of pharmacies around and it's cheap and readily available and fast turn around. So I'm not as worried about that. And then I actually just ordered some testing kits from EMED, which is what you and I used when we were in Portugal because it's the proctored self testing that is accepted for return to the US. [00:04:00.540] - Kim Tate And it's instant. Yeah, it's really good. [00:04:02.170] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. [00:04:03.870] - Kim Tate That horrible one day window that the US enacted, which I hope they're going to reedit that now that Omicron is calming down because that one day is a big ask. [00:04:13.080] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, it's definitely and I was worried about like, oh, if we're in Italy, I know I can get tested, but will the turnaround be in time? So I just felt like bringing these along is going to be the easiest scenario. We just do that in the room and we'll be all set. So positive news on my friend. And I know you've been paying attention to some other stuff going on, so you have some positive news, too. [00:04:34.640] - Kim Tate Yeah. Well, we're headed out on a cruise for spring break, and we're getting numerous emails that keep coming in because cruises are really volatile right now with the way they're changing. A lot of them went back into even a lockdown. They canceled a lot of cruises in January. And now I think things are loosening up, and so that's kind of opening up options. And so I think that for cruising, just know that cruising is back. Cruises in general have always been, as we talked about in that episode a while back, they're pretty obsessed with cleanliness and germs because of other things like norovirus that they've had issues with. So just know that cruising is back. And so if that's an option. The other thing that I like about cruising is because we're doing a Caribbean cruise and because you come in and out of a US Port, you are waived from a lot of those testing requirements that if you were just flying directly into a Caribbean Island. So there is some benefit to that. Just know that some of the Caribbean Islands also are editing what they're requiring. And I know that, for example, I believe it's the Bahamas and maybe even Aruba, if you're vaccinated, you no longer have to submit a PCR test. [00:05:41.530] - Kim Tate You can take a rapid test. Of course, it has to be a proven rapid test. You can't just take one of the Amazon ones and take a picture of it. It has to be like the EMED ones that you're talking about. But I think for some travelers, those are way easier than, like you said, making appointments and going in through a drive through or some kind of testing site. And then that stress over. Will I get the results in time, especially if for us out here, the Sundays really throw us off because they don't run the results on Sundays and do the testing. So if you need it, you kind of have to either wait for Monday or you have to go Saturday and hope that process works. So I just know that for us, it's kind of a big thing to keep an eye on. And I do think, like you that things are relaxing, and I think everybody's ready to get back to travel. So I feel like a lot of us traveled over the past year anyways, but it's becoming more accessible for people who maybe don't want the cost or the stress of testing. [00:06:35.070] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. I mean, I've talked to a couple of people recently. They were like, oh, I just paid $100 for a test, and then they dropped it the next day. The cost for a family to have to deal with that kind of testing is considerable. It's huge. [00:06:51.000] - Kim Tate Well, our in laws won't come visit us from Canada because they're a family of five and they didn't come last summer because even after the border opened, they can't pay for five test times $150 or whatever. It just was cost prohibitive. [00:07:06.880] - Tamara Gruber So, yeah, I like to be an optimist, and it's been hard for a couple of years. And I know things can change and all of that, but it is just nice to see positive news, positive things happening. And I'm excited. I'm excited for where all of our travels are going to take us this year. [00:07:26.130] - Kim Tate I definitely think that it's exciting and I think that it's people I mean, governments are seeing that the travel restrictions and the testing isn't necessarily catching it. It's still spreading like wildfire all throughout the country. I think that's a bigger thing. Like, I'm fully into watching things, but the fact that obviously Omicron moved through multiple countries, it really shows that we kind of all just need to get back to living and do our responsible parts. [00:07:54.940] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. Well, speaking of getting back to living, I think everyone has been thinking of the trips that they want to take. And so we've been trying to have some episodes that addressed some of that, like some of that inspirational dream travel and today we're going to talk to really a credit card expert, and she's going to help us figure out ways to earn our way to those dream trips using credit cards. So I'm very excited to kind of find some new strategies after talking to her today. [00:08:26.090] - Kim Tate Yeah, definitely. Jennifer is a true expert. So let's get talking to her. [00:08:38.270] - Tamara Gruber We are here this week with Jennifer Yellin. She's a travel and credit card expert, founder of travel site Deals We Like, and a freelance writer for The Points Guy and CNN Underscored. So, Jennifer, I feel a little bit odd to have such an expert here today, but welcome. [00:08:52.970] - Jennifer Yellin Thank you so much. Thanks for having me. [00:08:55.340] - Tamara Gruber Well, we get a lot of questions about credit cards and strategies. And there are always some of our favorite episodes, and people always have different advice. So it's really nice to talk to, like, people with different viewpoints and experience. But before we get into really talking about what credit cards families should be using to earn points, I was hoping you could inspire us a little bit with some of the trips or flights that you've been able to book using miles and points. Sure. [00:09:21.790] - Jennifer Yellin Absolutely. So this past two years, like many of you, probably has been a little bit of a pause in staying at home. But just more recently, my family was actually able to take our first trip since the Pandemic started to Aruba, and we were able to book that fully on points, utilize our JetBlue points. And with JetBlue, it's really cool that if the flight goes down in price, you can cancel now with your points and rebook it. So I was able to do that a few times and really get that price down really low. Booking with points, even during the Christmas time period, it was pretty awesome. And then we stayed at the Hyatt Regency there right on Palm Beach and used points as well. And my husband actually has global status, which is their top tier status. So we are able to apply a suite upgrade. And we're confirmed into a two bedroom suite. And my kids had their own bunkbed room, which I thought was so cool. [00:10:11.020] - Kim Tate That's amazing. That's definitely like a dream. Good job on that, because I know those suite rewards are kind of difficulties sometimes. I hear they are. [00:10:19.280] - Jennifer Yellin I mean, it wasn't available right away. I had a check online daily, maybe hourly leading up to it. And probably about two weeks before our trip. [00:10:26.930] - Kim Tate It opened up nice. [00:10:28.700] - Jennifer Yellin That was good. [00:10:29.960] - Kim Tate That definitely sounds good. I know Tamara was in Aruba, too, but I think those are the dream trips that everybody thinks about when they can do points on Airlines and hotels. So Unfortunately, I get overwhelmed at that aspect of, like, how to redeem. And so I have a whole bunch of points, but they're all just sitting in my account doing nothing for me. So I had a friend who's in the point space once say to me, what do you hate free money? Because you're not using your points. So I know that that's a good thing when you can use them. [00:10:57.520] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. Family travel, specifically points kind of early because we always are booking during the popular Christmas break, spring break time frame. And that's when everyone books early. So right now I have a bunch of trips planned for December break. Clearly, I'm not taking them all, but booking them right when the war calendar opens up has allowed like a word availability to be booked and it's easier to come by. [00:11:22.660] - Tamara Gruber That's a good tip. [00:11:23.840] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. As long as I can cancel them, I'm good. I probably have like four different trips. [00:11:28.850] - Kim Tate Yeah. It becomes you have to have a spreadsheet to manage it sometimes. [00:11:33.110] - Kim Tate Well, what do you think is some of the so let's start off by talking about what you think some of the criteria is for people to look for when they're choosing a credit card to start earning points because there are a lot of options and I know kind of what I'm thinking and what other people have said. So in your opinion, what should people look at? [00:11:50.580] - Jennifer Yellin I think it kind of depends. There's two types of credit cards out there in the points space. Forget about cash back, but there's those that allow you to easily redeem your points. Like capital One is the first one that comes to mind. You book your flight and you can kind of use your points to wipe away the charge. [00:12:10.730] - Kim Tate Like the eraser or something. [00:12:12.510] - Jennifer Yellin Exactly. Like at a very easy rate. You don't have to worry about award availability. Like you were saying that you don't want to deal with if the flight is available. The hotel is available on points. As long as you can book it with cash, you can use your points. Then there's one like the Chase Ultimate Rewards, which kind of has a few different programs, actually. But those are where you can redeem your points to various hotel and airline programs by transferring your points. But that takes kind of some motivation, I guess it takes some effort and work and you need to kind of learn the programs, but then you could actually get something of better value. So it kind of depends on what your personality is. [00:12:53.540] - Kim Tate Right. And then, of course, there's also, like specific airline credit cards, like Delta or I have an Alaska card just because it gives me some perks. But it's funny because on Alaska I still book with my Amex because Alaska pays three times, but Amex pays five times. So it's kind of funny how you have to think about that stuff. [00:13:10.330] - Jennifer