This page is dedicated to success stories shared by Travel Freely members.
Read about free travel stories from Travel Freely Members. Average people taking their travel to the next level thanks to Travel Freely!
Greece!
Katie, a homeschooling mother of five from Minnesota, who, along with her husband, turned their dream of visiting Greece into reality. Not only did they experience the breathtaking beauty of Athens, Santorini, and Naxos, but they did it all while saving $12,000 on their 15th wedding anniversary trip! Read more here.
Mexico
Hey Zac! We made it to the all-inclusive Hyatt Zilara Cancun! Honestly could not have made it without the help and guidance from the Travel Freely app!
– Travel Freely Member, Alexandra
Downtown, Chicago
My wife and I jumped into points via credit cards this summer! It’s been great. I’ve done the Chase Sapphire and then my wife did too. We’re rocking it. We just booked a trip to Chicago to go see our kiddos’ band performance at the MidWest Music Convention. We are staying in downtown Chicago, and we got our flights booked by transferring points to our account with Southwest. Total cost for two round-trip flights to Chicago Midway and 3 nights in the windy city, EXACTLY $0! (We had some credit with SW so the taxes and fees of $23 were covered.) It works! Easy Peezy!
– Travel Freely Member, Christopher
Washington DC.
We just got back from DC, where my wife and our son took her parents for 5 nights. We paid about $40 in fees and taxes for the flights (Southwest there, American back). We stayed 5 nights at the Grand Hyatt downtown. We had a great trip!
– Travel Freely Member, Will
Washington DC, New Orleans, and Scotland
Our family is excitedly amassing and spending some points. Some trips coming up: My husband and I have two free nights at the Waldorf Astoria in New Orleans (no kids!); my 6th grader has a school trip to Washington DC in the spring, so instead of riding the bus there and back, we will be flying for free! (ok $5.60 per person each way); Booked our family trip to Scotland – biz class to Scotland, economy home, all lodging and flights on points!
– Travel Freely Member, Kami
Honolulu, Hawaii
We were able to book 4 round trip tickets to Honolulu for Thanksgiving break with just 1 sign up bonus!! We used your advice & got the Chase Sapphire and transferred points to Southwest Airlines for 4 round trip nonstop flights! Thank you!!
Now we are working on more sign ups to earn points to go to France with the kids.
– Travel Freely Member, Jennifer
Palm Beach, FL
We used points to cover our airfare and a couple of hotel nights on our way to a cruise to the Bahamas!
– Travel Freely Member, David
Punta Cana, DR
Got a signup bonus and redeemed it via the travel portal for our 11th anniversary trip. We went to an all-inclusive resort for 7 days so we used the points to book the full resort stay at the Grand Palladium Bavarro suites!
– Travel Freely Member, Zubila
Los Angeles and Lake Tahoe
My wife & I flew from NJ to LA and then Lake Tahoe, then back home entirely on points. It was our first experience with using travel rewards. I’m not a big fan of the beach, so I saved more of the photos from our time near the lake. The one picture of us is when we went on a star-gazing kayak tour on Lake Tahoe. We could see the Milky Way!
– Travel Freely Member, John
Greece
We used our points to book a GORGEOUS hotel for our honeymoon in Greece, the King George, a Luxury Collection Hotel. And because of our card, we got free breakfast buffet each day – roughly $1775 worth of hotel stay that we got for $320.21!
I also treated my best friend to an amazing two night Babymoon BFF weekend trip to the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina, including a day at the spa.
We’ve also gotten the Southwest Companion Pass, discounted Airbnbs, and a round trip flight to Vegas (Chase) with either points or discounts from the card benefits. And we have so many points left to use!!
– Travel Freely Member, Alison
Hawaii, Italy, California, and more
As a teacher and a nurse we knew we could find time to travel, the trick was finding the money. With Travel Freely we learned how to travel for less! We earned 150,000 points which covered 3 flights, two hotel stays, and we were protected from damage to our rental car ($400). We had a fantastic time exploring our history through museums and restaurants! We were skeptics before, but now we are believers. Using credit cards for free travel can be difficult to figure out, but Travel Freely helped guide us through to maximize our point potential and our credit score has never been higher.
– Travel Freely Member, Andy and Katelyn
Cozumel, Mexico
– Travel Freely Member, Dave
California, Ireland, and Chicago
We used the first two nights for a short trip to Chicago and stayed in a luxury hotel with views of the Watertower, the lake and Michigan Avenue. Our hotel costs were completely free. After that, we planned a trip to Big Sur, California, one of our favorite vacation destinations. We enjoyed a suite overlooking the Pacific. But instead of paying over $600 per night as we had in the past, there was no charge once we applied our earned free nights. Needless to say, we are now thrilled about being able to use travel reward programs. All made possible through Travel Freely.
– Travel Freely Member, David and Maureen
Peru, France, Alaska, and more
Travel Freely has allowed me to literally travel for free over the past year. Without having to worry about airline costs, I am free to splurge in other areas- lodging, activities, etc. I capped off my first year of free travel with a trip to southern France this past summer, and this opportunity is only available because of the points I’ve earned with Travel Freely!
– Travel Freely Member, Rebecca
Disneyland, London, NYC, and Canada
Traveling for free has opened my eyes to a completely new way of looking at travel for my family of six. I thought I was doomed to 20+ years of costly family vacations. In the past 12 months, we have racked up over 300,000 points – worth more than $3k of travel! We used some of these points last year to take a family trip to enjoy the beaches of Southern California and enjoy a day at Disneyland. This past summer, my wife used points to take my daughter on her 13th birthday trip to NYC for 2 days followed by 4 days on Prince Edward Island, Canada to see the sights that inspired my daughter’s favorite book series, Anne of Avonlea.
– Travel Freely Member, Jared and Mandy
New York and California
We returned to Manhattan, where we got engaged, for an incredible 1-year wedding anniversary. With the flights and hotel completely covered by points and card bonuses, we were able to indulge in the city’s top restaurants all weekend, guilt-free!
My wife and I also took a much-needed Spring Break to California. It included TSA PreCheck, an SW companion pass flight to LAX, and 3 free nights at the incredible Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel. We joined Travel Freely to pursue luxury travel experiences in an affordable way. We never imagined that we’d be able to do all of that…. for FREE.
– Travel Freely Member, Jeff and Anne Clarke
Disneyland
We knew a trip to Disneyland was on our Family Bucket List. Thanks to Travel Freely we easily mapped out the cards and bonuses that would get us there. We used bonuses through Chase Ultimate Rewards which transferred to Southwest Airlines points for miles. Points also covered two nights at the hotel.
In all, we saved about $1,250 getting there and staying there. Basically we did Disneyland for over 50% off!
– Travel Freely Member, John
