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09/03/2015

trppn is hard at work with life and planning our next adventure with baby trppn - we hope to be back soon!

22/01/2015

It is with sadness I have to announce that trppn.com is no longer up. I am consolidating all posts to www.facebook.com/trppn! Focusing on one site will help me get more stories and information out to everyone!

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20/10/2014

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05/09/2014

How many have you been to? 20 of 50 for us!

With our ever-expanding bucket lists, it's sometimes easy to lose sight of the essentials. Well, we've gone to the community of travelers at minube.net with a simple goal: find the greatest destinations on Earth. From the great ancient capitals to t...

29/08/2014

Do you fit this mold? We do.

It's been over a decade since American psychologists Leaf Van Boven and Thomas Gilovich concluded that doing things makes people happier than having things. "To Do or to Have? That Is the Question" was the title of the study they published in 2003 (PDF), and it's been cited hundreds of times since.…

21/08/2014

Booked a 2 day rental with Avis for $7.81 in DC over Columbus Day Weekend! Like trppn and find out travel tips to cheaper travel!

28/07/2014

When booking infant tickets, persistence pays off!

Most american carriers charge only 10% of the fare for infants under 2. This is great for cash or economy tickets bought early. The problem is, when this ticket is an award, the carrier will charge 10% of the full cash fare, which is the most expensive fare for the class.

Is there a way around this? No, but you have options.

If the fare is really high (for example you're flying an F award), 10% of a full fare could still be over $3000! Look to see how much another seat would cost in points or look to downgrade a class.

If arriving from an international destination to the states and you still have another leg, ask the airline to price to the entry point to the US, this could save you money as you'll have less distance on the ticket. But so how does your kid make out the rest of the way home with only being ticketed to your entry point? Infants fly free in the US, just add them at the counter.

The last option is to call the airline daily and have them price it out. Usually it will match the highest fare in the class on the ITA Matrix, but sometimes it prices differently and this is when you have to act! I personally used this technique when the original infant fare was supposed to $630 ($6300 full fare). Just the other day I called and when the fare was calculated, it came to $340. You can bet I jumped on that!

Infant fares are great things, as you can fly with your child at 10% of the cost. But most people don't realize their possible cost on awards. Just know you have options to still fly in style, bit it may just take some persistence!

25/06/2014

Travel tip: research pays off always. While the age of data aggregation is upon us, the "Search one and done" approach doesn't always find you the best deal.

Spend a few extra minutes researching your travel, I just saved a client 85% from what an OTA produced by checking other sites, including directly with the airlines.