Yellin Absolutely. Other things I look for is I try to keep my annual fees low because I have a decent amount of credit cards. But are there perks that come with a credit card, like a free night certificate? So like Hyatt offers a free night certificate. It's capped at a category four, but I always find that that helps pay for the annual fee and actually allows me to come out ahead. So are there any of those other bonuses or perks that you'll utilize? [00:13:35.210] - Tamara Gruber I used to have a Marriott card, and I felt like sometimes I ended up not always using that voucher for the free night because then you would look at it and when I wanted to book, it was only like $100, $150. And you're like, oh, I'm going to save it for something else. And then it never ended up happening with all these things you definitely have to stay on top of make sure you're using the perks and the bonuses that you get. Right. [00:13:58.270] - Jennifer Yellin Definitely. Because if not, you could be spending a good amount on just fees where you're really not worth it. [00:14:04.160] - Tamara Gruber I mean, I totally admit that we've had the Capital One venture card for years and years, and the Holy Racer thing is just super simple. [00:14:12.670] - Kim Tate Yeah. That's what Paul likes. He loves that one. Just for the ease of it. [00:14:16.910] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. And we've also been using a higher credit card. And even though we're not getting the best value every time you make a purchase, it helps us earn global status, which, as I've mentioned before, is like their top tier status. So by earning that status, because every time you spend, I think $5,000 on the card, you get two nights towards status. So that, combined with staying at hotels, allows us to use that and then kind of get these awesome perks. So you kind of got to look at the pros and cons of every car and see what works best for you. Whenever anyone asks me, my simple answer sometimes is it depends. [00:14:51.780] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. We talked to who is Ed Pizza, right. A few months ago, Kim, and he was really recommending Hyatt as a great program for families. So I'm glad that you brought that one up and like ways to kind of maximize that because their point redemption is certainly much more generous than, as I mentioned, the Marriott card. [00:15:11.380] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. Ed and I are big Hyatt people for sure. [00:15:15.100] - Tamara Gruber Well, it sounds like you gave a couple of good starter cards for someone that's interested in travel but maybe doesn't have any particular destination in mind, or they just want to be able to use it, like travel generally. I know some people are like, really into Southwest, do everything Southwest. We had somebody on that talked about that in the past. But are there any other kind of starter cards that you would recommend for someone that doesn't want to be loyal to a particular brand or a particular airline? [00:15:43.570] - Jennifer Yellin Sure. Yes. If you don't want to be loyal and you kind of want to be agnostic and have to diversify your portfolio, I guess the Chase Sapphire Preferred is a great card. I wouldn't say the sign up bonus is as high as it has been over the past year. So if you're not in a rush, you might want to hold off. But that is a good program where it's simple. They have really good transfer partners such as Hyatt, United, JetBlue, and then once you get more into it, you can explore some of the international airline partners as well. But it's simple. Everything transfers as one to one, and you can kind of figure out what your needs are and then transfer to the program. Or you can book through their travel portal. I think it's run by Expedia. It's the exact same process as booking as any other Expedia hotel you would or Air flight. And you can utilize your points that way, too. It's at a fixed value, so they offer a good amount of opportunities. [00:16:37.550] - Tamara Gruber And are they one that has a really broad portfolio of Airlines? I remember I used to do that a lot with Amex, and then they had gotten rid of a lot of their partners and we kind of dropped Amex for a while. Some still have limited partnerships with the one to one transfers. [00:16:55.310] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah, I think they have a broad number of transfer partners. It's on the airline front, off the top of my head. United JetBlue, British Airways, which a lot of people will book domestically. You can book their British Airways points using on American Airlines, so they're a partner. So it's really easy to travel domestically even with an international airline. And then there are some other international carriers, too, in Southwest actually is one of them as well. So I think they have a good amount. There are definitely ones that are better than others just because of not all points are pretty equal. So if you transfer one to one to Hyatt versus one to one to Marriott, Hyatt points are 20,000 Hyatt points is probably equivalent to 60,000 Marriott points. So it's slightly different when you're transferring in a one to one rate. You want to get the best value. I'd say. [00:17:45.920] - Kim Tate Yeah. I think that it's good to mention that you do have to be mindful of the transfer partners because that is where you can get into. There's a whole it's kind of like couponing, right? Where the people who are like those extreme couponers, they knew everything and they could stack stuff. And I think that people who really get into this are good at stacking stuff because it's like, oh, I know for a fact that British Airways has really high taxes. So maybe you want to fly Air Lingus into Ireland and then get to there's little things like that that you learn over time. But it is nice to have the multiple transfer partners knowing that you can kind of optimize the way the credit cards work for you. Do you have any tips? Because I know this is a big thing in the point space about deciding if you do decide to have multiple cards, how do you decide what expenses to put on each card? [00:18:29.730] - Jennifer Yellin So I have many cards, probably too many, but I kind of look at category bonuses. So some credit cards will give increased payout for gas, some will for restaurants, some for travel, supermarkets, your common purchases. And so I kind of lay it out and I actually have what's it called tape with Sharpie written on which one to use for various types of purchases. And that has helped, but that can definitely get overwhelming. I'd say if you don't want to be overwhelmed, you're probably better off with a credit card like the Capital Adventure that just offers you two points for every dollar you spent. It doesn't matter what you're purchasing. If you're buying a toy for your child, purchasing travel, going to grocery store, anything, it's the same return. So it really depends on maybe your personality and how much you want to spend on this. But if you're willing to put in the effort, you can definitely maximize every single purchase you make. But it will require a few different credit cards. [00:19:35.410] - Tamara Gruber I like that tip, though, of like putting a little note on them in some way because I have a terrible memory when it comes to numbers. And so I could see myself having a spreadsheet somewhere that says use this one for gas and this one for that. But until it becomes like routine and a habit, I would be like which 01:00 a.m. I supposed to use again. So like a little tip, right? [00:19:56.480] - Kim Tate So many people in the point space on the groups, a new quarter comes around and they change out and they have those label makers like the Dymo label makers, and they put them on their cards, which card to use? And they do it for their spouses too. That maybe aren't into it as much because sure enough, I think of that. I'm like, which one do I want to use for dining? What do I want to pay here? [00:20:24.450] - Tamara Gruber I'm thinking like when you use Apple Pay or you do online and your card saved, you can name them. Usually just name it like Amex or Visa. You could name it like grocery store, dining, gas. [00:20:36.650] - Kim Tate All the gas probably isn't needed online. [00:20:39.090] - Tamara Gruber So that kind of covers some of the general travel. I know some people have some dream trips in mind. Like say, okay, I want to go to the Maldives or I want to go to Tokyo. Like what is a good strategy to get me to a particular destination? Is that better to then look at a specific card for the airline? That might be best for that? What would your approach to that kind of scenario be? [00:21:05.080] - Kim Tate Absolutely. [00:21:05.600] - Jennifer Yellin Whenever I give anyone advice, I always actually find it's easier for me to help them when they have a specific trip in mind, because then you can have a strategy for that particular destination. So I know it was a few years back, but a friend of mine wanted to go on our honeymoon to the Maldives. Like you had mentioned, it's definitely a quite extensive adventure. So this is a prime opportunity to use your points and miles. And I said, well, the Hyatt actually has a great property there get the highest credit card. I can't remember what the actual bonus was at the time, but right off the bat, it was either two or three nights free at the Maldives. This was many years ago when before the point rates went up a little bit. But that was probably a $3,000 in savings. So I think if you know exactly where you want to stay, let's say it's the Hyatt, then look to see what the Hyatt credit card is offering at the time. Look to see what maybe the Chase Sapphire Preferred is offering at the time, since you can transfer the Hyatt and see which one is going to give you a better welcome offer for that particular destination in mind. [00:22:07.650] - Kim Tate Yeah, I know we were planning a trip to Tokyo, and Japan Airlines is a partner with Alaska, and Alaska is my airline of choice here in Seattle. And so that was easy for me because I was kind of banking those miles and I got the Alaska card because my status gives me free bags, but I was able to get free bags for my kids as well. And all that. And those points really helped in the way get us our Tokyo flights that we didn't get to use, but still there. [00:22:32.320] - Tamara Gruber You got them? [00:22:33.530] - Kim Tate Yeah. [00:22:33.910] - Jennifer Yellin I did something similar last year about probably eleven months ago. I knew I wanted to go to Hawaii over this past December break. We didn't go, therefore, we went to Aruba. But I purposely just got the Alaska credit card purely for them, based in Boston. Boston. I don't think I've actually ever flown Alaskan Airlines in my life, actually. But there was a points