I Make My Travel Decisions Like I Make My Vasectomy Decisions

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Brad Christensen

“Valium? Hell yes, I’ll have a Valium,” I say.  I’m not going to pretend I’m not nervous. Any procedure involving man-parts is uncomfortable, and the idea of being cut is unnerving, but you put those two together and, wow, we’re talking white-knuckle, throat-knotted skittishness. Hooker in church, nothing.

But it’s worse than that.  The parts of me that are distinctly male are not in the aged hands of an eminently capable doctor with 30 years of experience, but in the quavering clutches of a bright-eyed student… and this isn’t my Adam’s Apple we’re talking about.

Yes, I’ve opted to have a vasectomy performed at a Medical School. It’s not convenient… I had to drive over an hour to get here.  It’s not the way I had ever envisioned it… we’ve already discussed how nervous I am.  But it is cheap, in fact, it’s almost free… and that’s why I’m here.

You’re wondering if you’re really reading about this on a travel blog. Well, yes, you are… and I’m getting to that. You see, I make my travel decisions like I make my vasectomy decisions.

What Does This Story Have to do With Travel?

I’m standing on a stone wall, overcome by a sense of awe.  Rather than enjoy the moment, I’m doing what everyone does these days, snapping an infinite number of pictures, applying filters, and dreaming up hashtags.

But then I pause.  I look at Nicole, the love of my life, and together we ponder what lays before us, an island in the sky.  The morning fog has lifted, but it still hangs, a fragile form of lingerie, enhancing the beauty of an already magical landscape.

Estruscan hill city

Civita Di Bagnoregio

It’s Civita di Bagnoregio, a 2500 year-old cobbled city rising atop a plateau in a verdant valley. We’re an hour north of Rome, and it’s not the first time we’ve been utterly stunned by the sites we’ve visited on our 2-week itinerary in Italy.

Lake Bled LodgingWe felt the same way when we woke up to find a picturesque autumn Lake Bled out the window of our Bed and Breakfast in Slovenia. Perched on the “Lovers Walk” outside Riomaggiore in the Cinque Terre, our gasps were audible.

Cinque Terre

Riomaggiore from the Lover’s Walk

Ok, But Back to the Vasectomy?

It’s a starkly different picture from the vasectomy experience, but believe it or not, the means and the motivations to accomplish both were the same.

The vasectomy had to happen.  We make some beautiful kids, and we love them, all four of them, but something had to be done there.

Not dissimilar, a trip to Italy was going to happen.  With a bit of an infatuation for ancient Rome, I had a thirst that wasn’t going to quench itself.

And What do They Have in Common, Again?

In both instances I was able to achieve my objectives for a fraction of a fraction of the expected cost because I was flexible in how I went about getting what I want.

The student-snip? $50, Valium included.  I could have paid $800 going anywhere else. (Strangely, health insurance companies obviously don’t understand the concept of risk/reward). I had to drive an hour away and endure the added stress of scrotum preoccupation.

Our trip to Italy, some $1600 – mostly in fuel, tolls, and food costs.  I could have easily had to pay more than $6000, but I didn’t.  I booked our $2600 tickets with 80k AA miles and $162. I had to fly into Venice and out of Rome (not exactly an inconvenience). When a wrinkle in our flight schedules came up, a made a tiny complaint and got back 20k AA miles. We stayed 13 nights in free hotel-stays.  No wait, they did make us pay the 3 euro city fee in a couple places.

Sounds Cool, Man, But You Went from Funny Vasectomy Guy to Travel-Bragging Guy

How did I do it?  You see, I have a problem… it’s a value computation problem.  Everyone else goes to a restaurant and they pick something off the menu that sounds good.  Not me.  I seek out menu-inefficiencies.  I’ll try to combine a-la-carte items. I have no shame in ordering off the kid’s menu. Split plates? Come, that’s child’s play.

But it’s a problem that comes in handy for people like you – people who want to learn how to travel with the same value-conscientiousness. Or wait, was it the vasectomy thing that drew you in?  Well, if it was, maybe you’ll want to learn how to travel the “free” way now anyways.

How to Travel the “Free” Way

For more than three years now, I’ve been ravaging frequent-flyer mile programs… not the casual here a few there a  few, I’m talking, like, chubby-kid-under-the-piñata aggressive. I’m too impatient to accumulate them the old-fashioned way.  I want them all and I want them now.

