Travelling Lens Insider #008
Rocky Mountain National Park's best short hikes, exact steps to redeem business class seats and practical photo tips for when you feel unmotivated.
š Hey friends,
Welcome to Travelling Lens Insider, where every weekend I send you a carefully curated letter of all things travel, photography and points optimisation.
Now, onto this weekās letterā¦
āļø Travel, Points and Miles
š„¾ When you receive this letter, Iāll be exploring Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado! Excited to see some epic mountain views and stunning lakes and waterfalls. Dirt In My Shoes is my go-to National Park blog, written by a former park ranger. If you're thinking about visiting Rocky Mountain National Park, here are 5 of the best and easy short hikesāI'm trying them all and will report back.
š³ Become a points & miles expert using this 4-step framework (and use these 8 tips to stop leaving points and miles on the table).
āļø Aspirational travel in business or first class seats using points can be hard to find and book. This points & miles expert gives you her exact blueprint to book your next seat in business class, in under 16 minutes (real life example used).
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š· Photography
šø Feeling unmotivated to take photos? Sean Tucker shares some great practical tips for staying motivated and inspired in taking photos.
š¼ļø Donāt let your photos disappear into the digital graveyard. Turn your travel photos into a physical, tangible photo book that you can hold and flick though. Bonus: when you are curating your photos for the book, you get to re-live your travel experiences!
š· As someone who loves to take personal travel photos during my trips, itās so easy to over pack my camera gear. These 3 questions are tremendously helpful in choosing what gear I bring for each trip to avoid bring camera gear I donāt need.
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š Substack Finds
As you know, Iām a big fan of using points and miles to travel more often and redeem aspirational seats in business/first class for long haul flights. I really liked this practical piece from
, where she shares her personal points earning strategy and habits so she can travel more. I think youāll like it too!, a US flight attendant, gives us some behind-the-scene insight on flight safety at each of the major US airlines. A really interesting read. I always love hearing from travel industry experts like pilots and flight attendants.
šø Photo of the week
š¬ Final Words
Thatās all for today! See you next week
Janice
(p.s. Iām always looking to improve. If you have feedback, Iād love to hear your thoughts on todayās newsletter. And if you enjoyed it, please let me know why!)
Maximizing points = always the best idea! Thanks for sharing! āļø
Definitely!