available I saw. So I immediately applied for the credit card and both my name and my husband's name. And actually I applied for the personal credit card and the business credit card in both of us. And I knew that immediately would give us both a one way flight there. And I already had American Airlines booked on the way home with points. So I applied for that card for that one specific destination. I now have all these Alaska airline miles, and I know that I'll just use them at another point of time to hopefully go to Hawaii again. [00:23:21.250] - Kim Tate Yeah. [00:23:22.350] - Jennifer Yellin So I did that myself, too. [00:23:24.870] - Kim Tate So let's talk about we talked about booking flights and using points because this is something that I've struggled with a lot. When you are for a family, when you are wanting to use points, do you think it's easier to just always search for four tickets? Say you're a family four. Tamara is a family, three, whatever you are, your whole family search for tickets with those points? Or do you think it's better to be willing to pay for some and get tickets for some? Because I know that I've struggled with that, especially because as a status person, I almost want to buy my ticket, which is what I did for our spring break. I bought my ticket and I use points on my family's three tickets because now I'll earn miles on that trip and they don't care about anything else. So do you have any tips about that for using points with a family? [00:24:10.340] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah, we actually do the same. We fly JetBlue a lot now. And my husband had status and actually they extended his status. So he still has his status, which actually isn't worth as much anymore. But we'll pay for his ticket and then use the points to purchase tickets for myself and my two kids. And then Jeff, who allows you if you call them and the tickets are booked within a few minutes of one another, they'll kind of link them kind of for you. So that's a strategy we use with JetBlue and Southwest. There's no capacity control. So as long as there's a paid ticket available, you can go ahead and use your points. It doesn't matter, unlike some other Airlines. But with other Airlines, sometimes I do recommend just looking at one ticket at a time, because if there's one or two tickets, you could do that. The only problem is when you're booking with multiple itineraries. And sometimes if there's schedule changes, the Airlines aren't as helpful, I guess is the right term to keep families together, necessarily if they are booked on separate itineraries. So that's just one thing to keep in mind if you're booking under multiple reservations. [00:25:15.090] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, we've actually had that happen to us a number of times. We used to travel on points much more often and we were separated. And it's one of those things that especially when you book far out in advance, they tend to reshuffle flights fairly often and equipment, and so you can easily get moved around. And it's something I'm sensitive to because I have a child who is now older, but when she was younger was also a nervous liar. So there's, like, no way I would have wanted her separated from me. I think it's a good tip to say call, tell them to link the PNR numbers on the itinerary, but it's definitely not foolproof. So if it's something that you're concerned about, definitely something to keep in mind. [00:25:59.070] - Jennifer Yellin Right. And my thought is if I'm willing to pay for two or three of the passengers and I'm probably willing to pay for all of them and then use the points at another time, I personally like to book with everything either paid or points just to keep everything clean. [00:26:15.750] - Kim Tate And I know that when you do talk about just for people who are maybe a little more intermediate or advanced well, if they're advanced they already know this. But I know that a lot of people use Expert Flyer, which is a website. You can actually pay a yearly membership fee. I think it's like $49 a year. $99 a year. I don't remember what it is. And they somehow have some magic API that looks for special award availability that's coded a certain way. And so if you are trying to play a game, I know some people set up like alerts so that if they're watching a specific flight or a specific destination, they can kind of if an award ticket becomes available, they can hurry and log in and book it. [00:26:57.950] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah, absolutely. That is one good technique. And another thing I've kind of found helpful at times is using an award booking service. I know that seems silly from someone who kind of knows as well, but specifically with international Airlines, it can be beyond overwhelming. And they have all the tools and they have the same API's. And I don't know what they do in the background, but sometimes they're able to find ways that you didn't think of to go ahead and book an award internationally using partner programs. And it can actually save you points. So if you have points on one Airlines, but then also points in a flexible program like the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card, which awards you ultimate reward points, you actually could potentially transfer your points to a program and then book your itinerary for less points than booking with another program. So there's so many different things to know, I guess, when it comes to that. But there are services out there. [00:27:53.490] - Kim Tate Yeah. Do you have any? Because I know a friend that I kind of met once that's in the space. And at one point when we were looking at Japan and I was trying to decide if I was going to do it myself and he charged like 150 or something to do it for you. But do you know what those typically charge or what? Is there a top one or two that you know by name that you could mention? Sure. [00:28:15.120] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. That price point sounds about right. But then there are other services that have kind of come out over the past few years. So one is Point me, it used to be called Juicy Miles, and instead of them actually booking it for you, you can kind of like Expert Flyer in a sense, somewhat. You put in your itinerary and it kind of lists out all these different options for you. So it's all system process. There's no one physically doing it for you. And that's a much less expensive option. I think that you can charge a monthly fee or maybe just you can do it a one time or even a seven day trial period. I think so. Those are some good options, too, because it's less expensive. But it will give you all these international Airlines that you do in point programs that you probably didn't even know existed. And how to book. The only problem is some of them are a little bit more challenging to actually transfer to and book. But by quick Google searching, there's, like everything out there that you can figure out on how to transfer points and everything. It's time consuming. [00:29:16.410] - Jennifer Yellin It's really time consuming. And sometimes, I don't know, it might be easier. [00:29:19.740] - Kim Tate That's what I'm saying at this point. I would pay someone $250 to do it for me because I do know how time consuming. [00:29:26.970] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. And usually you don't pay unless it works. Right. [00:29:30.550] - Kim Tate Unless they get it for you. [00:29:31.880] - Jennifer Yellin Right. If you're not happy with it, no harm. [00:29:34.500] - Kim Tate Yeah, that's good tip. And I think also just a heads up for some people realize that a lot of these, like, I know Amex and Ultimate Rewards, a lot of their transfer partners take 24 to 72 hours for the points to kick into your account, which can be a big issue, especially if you're like, oh, this airfare just became available. Now I have to transfer the points, but then you're waiting there two, three days. I'm hoping that they hit your account so you can buy that award ticket. It's very stressful. I actually did that for Alaska to get our Japan tickets. I needed like 50,000 more and I had to transfer some. And I was like, oh, my gosh, please get in my account before these disappear. [00:30:09.750] - Tamara Gruber That's a really good point. [00:30:11.620] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. If you like Google also, I don't know why has it, but if you Google, like, time to transfer points from one program to another, there's so many experts out there, points people that have kind of taken all the data and put it all together. So some of them are instant. Some of them could even take seven days. But you could probably get a good inkling based on what these other people have put together. [00:30:35.190] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. Well, it's one of these spaces where there are so many experts, but trying to sort through it all on your own is definitely confusing. That idea of being able to hire someone to help you. And thinking about that, I'm such an advanced planner, you kind of want to be like, oh, well, I'm probably going to use this. I'll just switch the points over now, but then you can't switch them back. [00:30:58.030] - Jennifer Yellin That is a good tip. Once you transfer points out of, like, Capital One or City or American Express Chase, I think those are the three main ones. They're in that program of choice. They are not going back in. So once flexible, points are no longer flexible. [00:31:12.770] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. One way. [00:31:14.020] - Jennifer Yellin Yes. [00:31:15.690] - Tamara Gruber Well, we talked a little bit about some ways that you can maximize kind of your earning potential through these. But maybe we can just touch on that a little bit more deeply because I feel like it gets challenging for families that don't have someone that's like a real road warrior that's traveling a lot to kind of build up points simply from travel. So obviously you need to find other ways to earn those points. So maybe you can just touch on a few of those strategies. [00:31:41.670] - Jennifer Yellin Absolutely. So one major way is to sign up for every single shopping portal. Ebates is one that's always advertised and that will give you cash back, although you can now have those points go into American Express. But similar to ebay, you can sign up and receive points to American Airlines or United Alaska. All the Airlines have their own shopping portal. So all you have to do is Google Alaska Airlines shopping portal and it'll bring you up. And a lot of them even have those widgets on your computer where every time you go to a site, if you were to Gap.com, it'll pop up and say kind of give you a reminder, remember to shop through the Alaska Port. I