After a ton of useful feedback from you guys, I'm testing out the idea of adding contributors to the blog. This isn't intended as a means of replacing me (hopefully), but rather as a way to add new and interesting perspectives, which I think you guys will enjoy. I'm not hiring professional writers-for-pay, but rather…
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Welcome Travis!
I'm curious about what you will be writing about. This blog is seriously lacking in the destination department. I'm hoping you will be writing about places you've traveled to and not just how you got there or the brand name hotel you stayed at.
@Brent - while i agree with you, in Ben's defense, this blog is about maximizing miles and points and the tricks and trades of doing that. There are plenty of good travel blogs that talk about what to do and see and where to eat and so forth.
Welcome. You have a beautiful family. Looking forward to reading about your adventures.
Welcome Travis! though I don't have kids or a wife for that matter I look forward to reading about your family travels, good luck!
Looking forward to seeing what you come up with though I hope you remember that there are women who read this blog. Keeping the 'oh women, their biological clocks ruling my life' comments may not win you any favors.
Welcome, Travis. While I love living vicariously through Lucky and his first class pajamas, I look forward to your insights on travel logistics and maximizing points for travel "behind the curtain."
Travis,
Thanks for your post. I'm not in favor of his new direction for OMAAT but you deserve the benefit of the doubt and I appreciate an interesting first post.
Best of luck, and please don't follow the direction of MommyPoints in the family travel space 🙂
Welcome Travis! Looking forward to tips regarding Economy class as well. You have an adorable family 🙂
Welcome Travis,
It will be nice to see your take. I suspect most of the blog readers aren't as foot loose and fancy free as Ben so it'll make a change!
Love the story and really look forward to your posts. As a dad myself and a recent convert to the miles & points hobby, I drool over the products that Lucky reviews but realize that the necessary points multiplied by 4 are literally unattainable. While the current OMAAT is really awesome, it'd be great to also have some "down to earth" perspectives. Thanks for being a part of this!
Welcome Travis! You should say "some women have these biological clocks..." instead of making a generalization of all women have children because of irrational motives. Some women carefully plan when they want to have kids, and some women don't want to have kids at all.
Look forward to reading your posts.
Welcome Travis! It sounds like you'll have a unique and interesting perspective.
@Lucky, pay the man in Lufthansa duckies!!!
Lucky, please, please, please don't let your blog become like TPG's blog. It is just atrocious now with all of the contributors who know little about what they are writing about. I think HMT does it much better with multiple people writing but still keeping the original flavor. You are still the best though and you need to keep it that way.
FINALLY!! As a woman, as a life-long traveler, and as a mom (not necessarily in that order) it's good to hear more on traveling with family. Most of the bloggers in this space (travel hacking) are single males, so hearing about fabulous vacations in uber expensive hotels and flying in F all the time get boring, fast. Scalability in earning points for travel & hotel is a skill, so I'll be interested in learning about new hacks and tips to accumulate points/miles faster. Welcome!! (Oh, and by the way, I wasn't bothered by your comment about "biological clocks". As a woman, it's definitely true that we hear it go tick-tock. Some of us ignore it (which is totally fine), some of us heed it quickly (totally fine too), some of us take our time with planning. I believe your comment wasn't meant to insult women, but some of us have thinner skins...). Oh, and your kids are adorable! 🙂
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. I can tell you're a great writer. I look forward to reading your stuff!
I'm actually really excited to hear about your travels, Travis. I always feel like I'm alone being a world-traveler with a husband and children. I still travel, but it takes a lot more planning and my disposable income isn't as limitless as it once was, so it will be awesome to hear from someone who's in the same boat as I am!
Oh, no, Lucky is encroaching on MommyPoints' turf 😛
Anyway, good luck, Travis! Don't have a family but would be useful to know perspective of someone who has to plan travel for multiple people -- nowadays, even if you have the miles, oftentimes finding multiple awards seats is a challenge (I'm talking about you, ANA!)
Welcome Travis! I'm not a father yet but I always told myself I'd only travel with my kids when they are potty trained and can walk without a stroller (meaning they'd have to be over age 5?) Heck I was 6 years old when I first flew in a plane and I still remember the excitement of it all! Either way, it's cool your kids have already travelled to 20+ countries! Wow!
I'm curious to read your take on flying premium cabins with kids. I'm more of a Home Alone type of guy where I'd be ok flying in business class with my spouse while putting the kids in coach (as long as they're over 10 yo I think that would be fine.) 😉
Anyway, welcome to OMAAT and I look forward to reading your blog posts!
Welcome, Travis! I have to say that I was suspicious of Lucky's move to add contributors, but your selection is dispelling some of those worries. I'm always excited to see more contributions in this space from people with kids. Looking forward to your posts.
Astute move, Lucky. Not only do you get a day off, but you also tack to cover the family side of travel. I like it! Looking forward to your posts Travis!
Travis, be sure Lucky covers all the nuances of the Southwest Companion Pass (complete with photos). And hey, no one ever writes about Motel 6's loyalty program :-).
Welcome Travis!!! I'm looking forward to learn how to maximize miles and points when traveling with family!
Welcome Travis!! As a fellow family traveler, I look forward to reading your adventures!
Oh - and I bet we could share some spreadsheet - er, matrices - stories! We have loads of them from all of our family trips.
Looking forward to hearing about stretching and maximizing miles when traveling with a family, welcome!
Travis - same state as you are in... a techie with 2 kids and cannot always travel in F with family... also keep spread sheets for all such plans, etc. - so OF COURSE, I AM INTERESTED IN HOW YOU MANAGE FAMILY TRAVEL 🙂 Am sure will learn from your tips! Keep going maite!
Welcome Travis. My family is similar to yours so I'm really looking forward to your posts.
Keep up the great work OMAAT.