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It’s so nice to meet you!
We like you already.
Hey there, we are Victoria and Brad Parks! *aka* Parks on Recreation *aka* Parks on Rec (we’ll answer to both)
Remember when you went on that weekend “staycation” that ended up costing you waaaay more dollars than you anticipated, and as a result your dreams of international travel immediately imploded? No… just us?
Welp. It was that very staycation that had us rattling our brains for the entire 47-minute drive home. There HAD to be a better, more affordable way to travel— and NOT one that required us to live in a van, solely use a backpack, or share a twin bed in a hostel. Call us *bougie* but you guys— we’re in our thirties. C’mon.
One relentlessly humid July afternoon we discovered something that would change our lives forever:
CREDIT CARD POINTS & MILES.
Suddenly, the world became our oyster. (cue the heavenly chorus)
Say goodbye to 8-hour road trips and sleeping on your Aunt Joan’s pullout since she was the closest relative to your destination, and 👋 helllloooooo to gorgeous hotels and business class seats for practically free.
The points and miles hobby taught us how to leverage credit card welcome offers by earning hundreds of thousands of points on our everyday bills and purchases. Those points and miles are redeemed for thousands of dollars of (almost) free travel and mind-blowing experiences— that we ABSOLUTELY would have never ever, ever, ever paid for. Like, ever. We are not in that kind of tax bracket, friends.
Our entire world changed when we learned how to travel on points, and it’s our passion to teach others how to do the same!
Rapid Fire Q&A.
Get to know us faster than you could ever get through airport security.
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Brad: “I wanna say Maldives.”
Victoria: “That’s what I was going to say!”
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Brad: ”Chase Sapphire.”
Victoria: “Ditto.”
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Brad: “Hyatt.”
Victoria: “You gotta stop taking my answers.”
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Brad: “Airpods & eye mask.”
Victoria: “Snacks, a water bottle, and a book.”
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Brad: “Seeing the views at Kapalua from the top of the seventeenth tee box on the Plantation Course in Hawaii.”
Victoria: “Watching the sunrise on top of Haleakalā then mountain biking back down!”
Travel for nearly free.
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Travel for nearly free. ✶
celebrating your wins
Our Secret Points & Miles Weapon
If you ask us about the very first thing we did when we started our journey in points & miles— we’ll tell you we downloaded Travel Freely!
This app is 100% free to download and free to use. (That’s right, no monthly subscriptions or in-app purchases here, friends!) Travel Freely keeps all your credit cards organized, #zen #fengshui keeps track of your upcoming annual fees & welcome bonuses, and the “Card Genie” feature will recommend the perfect credit card based on what’s already in your wallet. It’s like magic. ✨
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