don't know if that. [00:32:22.620] - Kim Tate Yeah, the extensions. Like the Chrome extensions. Yeah, exactly. And I think Ebates, just so everyone knows it's called Racketon. Now, if you're confused about that. No, it's okay. You're good. I still think of them as ebay. So I wanted everyone to yes. [00:32:35.800] - Jennifer Yellin Ebay was definitely a softer name. So every time you make a purchase online, there's no reason not to earn points unless it's more of a boutique store. But with your mainstream stores, even if you're only earning one point per dollar spent that's one point more than you would have earned otherwise. And sometimes if you sign up for their emails, if you spend $200, earn $1,000 bonus. They have these types of bonuses all the time, especially around the holidays, Black Friday, even randomly, the long holiday weekends, like Memorial Day, Labor Day, big shopping weekends, and just sometimes out of the blue. So there's ways to really accrue a lot of miles from home. [00:33:17.530] - Kim Tate Absolutely. [00:33:18.420] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. [00:33:18.790] - Kim Tate That's one of my favorite tips. I do that a lot and I really like it. And there's these websites now, the one I use the most is like Cashback Holic. And they'll compare. So if you're going to you're like, okay, I'm about ready to buy. I'm going to book this Marriott stay. You can type in Marriott and it'll show you like who, because I belong to Racketon and Top Cashback and I can compare those two. I try not to get into too many of them, so I mainly use those two. But I'm like, oh, Top Cashback is 6%. Racketon is only four. I'm going to go to Top Cashback so you can get really nerdy and kind of compare them also. [00:33:49.190] - Jennifer Yellin Oh, totally. Absolutely. And EV Rewards is another one that will also compare for you is great. [00:33:57.090] - Tamara Gruber I totally admit that. I completely suck at this. I don't use any of these. And every time you read about it, you're like, oh yeah, I should do that. And I just get excited if I actually learn how to use one of the bonuses on my credit card, like get $50, $50. [00:34:16.510] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. And another thing you want to do, I mean, this is separate from the shopping portal is I remember I think it was the last time I received an email from Barclaycard. And they are the bank with JetBlue. And it was like ridiculous offer spent $2,000 on your card over three months and earn I think it was 40,000 points. It was a targeted offer. I got it. My husband didn't. I was like, all right, moving all my spent to my JetBlue card for the next few months. Right. And they're just paying attention just helps you earn these increased offers. So there's definitely ways from home without flying to earn points and miles. [00:34:55.990] - Kim Tate I've definitely been getting better about when I'm about ready to either go on a trip or go shopping with my girls or something along those lines. I log into my Chase and my Amex accounts online and I look because they have an offer section because you have to add them to your card. [00:35:09.740] - Jennifer Yellin Yes. [00:35:10.010] - Kim Tate And I don't think people always realize that. So if it's like, oh, Levi's is having a deal, I add it to my card because maybe they're going to want Levi's jeans while we're on back to school shopping or, oh, guess what? Hilton is doing this special. If you spend if you stay two nights, you get whatever the case may be. And I don't think people do that enough. But it's a good way to really I think if you want to get serious about it, you should log in often to the offers page because they reset every month. [00:35:34.850] Yeah. [00:35:35.740] - Jennifer Yellin Every day you're going to laugh. But American Express offers used to update every day at three in the morning. And I'm not joking. And so when my kids were small and I was up in the middle of the night non stop, I was like, so excited. And that was part of my daily routine. Some people have their morning coffee. I would look at my American Express offers. I'm not even kidding. That's awesome. Daily. But I will say it used to be you could add them to every single American Express credit card you have. I can't remember when, but a few years ago, it's now just one per account. So it's not as generous as it used to be. But I used to check them every single morning. And I'd saved thousands of dollars this way because it's not earning points. Well, actually, there are offers that you can earn points, but some of them are cashback. So now there's either cash back or increase point offers. So it depends on the offer and the type of card you have, because some cards might have it somewhere, but they're really great way to earn points or offset your purchases. [00:36:33.850] - Kim Tate And like you said, so many are targeted. Like Tamara got this offer for a Marriott offer at one point on her Amex and mine. I didn't have it and I'm convinced it's because I had the Amex Marriott card. [00:36:42.870] - Tamara Gruber I don't know. [00:36:44.830] - Jennifer Yellin You'll never know. And sometimes you can even I remember I can't remember the exact offer, but it was like grocery stores and I spend $500 getting $100 offer, something like that. And I wasn't going to make $500 purchase in once because sometimes it's on a single purchase. So I just bought a $500 gift card there and then just use the gift card over the course of my shopping fees. So there are ways to kind of I don't know if scheme the system is the right term, but play the game. [00:37:13.460] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. I mean, I do what you do, Kim, is when I'm shopping online, I'm like, wait, that might have an offer. Let me look. But the other thing with the gift cards is just simply like gifts, right. We give gifts and I buy gift cards for people all the time. And it's just like if it's something that you're spending anyway, just find a way to use to earn points on it, right? [00:37:34.430] - Jennifer Yellin Absolutely. Or be the one to pay the bill at the restaurant and have everyone to Mo you buy the class gifts or anything like that. Like everyone wonders why I'm always a class mom. It's to accrue all the money and then I can put all the purchases on her credit card. [00:37:49.320] - Tamara Gruber Love it. [00:37:49.910] - Jennifer Yellin Little things like that. [00:37:51.290] - Kim Tate Well, I know another big way to maximize points is with sign up bonuses. So could you give any final tips for people that are thinking of getting a new card, anything they should know about sign up bonuses or things to watch for, and then wrap it up with any final tips that you think people need to know about credit card points? [00:38:07.580] - Jennifer Yellin Absolutely. So one thing you want to make sure of is when you sign up for a credit card, make sure it doesn't have to be the best offer because you might be waiting around for a year for the best offer. But make sure it's a really good offer. I know we were speaking before and you said you apply for an offer that was like half of what it typically is. So when you see an offer, make sure it's a good value and it's going to provide you with enough points that you'll be happy with that. Even if a better offer comes along in a month or two. Pay attention to best offer. Some banks, actually, if you apply within a few weeks or maybe even a month, if you call them up and say this better offer just came out, will you match it? They may or may not match it for you, but it's always worth a try. You never know. Some banks have kind of different fools and they change every so often also. But if you're looking for a credit card right now and specifically for family travel. The Southwest Credit Card actually has one of the best offers where you'll earn the Southwest Companion Pass. [00:39:05.500] - Jennifer Yellin I don't know if you guys have discussed the Southwest Companion Pass much on the podcast, but it's definitely one of my favorite travel features. And it allows someone to fly with you for free in a limited number of times. I've been a passholder for the past 13 or 14 years at this point. And it's like the most amazing thing ever. So that's one of my favorite offers right now. If you live in a Southwest hub, if you don't live near Southwest, then it's not worth it. [00:39:33.520] - Kim Tate And I'll chime in and just say that we did cover quite extensively about that Southwest offer and stuff with Lynne and that's episode 181. If anybody wants to go back and listen to that awesome. [00:39:43.960] - Jennifer Yellin Yes, she's an expert and everything's Southwest as well. So that's one thing right now, credit card offers are changing all the time. I think Marriott just came out with something last week, United as well. So it's like hard to even keep track. But sometimes even just like Googling best credit card offers from the experts. You'll get pages, but make sure it's really the best and not just them pushing you on the best when it might not be. [00:40:11.950] - Kim Tate Yeah, I definitely think that I've done that where especially if I have a big purchase, like, oh, I'm buying a new camera or we're about ready to take a big trip and I'm going to be putting a lot of charges. I kind of go and I say, okay, best credit card offers for March 2022 or whatever. And of course, it's the points guy, nerd wallet, upgraded points. [00:40:31.310] - Tamara Gruber Like all those guys. [00:40:32.280] - Kim Tate And so it's kind of good to just read through those and kind of see which ones are popping up. And they definitely, you'll know, because it's not just an offer. Like they'll write a whole article about this amazing offer is one of the best we've seen lately, that sort of stuff. [00:40:45.640] - Jennifer Yellin Right? Absolutely. And also just another tip is make sure you can meet the minimum spend requirements. Some of the credit cards are 1000 $2,000 in three months, six months. But the Capital One Venture X card right now, for example, is like, I think it's $10,000. So that might not be obtainable for most families. [00:41:04.130] - Kim Tate Exactly. [00:41:04.910] - Jennifer Yellin So it just makes it something you can do. [00:41:07.420] - Kim Tate Those business cards can sometimes have really high spends. Because I've looked at doing a business card, sometimes I'm just like, there's just no way I can spend that right now. [00:41:15.240] - Jennifer Yellin Right. [00:41:16.170] - Kim Tate Although I know that's a whole other expert level of people who do credit or gift card buy and resell to do that. So that's a whole other level. [00:41:24.990] - Jennifer Yellin Yes, it is. If you're interested in that, go to Greg at the Frequent Mile or he is crazy when it comes to this. But awesome