And I’m getting them… more than 2 million of them, in fact.  Just last week I did an “App-o-rama” and if you think that sounds fun, you ought to try it.  I’ll pull down 185,000 miles and points from the 4 cards I applied for in one day:

That brings us up to 34 cards in 3 years between my wife and I. We always apply separately in order to maximize our bonuses.

But easy, tiger. It’s not as simple as just running out there and grabbing them. You’ve got to be informed to know which are the right programs and the best bonuses. You’ve got to be diligent to track them all, never missing a payment to keep your credit score solid.  You’ve got to be disciplined not to spend money you wouldn’t otherwise spend, or to pay interest, because the moment you start into that, you lose.

But you can win… oh you can win… I only have one cheap-vasectomy story (merciful heaven above), but I’ve got a dozen cheap-travel stories.  I flew my family to Panama for $261 out of pocket.  Nicole and 4 friends went to LA for a weekend and I had no problem springing for the $25 flight expense. Those are just a couple and I’m writing more all the time.

And you don’t have to go all crazy like me, either… take it slow and pull down a couple of big bonuses to test the waters.  If you decide taking free trips is fun, then keep it up. And if you decide you’d rather pay full price for your trips (and your vasectomy) that’s fine, too.

Obviously there’s more to it than I can give you in a single blog post, but it’s all here on our site.  Poke around and don’t hesitate to comment with a question. We love seeing others embrace the idea and traveling the world. Thanks for wanderlusting with us.

 

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See Your Transunion FICO Credit Score with Barclaycard Arrival

Posted on November 6, 2013 by wpengine

Rock on!  Barclaycard is starting a new benefit for all Barclaycard Arrival(TM) World MasterCard® – Earn 2x on All Purchases cardholders.  You will now have access to your TransUnion FICO score for FREE. Yet another reason to put The Arrival in your wallet.  Here are eight more reasons to remind you about why this card is one you consider.

Current Fico Score

Barclaycard’s New Benefit

Many services charge big money ($10 per month-Look I’m cheap, and you are too, that’s why you’re reading this blog) or so to let you see your credit score whenever you want, which isn’t worth paying.

We’ve talked before about special offers from CreditKarma and CreditSesame that both offer an good idea of your current credit score.  They don’t charge, but they’re not offering the exact score like this offer appears to be giving.

This is a service that you have to “turn on,” but it is more like a microwave than an oven.  You get almost instant results, so what are you waiting for?

How to get your Transunion FICO Score with this offer:

1. First you need to login to your Barclaycard Account. Click on “Tools and education”

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2. Click on the “Your FICO Score” icon in the middle of the page.

Credit Score

3. Read through the terms and conditions of the program, scroll to the bottom of the page and attest to the things listed below, and click the green “Accept” button.

Transunion Credit Score

4. Presto!  You’ve nailed it.  Give it a minute to pull up your beautiful score that allowed you the privilege of having the Barclaycard Arrival and admire your wonderful score.

myfico.com

The End Result

Although they’re probably bogus, don’t forget to review the two reasons that are negatively affecting your score at the bottom of the page.  They have to think of some reason to not put everyone at the highest level, so don’t let them affect you too strongly.

This is a huge step toward offering better benefits to you as a cardholder.  It really doesn’t cost them much to hook into the score, so why wouldn’t they do it anyway, right?

Here are the terms and conditions of the program:

1Key score factors provided by FICO explain the top factors that affected your FICO® Score. The order in which your FICO® Score factors are listed is significant. The first factor indicates the area that most influenced your FICO® Score and the second is next most significant factor that influenced your FICO® Score. It’s important to take note of these items so you have a better idea of what can impact your financial health in the future. Barclaycard provides the description of each factor to help explain the factor in more detail.2This material has not been modified or validated by Barclaycard. Not all creditors evaluate credit in the same way; information provided may not reflect the view of Barclaycard.For important information and Terms of Use of this FICO® Score, click here to hide details.

Only the primary cardmember may accept the Terms of Use of this program and only their FICO® Score is available through this program. You (the primary cardmember) understand and acknowledge that if you give anyone else online access to your Barclaycard account(s), by providing your username and password, they will be able to view your FICO® Score as well as the factors impacting that score.

Barclaycard offers FICO® Score access at its own discretion. FICO® Score access is not a permanent feature of your account and may be removed at any time. To view your FICO® Score, your account with us must be open and active (having activity within the past 150 days).

