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b"Hello! \\n\\nMy name is Lori and I'm ESL teacher who travels multiple times a year both domestically and internationally for a sliver of the actual cost. If you give me five minutes, I'll show you how to travel the world for (practically) free. \\n\\nHere's a bit of background information on myself that will most likely take more than a few minutes to get through. I'm from a family of travel agents, so you can definitely say that it is both figuratively and literally in my blood. My grandparents opened up a travel agency in Newark more than 50 years ago, and my mom took it over after they retired. My Saturdays were spent learning on a computer (which was a really big deal in the late 80s/early 90s) how to book people to their dream destinations. I learned about pseudo-city codes before I even knew what pseudo meant (true story)and, more importantly, it cemented my love of travel. Plus, it showed me that it took a lot of money being saved in order to make those travel dreams come to fruition.\\n\\nFast forward to the year 2011, when I'm just a few months shy of returning back to the States after a two-year stint in South Korea, and determining how I'll be able to travel as extensively as I did while I was living and working in Asia. A quick internet search later (and I do mean quick, as South Korea has the fastest internet in the universe), the world of travel hacking was exposed to me. My inner nerd was rejoicing at the fact that I could leverage my good credit score in order to score lucrative sign-up bonuses which would net me with (almost) free travel.\\n\\nI started, as most people do, by sticking my toes into the proverbial points pool by applying for one credit card, which then spiraled into a full-blown points and miles obsession, but in the healthiest sense possible. Since that time, I\\u2019ve saved over $100k, and it is 100% due to travel hacking. I want YOU to do the same and experience all of the glorious wonders that the world has to offer. Of course, always keeping in mind that swiping happily-ever-after must be done responsibly."