attitude. [00:41:32.530] - Tamara Gruber One of the things that I'm thinking about. As I'm listening to you guys, I'm thinking about what I have an upcoming trip where I'm going to be spending a lot of money and some of that's already on one of my credit cards. But maybe I should look into what bonuses are up right now. But it makes me think about when you want to churn your cards. And we obviously talked about signing up, you and your husband for a card and signing up for this card in that card. And it's like, at what point are too many cards? Like too many? Like, how long do you keep it before you get rid of it? Are there considerations to think about in terms of your credit or just eligibility for future cards? That just to make people aware of? [00:42:10.930] Sure. [00:42:11.520] - Jennifer Yellin So as long as you're responsible with your credit cards, for the most part, credit cards are not going to hurt your credit. I mean, you'll see people who have 50 credit cards and they still have these awesome 800 credit scores. If you're applying for a mortgage to get a house in a few weeks, don't apply for a credit card right now. Right. So there's definitely or even any loan I wouldn't recommend applying for a credit card. Wait. And then go and get it. In regards to when you should cancel, if you're not getting value out of your credit card, cancel it's not going to hurt you or downgrade to a no annual fee. For example, if you have the Chase Sapphire preferred card and you find that the $95 annual fee is not worth it anymore, first of all, call and see if they'll do something for you. A lot of times they might say, okay, if you spend $1,000, we'll give you a $95 credit. You just never hurt. I know. Last year I think I ended up getting about $500 back from American Express amongst a lot of my credit cards. I know COVID played a hand in that. [00:43:16.470] - Jennifer Yellin But always call and see. And if not, then see if there's a car that you can downgrade it to, and then there won't be a Ding on your credit report. I mean, it also depends on what your current credit score is. And sometimes you might get a Ding, but it will go back up in a few months. So there's a few factors depending on. [00:43:34.050] - Kim Tate Yeah, it's like ten point Ding, and it does pop right back up because we've had that opening up a credit card kind of opens up. [00:43:40.310] - Jennifer Yellin Gives you more credit, which creditors like, too. [00:43:43.520] - Kim Tate So opening up credit cards is not a bad thing unless you're applying for a big mortgage. They don't like to see your capital, your accessibility too high, right? [00:43:53.510] - Jennifer Yellin Absolutely. And then Chase also has Chase and American Express have different rules in place. So I'm not sure if you've discussed Chase is 524. [00:44:01.800] - Kim Tate Yeah, we talked about that. [00:44:03.530] - Jennifer Yellin So you've applied for five or more cards. Usually they're personal cards, but sometimes they throw business cards into it, too. Chase will automatically not approve you for another credit card. I've seen some reports that that might be changing, actually. So we'll kind of see what happens over the next few months. But that's one thing to keep in mind. It's five or more cards in 24 months, I think I said. And then American Express also doesn't allow you to get the welcome offer for I believe it's like once in a lifetime, but once it falls off your credit report, they might not know. So might be like seven years. So those are things to kind of keep in mind. That's why you want to apply when the offer is the best, because if it's not and you're going to be losing out on points if a new offer comes around and then you're not able to get it and you're no longer a card holder. [00:44:48.390] - Tamara Gruber I have one more question for you, because now I'm just going to use you as my personal source for information if you want to get an additional card for someone in your family. So, for example, I have a 17 year old that we've been waiting till she turns 18 to get a credit card for her. And we've been debating like, do you get her own credit card or do we put her on one of ours? Do we get another one of the capital one cards? Any tips for if you're adding somebody in your family, maybe a first card? Is there any advantage, like kind of getting points from them versus kind of setting them up on their own? [00:45:24.660] Sure. [00:45:25.100] - Jennifer Yellin So just remember, if someone is an authorized user, you're responsible for all of their credit card habits. So if the credit card bill is not paid or if anything happens, it kind of can hit you. So just something to keep in mind with teenagers. But I actually personally don't know a lot about the high school age and what credit cards you can and cannot apply for for that age. I'm not there yet, fortunately. But setting someone up as an authorized user, I think some credit cards you can maybe do as early as 13, you can add them on. And that actually helps them as well build their own credit score. So it's always a great thing to get add on authorized users if they're not eligible to get their own credit card. And then when they are to get them, there are various student credit cards, and a lot of times those comes with $300 spend limits or very low thresholds that you might want for your child. But yeah, definitely getting them set up will only help their credit score, which can then ultimately help them in their 20s to apply for a credit card. [00:46:26.470] - Jennifer Yellin That will be useful. But there are a lot of student credit cards out there that do give you points and miles. [00:46:32.810] - Kim Tate They do come with a really high annual fee or not annual fee interest rate. Normally, that's the only bad thing. We actually added my husband and my daughter, both as authorized users with my Amex Platinum Tamara, because of the lounge access. So now, especially if they're changing it, we're going to get Mia. And that'll be my maxed on three, because with Amex Platinum, you get three authorized users for $175 total. So you pay the $175 and then they get all the lounge benefits as well. Are they changing the lounge that you can no longer guests unless you spend like $75,000 starting in January of 2023? I think you don't get anywhere. Is that right, Jennifer? I think that's right. [00:47:15.840] - Jennifer Yellin That I don't know. [00:47:17.100] - Kim Tate Okay. [00:47:17.820] - Jennifer Yellin Sorry. [00:47:18.780] - Kim Tate No, you're fine. [00:47:19.580] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah, but I will say that the expensive credit cards a lot of times you have to pay to add an authorized user, but no annual fee or low annual fee credit cards. Usually you can add a few authorized users for no fee. [00:47:33.380] - Kim Tate Great. Well, one of our questions that we ask all of our guests is what do you wear when you travel? So do you have any favorite brands that you want to tell us about when you travel? [00:47:41.020] - Jennifer Yellin Sure. I travel as comfortably as possibly. And I also wear my everyday clothes, which consists of black as leader pants, which is side pockets, like those leggings. And then you can put your cell phone or any cars. Side pockets are a necessity. Once I found them, like two years ago, I can never go back. And sneakers or flip flops, depending on the weather. Nothing fun and exciting. [00:48:05.480] - Tamara Gruber Well, you're brave wearing flip flops on the plane. [00:48:07.370] - Kim Tate My feet are always freezing. [00:48:09.230] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah, that is a good point. It depends on the length of it's. Just like an hour flight that's going to be different. But you're right. I used to travel for work every single week for many years. And I would always be traveling like those high heels and hated every second of it. I would get off the plane and go straight to the client site for the week. And now I just want to be comfortable. [00:48:28.770] - Kim Tate And everyone has those little packable ballet flats that you can just pop in and out. Yeah. [00:48:34.610] - Tamara Gruber I'm happy, though. So work travel days are behind me, too. And just like work dress in general has changed. [00:48:41.210] - Jennifer Yellin Oh, yeah. I got rid of all of my stuff, never going back. [00:48:44.640] - Kim Tate Good. [00:48:45.030] - Tamara Gruber Well, can you remind our listeners where they can find you online or learn more about points? [00:48:51.120] - Kim Tate Absolutely. [00:48:51.940] - Jennifer Yellin So you can find me at my blog Deals We Like. You can also find me on Twitter or Facebook. Everything is at Deals We Like. And then also I'm a freelance contributor at the Point Sky and CNN Underscore. So I have some great articles there as well. That where you can learn more about credit cards, family travel, anything in the points and miles world. [00:49:10.850] - Tamara Gruber Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge with us. It's always really great when we can get an expert on and just kind of brainstorm some ideas. Hopefully people will have something new that they can try to get them a little bit closer to their next kind of dream trip. [00:49:25.130] - Kim Tate Thanks for having me. It was great chatting with you. [00:49:27.320] - Announcer Thanks. [00:49:27.630] - Tamara Gruber You too. [00:49:31.850] - Kim Tate Well, as always, thanks for joining us for another week here and I have a little request. Tamara, I was looking at our podcast page the other day and I noticed that we were almost at 100 reviews. We are really close so I'm going to do a little bag from all of our lovely listeners and ask you guys if you're willing if you love our show, if you would leave us a five star review on your favorite podcast app, the one I looked on was Apple podcast. But wherever you're at or listen to us, if you'd leave us a positive review, we'd love it. We love hearing from you guys and I'd love to see that switch to 100 reviews. [00:50:05.780] - Tamara Gruber That would be great. I know we've been at this for almost six years and actually by the time it comes out it will be six years and we're just really bad about asking for reviews. We definitely appreciate it. I know some podcasts every day it's like the first thing that you hear is like leave us a review but we would appreciate it. We'll give you shout outs online. We'll read them especially if they're nice, but even if they're not nice, we will read them mindful of it but otherwise stay tuned because next episode we're going to be talking about sustainable travel and I think that is also on a lot of people's minds as we're getting back out there and how to be responsible and thinking about things in a more sustainable way. So join us next time talk to you again soon. Bye.