Your FICO® Score falls into a range from 300 to 850, is calculated based on TransUnion credit data, and is offered soley for your own non-commercial, personal review, and benefit. Your FICO® Score is not an endorsement or a determination of your qualification for a loan or credit. Credit score models and score ranges may differ by lender.

FICO and TransUnion are third-party providers and are not affiliated with Barclaycard. Barclaycard does not guarantee the accuracy of any credit information that is provided to you by these third parties.

You can request a free copy of your credit report once every 12 months from each of the three major US credit reporting companies including TransUnion at annualcreditreport.com. If you find inaccuracies within your credit file, this site also allows you to dispute items in your report with the particular credit reporting company involved. Barclaycard does not recommend or endorse fee-based credit products that may be promoted in that site.

To help explain FICO® Scores and credit in general, we offer credit education materials from FICO. This material has not been validated by Barclaycard. Not all creditors evaluate credit in the same way. The information offered in this material may not reflect the view of Barclaycard. To read and download these materials, click the links below:

FICO and FICO Score are registered trademarks of Fair Isaac Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Barclaycard and Fair Isaac Corporation are not credit repair organizations as defined under federal or state law, including the Credit Repair Organizations Act. Barclaycard and Fair Isaac do not provide “credit repair” services or advice or assistance regarding “rebuilding” or “improving” your credit record, credit history or credit rating.

 

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5 Free Nights in a Starwood Preferred Guest Hotel in Poland

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Brad Christensen

As Nicole and I were waiting in line to enter St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on our recent 2-week tour of Italy, we struck up a conversation with the couple behind us in line.  Judging from their thickly-accented English, we could tell they weren’t native speakers and asked where they were from.  They told us they were from Poland.

We’re always intrigued to meet people and talk travel.  At every opportunity we tell people to come to Idaho (in the summer), and we ask people about their home and what fun things there are to do.  People are naturally unappreciative of their local surroundings, but this couple had some interesting ideas and it left us nudging Poland a little higher on the bucket list.

Naturally, I did what we do as WorldWanderlusters, setting out how to visit Poland with minimal expense.  I already know that my best bet for air travel to Europe is on American Airlines – 40,000 if I work it right and travel between Oct 15 and May 15. And having just recently enjoyed a flight on OneWorld partner, Air Berlin, I’d be hoping to do my long-route travel on one of their planes, if for no other reason than for the delicious chocolate hearts they pass out on arrival.

The next step was to determine where I could stay inexpensively.  Eastern Europe isn’t bad when it comes to expenses, but any big city will have its pricey places.  I used a lot of Starwood hotels on our recent trip to Italy and I loved the extremely helpful staff and great locations.  It just so happens that there are two Starwood properties in Warsaw, one of which was super exciting.

The Warsaw Westin is a brand-new hotel which is unapologetically modern, perfectly located, and ridiculously nice.  It gets even better when I tell you that despite its posh appearance, it’s a Category 3 hotel, burning only 7k points/night.

We’ve talked before about Starwood’s generous “Book 4, get 1 free” promotion.  That’s how you can get a total of 5 nights for spending 28k Starwood Points.

How do you get those 28k points?  I’m glad you asked.  As part of a 4-card “App-o-rama,” (applying for multiple cards at a time to minimize credit impacts and maximize travel point accumulation) I recently applied and got approved for the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express.  I’ll get 10k points right away, and 15k more when I spend $5k within the first 6 months (something everyday expenses together with Christmas will easily allow). So together with the points I get from meeting the spending and the bonuses, I’ll add a total of 30k SPG points to my account.

What is there to do around Warsaw?

Warsaw Poland

There is no shortage of history in Warsaw, despite the fact that it was razed to the ground by the Nazis midway through the 20th Century.  It was central stage for much of both Western and Eastern cultural history.

  • To get a sense for what Warsaw was, visitors can see the reconstructed Old Town – replete with interesting architecture and countless WWII sites.
  • As the birthplace of Chopin, there is an abundance of musical performances and tributes to the great composer.
  • Beautiful parks and gardens include Saxon Park and Royal Baths Park.
  • The Wilanow Palace Museum is full of history.
  • The Copernicus Science Center offers a place to marvel at the wonders of the universe.

