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“Make Your Dream Trip a Reality”: Week 4 Recap (Book Your Hotel)
Every day for six weeks, we’re teaching people how to “Make Their Dream Trip a Reality.” You can watch each lesson for free on the day it’s broadcast, or you can purchase the whole course and have access anytime.
This was our fourth week (whoa!) with the in-studio audience and the thousands of people who participated online.
Everyone made lots of progress, and we’ll be back again after the weekend with much more. Here are a few photos from the week:
Goals for Week 4: “Book Your Hotel”
For the five daily lessons this week, we focused on helping people strategically use the miles they earned. Our goals were:
- Where to Stay
- How to Stay for Free
- Make the Reservation
- Become a VIP
- Upgrade Your Accommodation
Last week we looked at booking flights; this week we focused on hotels. We showed everyone lots of tips and tricks for picking the best possible base for your adventures, paying as little as possible, and getting upgraded once you get there.
Our in-studio audience has been amazing. These ten people have traveled in (from Alaska, Canada, and elsewhere) to be part of the filming experience. Each of them identified a dream destination before we began filming, and we’re incorporating these goals into the lessons throughout the course.
What’s Coming Next in Week 5: Upgrade Your Dream Trip
- The Best Hidden Redemptions
- The Secret World of Airline Lounges
- Airline Status and Upgrades
- On the Ground
- More Ways to Use Your Points and Miles
Week 5 is all about upgrading your Dream Trip. We’ll show you some of our favorite redemptions (the Porsche you can drive on the audobahn in Germany when flying Lufthansa First Class, the bathtub cabana in Cathay Pacific’s The Wing lounge, + many more), and explain everything you need to know about upgrades in general.
How to Participate
A new lesson kicks off every weekday at 9am Pacific time. During that time, we’ll be engaging with viewers through social media—so if you can catch it when it first goes up, that’s best. If not, though, you can watch throughout the day during numerous rebroadcasts at the same link.
We’ve created an online community entirely for this course. Several people from the in-studio audience are actively contributing, and all of the guests we’ll be talking to throughout the course will be popping in as well. Come say hi!
Tweet us your questions and Daily Challenge answers.
Every lesson has a challenge as well as a fun giveaway. Over the course of six weeks, we’re giving away Business Class Amenity Kits, lounge passes, signed books, other travel gear, and—every Monday—Frequent Flyer Miles. To be entered to win, all you need to is tweet us (@chrisguillebeau or @wanderingzito) with your answer using the #DreamTrip hashtag.
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Important: If you haven’t seen anything yet, it’s okay—you can still join in! Every weekend, we’ll be rebroadcasting the lessons from the previous week, (or you can purchase anytime access and view the entire course now). Tune in anytime on Saturday or Sunday and you can catch up on what you missed for free.
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See you next week!
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