Frankie Boyer is an award winning talk show host that empowers listeners to live healthy vibrant lives http://www.frankieboyer.comGuests:Richard Friesen works with financial professionals, independent traders, business leaders and entrepreneurs of all types who want to expand their mental game to make more consistent profits. His background in psychology has been instrumental in his development of his Mind Muscles™ training programs that supports the financial and business community. Mr. Friesen is a popular speaker on topics of the psychology of money management, politics and personal transformation. His latest book entitled: “Conversations with Money” is available on Amazon. https://conversations.money/Matt Haines' interest in king cake was sparked in 2017 while eating more than eighty varieties during a single Carnival season. That same year, he hiked the Appalachian Trail using the trail name “King Cake.” Based in New Orleans, Matt writes professionally about food, travel, current events, and inspirational people. He's written for Voice of America, CNN Underscored, Zagat, Fodor's Travel, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate, Gambit Weekly, Very Local New Orleans, and others. https://www.matthaineswrites.com/thebigbookofkingcakeRyan McCormick is Co-Founder & Media Relations Specialist at Goldman McCormick. He has created dynamic public relations campaigns for numerous legal, financial, entertainment, and corporate clients. He has also appeared on ABC, Fox News, CBS, and PR Week discussing crisis communications & reputation management. https://goldmanmccormick.com/ryan-mccormick/

LIZ TEICH BIO:Liz Teich is a New York based fashion stylist, lifestyle blogger, on-air style expert and mom of two. Liz has been a personal stylist for moms since becoming a mom herself, and a professional commercial stylist for 15 years, styling fashion and home goods for print and digital advertising campaigns for major brands and retailers. She has appeared as an on-camera style and lifestyle expert for brands, regional and national news and appeared in and regularly contributes her fashion expertise to national publications such as Business Insider, Better Homes & Gardens, Women's Health, PureWow and CNN Underscored. After styling bloggers for the TJMaxx “Maxxinista” campaign, it led her to launch her own blog and brand called The New York Stylist. Through her site and Instagram, she has partnered with brands to share some of her favorite products, services, styles, in addition to her favorite mom, beauty, and style hacks. She also focuses on sustainability, clean beauty, and eco-living with all that she does. AMANDA MINTZ BIO:Amanda is the Founder and CEO of Amanda Mintz Creative Management.AM Creative specializes in building dream teams and connecting extraordinary talent to brands across a diverse industry set including: advertising, design, retail, fashion, start-up/growth markets, beauty, media, venture capital, FinTech, CPG and lifestyle. Amanda is well-known in the industry as a thought leader and for her “Sixth Sense” in lining up the most successful teams for her clients, as well as her impeccable track record of positive placements for the highly competitive talent market. Over the past 15+ years, her business has been exclusively word of mouth. She has worked with premier agencies, Fortune 500 companies, helped re-vamp iconic brands and played a key role in taking younger high growth brands to IPO and acquisition. Amanda's clients include Afterpay, Sephora, Sweet Green, Calvin Klein, Milk Makeup and Peloton. She has advised for CFDA and serves as a mentor for Colgate's “Thought Into Action”. She is a member of HER Global and the Female Founder Collective.Amanda is a single mother to her young daughter, Isabella;  her proudest accomplishment.  She lives an eco-conscious, active lifestyle. Amanda is an avid dancer, extreme skier, cyclist, horseback rider, yogi and chef. She loves to entertain and takes great pride in the experience of elevating others.--LINKS:Find Liz:https://thenewyorkstylist.com/https://instagram.com/thenewyorkstylistFind Amanda:https://www.amandamintz.com/https://www.instagram.com/amandamintz/Find Lauren:Instagram:  instagram.com/lauren_greutmanYouTube: Youtube.com/laurengreutmanPodcast: LaurenGreutman.com/PodcastWebsite: https://LaurenGreutman.comFollow #MomGoals The Podcast:https://www.instagram.com/momgoalsthepodcast/Rate, Review, & Subscribe to the Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mom-goals/id1600991937

On this episode, Liz and Amanda are talking with Hitha Papelu about her multi-hyphenate endeavors as a writer, entrepreneur, speaker, CEO, mom, and more. Following a career-defining year, Hitha reflects on her greatest accomplishments and offers a transparent look at areas of growth that she plans to work on in the new year. Hitha shares about her new book and how she manages her multiple entrepreneurial roles – and motherhood! Liz, Amanda, and Hitha talk about goal-setting, morning rituals,  the importance of technology breaks, and her favorite mom hacks.   IN THIS EPISODE: [00:01] Hitha Papelu Introduced [02:50] Talking about her new book [04:30] Balancing career and personal life [07:57] Mixing family and work [12:17] Goal Check [17:18] How motherhood changes you [21:21] Hitha's greatest accomplishment [24:00] Thoughts on being an influencer [28:27] Hitha's signature style [32:53] What have you done for you lately? [37:49] Latest obsessions [41:29] Mom hack KEY TAKEAWAYS: How do you do it all? You don't. The only way you do it all is you don't do it all at the same time. Prioritize one to two things you could do very well and let a lot of the other stuff go. Everyone has goals. How you choose to pursue them is on you. So often women minimize their goals and dreams. Bring the people in your life – who want to support you – along on the journey as you pursue your goals. Ask for help or tell them what you want to do and let them offer help.  Life is short and your style is going to change. Never stop rediscovering your style and what you want to wear. Stop diminishing art that is created by women for women, or let it be treated as less than. Not all women's stories have to be tortured or a struggle. Let's celebrate women's happiness, too. Mom hack: Ask your kids what snack they want the night before, put it on a sticky note as a reminder to you and accountability to you kids. And set the table for breakfast the night before to save yourself time. Hitha's challenge: Get offline this holiday season and figure out who you are. Reacquaint yourself with how you define yourself and how you want to be defined. Create micro rituals for your morning and start the day off doing something for yourself – like reading a book, meditation, or yoga.  BIO: HITHA BIO:  Hitha is a consummate multi-hypenate - an entrepreneur, investor, writer, and speaker.  As CEO of Rhoshan Pharmaceuticals, she oversees financing, partnerships, and strategy for the company. She is currently raising the company's Series A round and developing the commercial strategy for their lead product, RHO-11. A partner in Adama Ventures (her family office), she has invested in innovative companies primarily founded by women (MM.LaFleur, Girls' Night In, Brightland, and Heymama among them).  Hitha's longtime blog, Hitha On The Go, established her as an authority on lifestyle topics and gave way to her book (How To Pack: Travel Smart for Any Trip), collaborations with leading brands (Delta, Headspace, and Google), and a highly engaged Instagram following and newsletter. She curates the Webby-honored #5SmartReads every weekday and hosts a popular Ask-Me-Anything every week on her Instagram. Her podcast, 1 Smart Thing (#1smartpod), goes deeper on these topics twice a week. She is a sought-after speaker on investing, entrepreneurship, work-life juggle, and motherhood. Hitha has spoken at WeWork, The Riveter Summit, Fohr, and Global Brands Group. She is represented by AllRaise's Visionary Voices speakers bureau. LIZ TEICH BIO: Liz Teich is a New York-based fashion stylist, lifestyle blogger, on-air style expert and mom of two.  Liz has been a personal stylist for moms since becoming a mom herself, and a professional commercial stylist for 15 years, styling fashion and home goods for print and digital advertising campaigns for major brands and retailers.  She has appeared as an on-camera style and lifestyle expert for brands, regional and national news and appeared in and regularly contributes her fashion expertise to national publications such as Business Insider, Better Homes & Gardens, Women's Health, PureWow and CNN Underscored.  After styling bloggers for the TJMaxx “Maxxinista” campaign, it led her to launch her own blog and brand called The New York Stylist. Through her site and Instagram, she has partnered with brands to share some of her favorite products, services, styles, in addition to her favorite mom, beauty, and style hacks. She also focuses on sustainability, clean beauty, and eco-living with all that she does.  AMANDA MINTZ BIO: Amanda is the Founder and CEO of Amanda Mintz Creative Management. AM Creative specializes in building dream teams and connecting extraordinary talent to brands across a diverse industry set including: advertising, design, retail, fashion, start-up/growth markets, beauty, media, venture capital, FinTech, CPG and lifestyle.  Amanda is well-known in the industry as a thought leader and for her “Sixth Sense” in lining up the most successful teams for her clients, as well as her impeccable track record of positive placements for the highly competitive talent market.  Over the past 15+ years, her business has been exclusively word of mouth. She has worked with premier agencies, Fortune 500 companies, helped re-vamp iconic brands and played a key role in taking younger high growth brands to IPO and acquisition. Amanda's clients include Afterpay, Sephora, Sweet Green, Calvin Klein, Milk Makeup and Peloton.  She has advised for CFDA and serves as a mentor for Colgate's “Thought Into Action”. She is also an ambassador for HEY Mama and a member of HER Global and the Female Founder Collective. Amanda is a single mother to her young daughter, Isabella;  her proudest accomplishment.  She lives an eco-conscious, active lifestyle. Amanda is an avid dancer, extreme skier, cyclist, horseback rider, yogi and chef. She loves to entertain and takes great pride in the experience of elevating others. LINKS: Find Hitha:  https://www.instagram.com/hithapalepu/ https://hitha.substack.com Get her book: We're Speaking: The Life Lessons of Kamala HarrisGet her book: How To Pack Find Liz: Thenewyorkstylist.comhttps://instagram.com/thenewyorkstylist Find Amanda: Amandamintz.com https://instagram.com/amandamintz Follow #MomGoals The Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/momgoalsthepodcast/

