Episode #472 (ENCORE OF #355)

Happy Thanksgiving! This Turkey Day, we're giving you an encore of one of our favorite episodes on the money hacks EVERYONE should know about! This was one of our top shows of last year and will teach you how to save better, spend less, and travel for CHEAP! Enjoy!

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Travel hacks, spending hacks, medical hacks. If there’s one thing that Chris Hutchins has learned from hosting the All the Hacks podcast, it’s that everything is negotiable. You can travel to over sixty countries for (almost) free, outsource your cooking at a reasonable rate and even get free money once forgotten. Chris should know—he’s done all this and more as he works to optimize every aspect of his life, both financially and personally!

Chris was hacking at a very young age. In high school, he made a fake magazine so he could score free press passes to concerts. When he was away at boarding school, he would buy whole pizzas and sell them by the slice just to afford a few slices of his own. Then, later when he quit his job to travel the world, Chris and his partner hit over sixty countries, using credit card points to globetrott from South Africa to Singapore!

Now, as a father, Chris is more concerned about hacking his time. He’s got kids to take care of and doesn’t want to waste a second of his day that could be spent planning for, or playing with, his children. In today’s episode, you’ll hear some of the most insane life hacks, from hiring a personal chef for a fraction of the cost to getting free champagne at any hotel stay and even snagging twenty to thirty percent off of your dream vacation villa. These hacks work (we tried them in real-time), and you may need a pen and paper to write them all down!

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Apps Mentioned in This Episode:
CardPointers: https://cardpointers.com/
Paprika: https://www.paprikaapp.com/
FancyHands: https://www.fancyhands.com/
Google Flights: https://www.google.com/travel/flights
AutoSlash: https://www.autoslash.com/
Amazon Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/
Library Extension: https://www.libraryextension.com/
Cash Back Monitor: https://www.cashbackmonitor.com/
SavenDeals: https://www.savendeals.com/
DeleteMe: https://search.deleteme.com/
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00:00 Intro

00:38 Life Hacking in High School

05:03 How to Live an "Optimized" Life

09:31 Traveling for Free with Credit Card Points

17:39 Outsourcing Everything!

26:29 Travel Hacks Part 2!

32:35 Spending and Shopping Hacks

50:31 Connect with Chris!

51:53 Action Items