#05: $143K Worth of Family Travel Using Credit Card Points (In One Year)

Rachel Lipson takes 12 to 15 trips a year with her family of four, her kids have visited 25 countries and they haven’t even finished elementary school, and she lives in one of the most expensive zip codes in the country. She’s the founder of The Point, a best-selling Substack and consulting business that teaches families how to travel using credit card points and the founder of Blue Balloon Songwriting for Small People, a 17-year-old music school for kids that now runs mostly without her. In this episode, she sits down with me to break down how she actually affords the lifestyle.Rachel and I walk through how she redeemed over $143,000 in points last year, the specifics of her recent three-week family trip across Milan, Athens, and Malta, and the home-swapping strategy that has gotten her family into beautiful homes around the world for free. Plus, she shares her top three points strategies and the simple first step for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the points game.Rachel reveals the times even she doesn't get the points game perfectly right, the multiple income streams that fund her family's life in Brooklyn, and the surprising childhood backstory that drives her family's travel obsession.Get Ashley’s travel budget template (https://www.thefiscalfemme.com/travel-budget) where you can estimate trip costs, compare options and plan in advance so that all you have left to do is enjoy your trip, financially stress free. Subscribe to Rachel’s substack (thepoint.substack.com). Get a Wallet Edit (https://thepointedit.com/wallet-edit-phone-session) for tips on how to leverage spending to earn points for travel!Check out Ashley’s Money Club (https://www.thefiscalfemme.com/money-club) to join a community of women unabashedly going after their money goals. Take this quiz to get a personalized Wealth Building Blueprint (https://bit.ly/4v94g2C)