In April of 2024, I (Nick) will likely be talking at The Travel Summit in Toronto, Canada and there are only a couple of hours left to get early-bird pricing for these taken with attending. Greg spoke ultimately yr’s occasion and he not solely loved it very a lot but in addition picked up some helpful data. This convention is on the larger finish of the pricing spectrum, however for just a few hours longer you may get in a bit extra cheaply if it piques your curiosity.
Travel Summit Details
In addition to my presentation, the schedule is filled with attention-grabbing displays from many skilled audio system. Here are the first particulars of the occasion:
- Dates: April 26-28, 2024
- Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) in Downtown Toronto, Canada
- Cost:
- Early Bird (although 9/30/23): $349 CAD + taxes.
- Regular (although 3/31/24): $399 CAD + taxes
- Last-Minute (via 4/25/24): $449 CAD + taxes
- Save $50 CAD with coupon code FREQUENTMILER (Frequent Miler may also earn a fee once you use this code). Alternatively, use this hyperlink to auto-populate the coupon: thetravelsummit.com/FREQUENTMILER. After taxes and the low cost are factored in, the overall involves $366.12 (~$270 USD) for an early chook ticket or $394.37 CAD (~$291 USD) for an everyday ticket.
- VIP Ticket: There can be a VIP Ticket that will get you access to an unique Friday night banquet with occasion hosts and audio system on the St. Regis Toronto, together with dinner and drinks, and different VIP perks over the weekend (I don’t but know what these will likely be). The VIP ticket prices $995 CAD.
- Ticket Inclusions:
- Access to The Travel Summit Toronto 2024 on the Metro Toronto Convention Centre
- Keynote displays, panel discussions, and breakout periods throughout 2 days
- Networking with knowledgeable vacationers
- Lunch on Saturday & Sunday
- Saturday night celebration (on the Westin Harbour Castle Toronto.)
- Special gives from main journey manufacturers
- Prize attracts and giveaways
- Video recordings of all displays
- Sessions & Schedule: Found here. Note that there may also trade visitors available from Air Canada, Air France/KLM and BILT. This yr, attendees will select breakout periods from 4 key journey themes: The Points Beginner, The Frequent Flyer, The Freedom Seeker, and The Content Creator. The full record of periods and occasion agenda may be discovered at https://thetravelsummit.com/#sessions. Attendees will get access to video recordings of the breakout periods after the occasion
- My matters: I’ll be talking about Killer bank card combos and along with Josh Greenberg I’ll talk about Year 2 with a Credit Card: Keep, Switch, or Cancel?
- List of Speakers: Found here.
- VIP Ticket: What’s extra, buying a VIP Ticket will get you access to an unique Friday night banquet with occasion hosts and audio system on the St. Regis Toronto, together with dinner and drinks, plus many different particular VIP perks to raise your expertise over the weekend.
Is it price it?
Readers all the time wonder if in-person occasions are well worth the cost by way of the ticket worth and likewise the cost of resort and journey bills. That’s all the time a troublesome query to reply (largely as a result of the reply isn’t common). Personally, once I received began in miles and factors, I had spent a few yr studying as a lot as I might after which I used to be within the midst of a yr of amassing miles and factors when a good friend of a good friend advised me a few miles and factors convention. I hadn’t even recognized such a factor existed. I attended pondering that I knew every part I wanted to know however curious to see what I is likely to be lacking. Suffice it to say that there have been way more holes in my sport than I had realized. My thoughts was blown — and some years later, I ended up right here at Frequent Miler.
In the years since, I’ve all the time loved attending to miles-and-points occasions each for the camaraderie of being in a bunch of oldsters with a standard curiosity and for the networking alternatives of building relationships with individuals who might help you succeed. Many of the very best suggestions I’ve gotten over the years have been due to connections made at conferences like this.
The Travel Summit takes place in Canada, although many audio system are US-based, together with names readers could know like Spencer Howard of Straight to the Points, Julia Menez of Geobreeze Travel, Senitra Horbrook of PointsTravelher (and previously of TPG), and Matt Kepnes of Nomadic Matt. You’ll additionally seemingly know a few of the Canadian names like fellow Boarding Area blogger Anshul Singh of Points Miles and Bling and Ricky Zhang and the staff from Prince of Travel. There are greater than 20 confirmed audio system to date.
If you’re new to the sport, I’m positive you’ll get a ton of worth out of a weekend of targeted periods with top-notch audio system. And in the event you’re farther alongside, I anticipate that you simply’ll nonetheless study some new suggestions however you’ll even have an opportunity to hone your networking within the lobbies and social hours. As Greg has written earlier than, numerous issues on this sport are simpler with a community of associates ((journey with associates, study underground manufactured spending suggestions, discover associates with Hyatt Globalist standing who can share their advantages with you, discover out about offers that haven’t but hit the blogs, and so on.).
It is difficult to check one convention towards one other and I’ve not but personally attended The Travel Summit, however I sit up for the possibility to attach with others who love the pastime at this occasion. If you do be a part of me at this occasion, please cease me and say hiya — I like to satisfy readers!
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