We are excited to create a space for moms – from all different backgrounds and careers – to tell their stories and inspire others. Today, we talk about friendship, careers and how a mutual love of cheese boards inspired us to start MomGoals! We give a taste of what's to come in future episodes by asking each other the hard-hitting questions, like how we make time for ourselves while juggling careers and raising babies, what our latest obsessions are and our tried and true mom-hacks.    IN THIS EPISODE: [00:36] Introduction [01:58] How being a mom changes your career [03:12] Love of cheese boards [04:17] What have you done for you lately? [10:43] Latest obsessions [15:25] #MomGoals and best mom tips [18:50] Amanda's mom hacks  KEY TAKEAWAYS: #MomGoals is a space for moms to tell their stories and inspire others. So many times women are defined by their careers or being a mom, we want to show how multidimensional women can be as they balance careers, parenting, and more!  Becoming a mom is a major life transition that impacts every aspect of life.  It can be hard for moms to put themselves first before their children or family, but that is sometimes the best thing to do for yourself because then you have more energy for others. BIO: LIZ TEICH BIO: Liz Teich is a New York based fashion stylist, lifestyle blogger, on-air style expert and mom of two.  Liz has been a personal stylist for moms since becoming a mom herself, and a professional commercial stylist for 15 years, styling fashion and home goods for print and digital advertising campaigns for major brands and retailers.  She has appeared as an on-camera style and lifestyle expert for brands, regional and national news and appeared in and regularly contributes her fashion expertise to national publications such as Business Insider, Better Homes & Gardens, Women's Health, PureWow and CNN Underscored.  After styling bloggers for the TJMaxx “Maxxinista” campaign, it led her to launch her own blog and brand called The New York Stylist. Through her site and Instagram, she has partnered with brands to share some of her favorite products, services, styles, in addition to her favorite mom, beauty, and style hacks. She also focuses on sustainability, clean beauty, and eco-living with all that she does.  AMANDA MINTZ BIO: Amanda is the Founder and CEO of Amanda Mintz Creative Management. AM Creative specializes in building dream teams and connecting extraordinary talent to brands across a diverse industry set including: advertising, design, retail, fashion, start-up/growth markets, beauty, media, venture capital, FinTech, CPG and lifestyle.  Amanda is well-known in the industry as a thought leader and for her “Sixth Sense” in lining up the most successful teams for her clients, as well as her impeccable track record of positive placements for the highly competitive talent market.  Over the past 15+ years, her business has been exclusively word of mouth. She has worked with premier agencies, Fortune 500 companies, helped re-vamp iconic brands and played a key role in taking younger high growth brands to IPO and acquisition. Amanda's clients include Afterpay, Sephora, Sweet Green, Calvin Klein, Milk Makeup and Peloton.  She has advised for CFDA and serves as a mentor for Colgate's “Thought Into Action”. She is a member of HER Global and the Female Founder Collective. Amanda is a single mother to her young daughter, Isabella;  her proudest accomplishment.  She lives an eco-conscious, active lifestyle. Amanda is an avid dancer, extreme skier, cyclist, horseback rider, yogi and chef. She loves to entertain and takes great pride in the experience of elevating others. LINKS: https://www.feedingourtoddlers.com/ Find Liz: Thenewyorkstylist.com https://instagram.com/thenewyorkstylist Find Amanda: Amandamintz.com https://instagram.com/amandamintz Follow #MomGoals The Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/momgoalsthepodcast/ Discount Codes: Poshmark https://poshmark.ca/ code for $10 off-  LIZTEICH Romp and Tumble https://www.rompandtumble.com/ Code for 20% off-  NEWYORKSTYLIST

On this episode, Liz and Amanda are talking with celebrity fitness coach and mompreneur, Anna Kaiser. Anna is a professional dancer, choreographer and founder and creator of Anna Kaiser Studios and the Anna Kaiser Technique. Her passion is helping women find freedom and purpose through movement. Liz, Amanda, and Anna talk about motherhood, tips for prioritizing movement and self-care, and Anna shares the one thing she wishes she knew at the start of her career.      IN THIS EPISODE: [00:01] Anna Kaiser Introduced [08:30] Anna's career journey [15:37] Creating AKT  [18:32] Balancing motherhood and career [20:32] Anna's athletic brand line with Target [22:50] Greatest accomplishment [28:05] One thing you wish you knew before you started your career [30:28] What have you done for you lately? [31:08] Latest obsessions [35:40] Mom tips [41:52] Mom goals   KEY TAKEAWAYS: Anna has had a successful career as a professional dancer and choreographer where she performed in the US and internationally. Her performances and tours include the international tour of Fame, the 50th anniversary of the Music Man, the 50th anniversary of West Side Story, and more! She was also a backup dancer for Shakira. While dancing professionally she also continued her education in movement and mechanics, studying how the body and muscle are connected. She is certified in Pilates and yoga and in 2002 she began working as a boutique fitness instructor. In 2013, she created the Anna Kaiser Technique (AKT) and opened her first studio in New York City. In 2018, AKT was sold and they now have over 120 franchise studios and international studios in Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia There isn't ever going to be a perfect balance when it comes to motherhood and your career. In Anna's words, “I don't think it's possible to get enough of everything and find perfect balance.” During the shutdown in 2020, Anna was pregnant, and overnight she had to pivot and transform her studios and fitness classes into 100% virtual while also moving from New York City to Connecticut. Her friendships with other moms and entrepreneurs played an integral role in getting through such a stressful and challenging season.  Advice for entrepreneurs: Choose a lane and do what you do well. Find people to round out your weaknesses, put together a list of all those things that you either don't do well, or you would rather not do so that you can focus your energy on what you do well. Self-care should be a lifestyle commitment for moms. Do something for yourself to feel better in your skin. You feel stronger when you walk out in the world and when you learn something new too. Education is the new luxury for us moms to be able to learn something new.  Mom hack: Use a sticker chart to track your workouts or a certain self-care activity that you choose. When you see your progress on the calendar in front of you, the amount of days you've taken time for yourself can be very sobering and inspiring. Find a workout that you enjoy and really love to do. If you don't enjoy it, it won't happen.    BIO: ANNA KAISER BIO:  Anna Kaiser is a celebrity fitness professional, choreographer, and entrepreneur. She is the founder & CEO of Anna Kaiser Studios, which has locations in New York, Hamptons, and Connecticut. LIZ TEICH BIO: Liz Teich is a New York-based fashion stylist, lifestyle blogger, on-air style expert and mom of two.  Liz has been a personal stylist for moms since becoming a mom herself, and a professional commercial stylist for 15 years, styling fashion and home goods for print and digital advertising campaigns for major brands and retailers.  She has appeared as an on-camera style and lifestyle expert for brands, regional and national news and appeared in and regularly contributes her fashion expertise to national publications such as Business Insider, Better Homes & Gardens, Women's Health, PureWow and CNN Underscored.  After styling bloggers for the TJMaxx “Maxxinista” campaign, it led her to launch her own blog and brand called The New York Stylist. Through her site and Instagram, she has partnered with brands to share some of her favorite products, services, styles, in addition to her favorite mom, beauty, and style hacks. She also focuses on sustainability, clean beauty, and eco-living with all that she does.  