As if these weren’t enough, there are also many activities that lay just outside the city.  Five days is enough time to check out all the sites.

If you like the idea, but Warsaw isn’t your thing, take a look at these other great posts about how to use Starwood Preferred Guest points:

https://worldwanderlusting.com/category/starwood-preferred-guest/

Thanks for wanderlusting with us!

 

 

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4 Easiest Ways to Keep Miles from Expiring

Posted on October 28, 2013 by wpengine

Everyone seems to be concerned with their airline miles expiring because they don’t fly with Delta, US Airways, United, and American every 18 months.

First, let’s explore when your miles will expire:

Airline When Miles Expire
Alaska Airlines 24 months without activity
American Airlines 18 months without activity
British Airways 36 months without activity
Delta Airlines Delta Miles Don’t expire
Frontier Airlines 18 months without EARNING
Southwest Airlines 24 months without activity
United Airlines 18 months without activity
US Airways 18 months without activity

1. Get a co-branded credit card and earn some miles

This is the easiest way to keep the miles that you have worked so hard to accrue.  All of these airlines offer some version of a credit card, and you can sign up for these cards on our Best Travel Credit Cards Page.

Spending even something as little as $1 on your card will reset the clock and give you and additional 18, 24, or 36 months to keep your airline miles from expiring.

Plus with many of these cards you can earn the bonus time and time again, so why not keep getting new bonuses on top of keeping the miles that you already have? Last week I was approved for the AAdvantage Business card, and I’ve got another 50k bonus just waiting to be fulfilled.  I can almost taste the gelato!

2. Transfer miles from your Membership Rewards/Ultimate Rewards account

Last week I gave an instructional on how to transfer miles from my Ultimate Rewards account to United Airlines.  I still had quite a bit of time before my 18 months, were up, but it is still a good idea to work on the safe side.

It had been almost two years since my last Southwest airlines flight, so I transferred 1000 miles there too just to keep my account up to date.  That gives me another 24 months with Southwest.

If you participate in any of the programs affiliated with either Membership Rewards or Ultimate rewards, this is super easy.  It doesn’t cost anything, and just takes a few minutes to complete.

3. Redeem a few miles for a magazine subscription

Earlier this year I had about 3500 Hilton HHonors points that were going to expire.  If you’re familiar with the HHonors program this would give me about 1/100th of a free night (exaggeration).  The points weren’t worth much, but being such a cheapskate I couldn’t stand to have the go by the wayside.

I logged into my HHilton account and found that I could redeem 1500 of the miles for a subscription to Inc magazine.  I probably could have found something cheaper, but the magazine probably wouldn’t have been worth the paper it was printed on.  The Inc magazine gives business owners tips and has some valuable information.  I’ve still got 2000 miles that will more than likely be redeemed for another subscription in another 18 months.

Milesformags.com is a great website to check out for this purpose.

keep miles from expiring

Miles for Mags

Frequent flier miles

Siempre Mujer-300 miles

You can turn 1400 miles that would otherwise expire worthless into 56 issues of Sport Illustrated. (If you’re married you better not order the swimsuit edition).  If you didn’t care about any of the magazines, you could always pick up the Siempre Mujer magazine for 300 measly miles. Even ordering the Siempre Mujer and using it as a flyswatter or recycling it would be much better than watching your miles go down the drain.

To top it off, not only will this keep miles from expiring, but it doesn’t cost you anything.  They don’t charge you a processing fee, or a postage fee either.  (It isn’t an “As Seen On TV ad)

4. Use the Airline Shopping Portals to Earn Miles

You probably don’t know these even exist.  Most people don’t realize it, but you can shop online at places like Walmart, Walgreens, Best Buy, and others through the airline shopping portal and earn miles for ever dollar spent.

To sweeten the pot, they’re willing to give you more than one point per dollar sometimes. Here is a sample of the points per dollar you can earn.

keep miles from expiring

Points per dollar on AAdvantageeshopping.com

More than likely you’re already shopping at these stores, and you’re probably shopping online at all of these stores. Why not add a few miles to your tank, and ensure that your hard earned miles don’t go by the wayside.

Here are the links to the major airlines’ online shopping portals.  Use these to make sure your miles don’t expire.

In most of these cases you can order a song from iTunes for $o.99 and extend the life of your miles.  It might take you an additional few minutes than you’d otherwise spend, but think about the wonderful vacations that you’ll be taking.  It’ll be worth it!

