Ep28 - Chris Klesh Talking About How He Retired From AT&T And Helps Families Travel For Pennies On The Dollar

Episode Twenty Eight Features Chris Klesh Talking About How He Retired From AT&T And Helps Families Travel For Pennies On The Dollar!

My Key Takeaways:

Coach Chris promised immediate, actionable tips  that would help families save money on travel and frankly, he over-delivered.  He is an almost larger than life character that by his own admission loves to talk.

• Coach Chris had a long and successful career working for Bell South and then AT&T until he retired.  He then went on to travel the world and began accumulating his travel hacks.
• It wasn't until so many people started approaching him asking questions about how he traveled affordably that he realized he had a potential business.
• Coach Chris firmly believes that the best things in life aren't things at all.  They are experiences shared with others.
• He also believes that you don't have to be rich to live rich.  You just have to know how to beat the system.
• He advises that as soon as you know that you want to travel to start booking your trip.  The sooner you book, the more money you will save.
• Coach Chris also believes that we have ZOOMED past Work From Home (pun intended) and are now in the age of Work From Anywhere.
• Coach Chris advises that people maintain a credit score of above 700 and then get the credit cards associated with their airlines or hotels of choice.
• Regarding timeshares/vacation clubs, he advises to never buy from the developer and to only buy from individuals.  He also went on to state that all of the major hotel chains had their own
• For car rentals he uses autoslash.com and recommends that people join a loyalty program, take an Uber away from the airport to their renter of choice to save an extra 15%.  If you rent a midsize car you are likely to get a free upgrade to an SUV.
• He also advised using COSTCO Travel and AARP for cruises.  VacationsToGo.com is a great newsletter for finding deals with cruises.
• Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel - 
• Families Fly Free Home Page - Samcart (gototravelgal.com) is a good travel blog focusing on travel with SouthWest Airlines.  
• He also recommended Travelzoo: Deals on Hotels, Flights, Vacations, Cruises & More and ShermansTravel
• https://10xtravel.com/ features tools and a free course on travel hacking.
• Miles to Memories - Experts in Award Travel - Miles to Memories  and TravelPulse: Travel News, Information and Offers also are very good resources.

To learn more about Coach Chris, his website is https://www.lifetimeleisure.net and he can be found on LinkedIn and YouTube as well.  He also invited people to call him at (561) 386-2986 to contact him for more information and a 15 minute free consultation.  He will also send anyone that emails him at lifetimeleisure@bellsouth.net  a free book with 99 tips for skimping on traveling.

Now next week we'll have on Victoria Wieck talking about how she launched her own jewelry line, became an HSN host, retired and then became a SHOPHQ host while also starting her own podcast and becoming an author. Be sure to hit subscribe in your podcast app so that you don't miss it or any other episodes.

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