AMANDA MINTZ BIO: Amanda is the Founder and CEO of Amanda Mintz Creative Management. AM Creative specializes in building dream teams and connecting extraordinary talent to brands across a diverse industry set including advertising, design, retail, fashion, start-up/growth markets, beauty, media, venture capital, FinTech, CPG and lifestyle.  Amanda is well-known in the industry as a thought leader and for her “Sixth Sense” in lining up the most successful teams for her clients, as well as her impeccable track record of positive placements for the highly competitive talent market.  Over the past 15+ years, her business has been exclusively word of mouth. She has worked with premier agencies, Fortune 500 companies, helped re-vamp iconic brands and played a key role in taking younger high growth brands to IPO and acquisition. Amanda's clients include Afterpay, Sephora, Sweet Green, Calvin Klein, Milk Makeup and Peloton.  She has advised for CFDA and serves as a mentor for Colgate's “Thought Into Action”. She is also an ambassador for HEY Mama and a member of HER Global and the Female Founder Collective. Amanda is a single mother to her young daughter, Isabella;  her proudest accomplishment.  She lives an eco-conscious, active lifestyle. Amanda is an avid dancer, extreme skier, cyclist, horseback rider, yogi and chef. She loves to entertain and takes great pride in the experience of elevating others. LINKS: Find Anna:  www.annakaiserstudios.com Spotify Profile: https://open.spotify.com/user/1218497623?si=19cb42b1e8dc4e61 https://www.instagram.com/theannakaiser/ https://www.instagram.com/annakaiserstudios/ Find Liz: Thenewyorkstylist.comhttps://instagram.com/thenewyorkstylist Find Amanda: Amandamintz.com https://instagram.com/amandamintz Follow #MomGoals The Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/momgoalsthepodcast/ Discount Codes: VIRTUAL - 50% off the first month of membership IN STUDIO - NYC/CT/Hamptons - 20% off the class package (5 classes) - we'll give YOU $50 credit toward your membership for every package sold with your code! Code: AMANDA

Mike Bruno is the editorial director for CNN’s reviews and recommendations site, CNN Underscored. if you’re interested in the connection between soap operas, blenders and Swedish dish towels, there is only one person to talk to, and that’s Mike Bruno. We dig deep into the importance of editorial integrity when it comes to influencing someone’s shopping habits. This is a fantastic conversation, so jump right on in.

SIDE NOTE: The funniest part of the episode may be the last 5 seconds. Really. Big changes in the travel world this week and not all of it is good. Richard Kerr is back with us and he's not alone. Returning to the show are Julian Kheel of CNN Underscored and Summer Hull of The Points Guy. First, the gang discusses the Marriott changes. Marriott plans to move away from award charts completely, scrambling the landscape on what your Bonvoy points are worth. Meanwhile, American Airlines is reimagining their loyalty program. TLDR, this might be good news for you. Here's an easy way to understand the changes. We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show!

The Fearsome Foursome is back! Richard Kerr is back with us and he's not alone. Returning to the show are Julian Kheel of CNN Underscored and Summer Hull of The Points Guy. We're talking about the Chase Sapphire changes, lots of new bits and pieces to analyze, then over analyze! Here's Julian's update on the changes to both the Chase Sapphire Preferred and the Chase Sapphire Reserve. We also catch up on elite status and talk about the newest pandemic precautions in Hawaii. We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show!

Boy, is it a full house on this week's episode! Richard Kerr is back with us and he's not alone. Returning to the show are Julian Kheel of CNN Underscored and Summer Hull of The Points Guy. They've all been guests before but never all at the same time. We've been trying to make this happen for a while and the stars finally aligned. I'm hoping we can make it happen again soon. We're talking about the newest transfer partner for Chase Ultimate Rewards, Aeroplan. The popular flexible currency travel program has added another great option for card holders to redeem their points. We also discuss whether you should be booking great international travel deals right now. We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show!

On this episode of Work Beyond Mac, host Jason Cipriani talks with Jake Krol, Tech and Electronics Editor for CNN Underscored.  Jake and Jason had the chance to test and review the 2021 iPad Pro early, and so the first half of this episode is spent going over their thoughts about Apple's latest tablet. The second half focuses on iPadOS 15,  and talking to Jake about which areas of the iPad and iPadOS are holding him back from going full-time on iPad. It's a fun and insightful conversation, and I hope you all enjoy the change of pace. Here is a list of hardware and apps talked about during the show:11-inch iPad Pro (2021)12.9-inch iPad Pro (2021)Magic Keyboard (2nd Gen.)RFS - Real Flight Simulator Ulysses Luma FusionCheck out the Kensington BlackBelt 2nd Degree Rugged Case for iPad at kensington.com.Twitter thread from Steve Troughton-Smith referenced during the show. You can follow Jake on Twitter or Instagram, and make sure to check out his TikTok as well. Follow Work Beyond Mac on Twitter, or reach out to Jason Cipriani on Twitter with feedback, questions or if you know of someone who works on their iPad and would make for a fantastic guest.  Learn more about Work Beyond Mac and the host Jason Cipriani.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/WorkBeyondMac)

Jason Cipriani is the host of the new podcast Work Beyond Mac. He has been freelance writing for over a decade. You may have read his work on CNET, PCWorld, ZDNet, IGN, CNN Underscored, and many other publications in the past including Macworld, Wired, and Time to name just a few.This episode of iPad Pros is sponsored by Documents by Readdle, the app where all of your files live. Download Documents today for free in the App Store. Learn more at Readdle.com/Documents.Bonus content and early episodes are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros. Show notes are available at www.iPadPros.net. Feedback is welcomed at iPadProsPodcast@gmail.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pfizer is asking for emergency use authorization for its a coronavirus vaccine candidate from the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Gregory Poland from the Mayo Clinic explains what we know so far about the efficacy and side effects of the Pfizer vaccine. Dr. Michael Osterholm, a new member of President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus task force, says the Trump White House's refusal to share life-saving data on the pandemic "angers" him.The State of California is issuing an overnight curfew to curb the spread of the virus. Dr. Mark Ghaly from California's Health and Human Services explains why the stay-at-home-order is needed in the Golden State.Shoppers won't be busting through doors this holiday shopping season. Mike Bruno from CNN Underscored describes what Black Friday would look like during this pandemic.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pfizer is asking for emergency use authorization for its a coronavirus vaccine candidate from the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Gregory Poland from the Mayo Clinic explains what we know so far about the efficacy and side effects of the Pfizer vaccine.  Dr. Michael Osterholm, a new member of President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus task force, says the Trump White House's refusal to share life-saving data on the pandemic "angers" him. The State of California is issuing an overnight curfew to curb the spread of the virus. Dr. Mark Ghaly from California's Health and Human Services explains why the stay-at-home-order is needed in the Golden State. Shoppers won't be busting through doors this holiday shopping season. Mike Bruno from CNN Underscored describes what Black Friday would look like during this pandemic.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's guest is Kevin Wohlman, founder and owner at Southern Scholar. Southern Scholar is a premium dress sock subscription.  In 2014 Southern Scholar set out to re-engineer the dress sock with a focus on quality, fit, and comfort. Kevin and I will talk about the hardships of true start ups with no capital backing. The hard lessons he learned, and what drove him to become the eventual winner of many subscription box awards.In 2019, 5 short years after launching his subscription box company, Southern Scholar was voted the top Men's Subscription box in the US, and I counted 16 other awards or mentions in well known publications such as: GQ, Esquire, Buzzfeed and CNN Underscored.The Subscription Box Show shareable Trailerhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/927664/3027694-the-subscription-box-show-trailer.mp3?blob_id=10986793&download=trueHost Links:The Subscription Box Show Website: https://www.thesubscriptionboxshow.comConnect with Eric Musick: https://www.thesubscriptionboxshow.com/contact2The Subscription Box Show Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thesubscriptionboxshow.comEric Musick's email: eric@thesubscriptionboxshow.comEric Musick's Instagram: @thesubscriptionboxshow or https://www.instagram.com/thesubscriptionboxshowThe Subscription Box Show Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2960087864057955/Book a call with Eric at: https://www.calendly.com/thesubboxshow