Summary

Keep your miles from expiring!  Follow any one of these simple steps to keep the points alive, then catch the vision of wanderlusting and start doing all of these.  Soon you’ll be booking trips all across the world.

How else do you work to keep your airline miles?

 

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5 Easy Steps to Transfer Ultimate Rewards to Airlines/Hotels

Posted on October 25, 2013 by wpengine

We’ve talked in the past about how Ultimate Rewards are some of the best credit card rewards out there.  Their flexibility is only matched or exceeded by the Barclaycard Arrival. Many people have begun earning Ultimate Rewards, but haven’t transferred them anywhere.  This post will teach you how to transfer ultimate rewards to partner airlines and hotels.

First, log in to your credit card account at Chase.com.

Once you’re in, you’ll see a section on the side (shown below) that displays the number of Ultimate Rewards that you’ve accrued.  Click on the “Go to Ultimate Rewards” link.

Transfer Ultimate Rewards

Click Here to begin

Step 2-Pick “Transfer Points to Travel Partners”

Transfer Ultimate RewardsAlthough it might be obvious for some, you’ll want to choose to transfer the Ultimate Rewards to a travel partner.

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3- Pick the Travel Partner to whom you’re transferring the Ultimate Rewards

Transfer Ultimate RewardsThe minimum transfer to one of the Travel Partners is 1000 points. Transferring Ultimate Rewards is a great way to ensure that your hard earned miles don’t get erased from lame expiration dates.

I chose United Airlines as you can see here on the left.

You can see that they can be transferred to a variety of airlines and hotels such as:

  • United Airlines
  • Southwest Airlines
  • British Airways
  • Hyatt
  • Marriott
  • IHG (Holiday Inn)
  • Korean Air
  • Virgin Atlantic
  • Amtrak

The ability to use your Ultimate Rewards on a variety this great is what makes them so powerful.

Fourth- Pick how many points you’re transferring to the partner

United Airlines

The minimum transfer to anyone is 1000 points and miles.  The terms and conditions state that you’re only supposed to give the points to a spouse or domestic partner.  Here is the applicable section:

Ultimate Rewards point transfer features are designed to allow our cardmembers to take advantage of the rewards they earn. The features are not intended to allow transfers to third parties other than a spouse or domestic partner of the cardmember. Transfers to unauthorized third parties or any other abuse of the Ultimate Rewards program may result in suspension or termination of the ability to participate in the program and forfeiture of points already earned.

Fifth- Wait for the confirmation

Confirmation Transfer Ultimate RewardsChase will email you a confirmation saying that the points have been transferred.

Transfers usually happen instantaneously, but they’ve got to give you the disclaimer that it could take up to a week.

All transfers are final, so don’t plan on sending them back to Chase.

Chase Credit Cards that Earn Ultimate Rewards

  • Chase Sapphire PreferredSM
  • Ink BoldSM
  • Ink PlusSM
  • Chase Corporate Flex CardSM
  • J.P. Morgan Palladium Card
  • J.P. Morgan Select Card

Transfer Ultimate Rewards Before Canceling your Card

If you’re coming up for the annual fee on your card, and need to cancel it, make sure you transfer the Ultimate Rewards to a partner BEFORE canceling the credit card.

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Five Nights in Vegas with Starwood Preferred Guest

Posted on October 21, 2013 by wpengine

Who doesn’t love Las Vegas? The lights, buffets, shows, and heat keep me going back time and time again.  The only thing better than visiting Las Vegas, would be to do it for free.  You heard me right, free.  Don’t worry, this isn’t a 2 hour pressure sale from a TrendWest timeshare presentation either.

Flights to Vegas

If you haven’t been acquainted with Allegiant Airlines, now is the time.  These guys cater to people who want to spend either a week or a weekend in Vegas, Phoenix, San Francisco, Myrtle Beach, and other popular vacation destinations.  They offer no frills, and charge $5 for a soda, so drink up before boarding.

Cheap FlightJust doing a quick sample showed a DIRECT flight from Idaho Falls to Vegas in the month of November.  It looks like it’ll only cost you $164 for two people to take the flight from Idaho Falls to Vegas.  This can easily be reimbursed by using the points from your shiny Barclaycard Arrival World MasterCard – $89 Annual Fee Card.  That gives you the flight for free.  If you have questions on how to use your Barclaycard Arrival World MasterCard – $89 Annual Fee Card for this, read this post.

The itinerary shown gives you four days in Vegas, some of the flights are five, others are three, but either way it gives you a couple of nights to enjoy the glamour of the city.

However glamorous it can be, you can only handle so much of the guys handing out little porn cards to everyone who walks by.  For that reason I really enjoy staying off-strip.

Staying in a Hotel Outside of Vegas

Hotel Lake Las VegasIf you’re like me, and you enjoy seeing the lights, but prefer to be away from the porn-hander-outers you’re going to love the Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort and Spa.  It is about 30 minutes from the airpot, but if you’re looking for a relaxing place to stay instead of a gambling place, this looks great.

You’re still close enough to enjoy the rest of the Vegas beat, but far enough away to feel secluded.  The Sunset Station boasts a delicious buffet, and gambling hall, and is only 20 minutes from the resort.

Lake Las VegasYou never thought you could afford to roll up to a place like this one.  They line the streets with palm trees, and it feels like you’re the owner of a mansion in Beverly Hills.

Don’t plan on spending more than a minute in your hotel room, even though it’s luxurious because you’ll either want to be chilling by the pool with the Vegas heat or learning how to run a stand up paddleboard on Lake Las Vegas.

This is a Westin property, which belongs to the Starwood family.  As of the time of this publishing it requires 7000 Starpoints per night.  Staying four nights would require a total of 28,000 Starpoints.

Resort Swimming Pool

Starwood Preferred Guest

Starwood Preferred Guest has a sweet 5th Night Free promotion, so staying four nights or five nights and it would still only cost you 28,000 Starpoints.  So if you’re not taking Allegiant, or if you are driving, this is a great way to maximize the value of your Starpoints.

What you Need to Do This

1.  First you’ll need one Barclaycard Arrival World MasterCard – $89 Annual Fee Card.  This will help you to cover the Allegiant Airlines airfare and your rental car.

Your cost should be $0 for both the rental car and the airfare courtesy of the new card.

2. Next you’re going to need to get the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express. This will help you to cover the resort.

3.  Make it happen.  If you’ve been waiting for a getaway with your lover, buckle down and make it happen.  Staying here will keep you from being tempted about the gambling tables

Your Costs to Make Five Nights in Vegas Happen

  1. Flights:         $0
  2. Car Rental:   $0
  3. Resort:          $0
  4. Food & Ent   $200??
  5. Gas                $50
  6. Total             $250??

Look, I’m about as cheap as they come, and this looks great to me.  What do you think?  Will you be taking your sweetheart to Vegas sometime soon?

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How to Find Bristol Airport Parking

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Brad Christensen

This is a sponsored guest post about how to find parking at the Bristol Airport.  Parking can be a big expense, particularly if you’re going for a longer vacation, and we always advocate thinking beyond paying the airport rates.

If you’re looking for parking at Bristol Airport, there are various options available – meaning you can pick the solution that best suits your needs and your budget.

You’ve probably already searched online and scoured numerous websites looking for the best deal on parking at Bristol Airport. There are plenty of parking suppliers out there, but remember that the cheapest price doesn’t necessarily mean the best value. Instead, make sure you choose a reputable parking supplier and choose the parking option that best suits your needs – be it low-cost off-site parking or a speedy, fuss-free valet parking agreement.

Take a look at Thomas Cook Extras, for instance. This is already a reputable and trusted name in the travel industry, and they offer a wide range of benefits which offer great value for customers. If you’re looking for a low-cost option that’s good quality and secure yet won’t break the bank, try one of their off-site parking spaces. It’s generally the most affordable way to park at Bristol Airport and means that your car is located in an external car park outside the terminal grounds. You’ll usually take a transfer bus to and from the airport, which are generally fast and efficient.

Or for an even quicker solution, check out the on-site parking – these often place you much closer to the terminal, sometimes within walking distance, which makes life much easier if you’re travelling with children or heavy luggage. And of course, for the utmost convenience and efficiency, the meet and greet or valet parking solutions are ideal if you’re looking for a quick and fuss-free parking experience. Typically, you’ll have your car parked and retrieved for you, which saves time on parking and means you can head straight to check-in.

Take a look at the offering and remember to book as early as possible, as not only will this secure the best availability – it will also offer the best prices too. Perfect!

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