Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways

Sally French, Meghan Coyle

cgough@nerdwallet.com

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Booking Overview

This weekly travel advice show focuses on practical ways to plan trips, use travel rewards, and save money, with external interviews featuring senior professionals from travel companies and services. Credible pitches include airline, hotel, cruise, travel-technology, loyalty-program, and travel-planning experts with actionable consumer insights; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need established industry expertise but not celebrity-level prominence.

Metrics

Episodes: 79

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 223.0k followers

Contact Information

cgough@nerdwallet.com

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Host

Sally French - NerdWallet travel expert covering travel planning, rewards, transportation, and ways consumers can get more value from their travel spending.

Meghan Coyle - NerdWallet travel expert covering travel planning, booking strategies, travel rewards, and practical advice for travelers.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Senior travel-industry professionals and subject-matter experts from airlines, hotels, travel technology companies, loyalty programs, and related services.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership role at an established travel company, Professional expertise in travel operations, marketing, loyalty, or consumer technology, Practical insights that help travelers save money or make better booking decisions

Recent Guest Discussions

Fredrick Jones - Hotel Concierge Services, Potential Upgrades, Guest Perks, And Maximizing Value From Hotel Stays.

Paul Bernardini - Flight Delays And Cancellations, Airline Reliability, Inbound-plane Tracking, And Travel Disruption Alerts.

Recent Topics

Travel Rewards, Travel Budgeting, Vacation Planning, Airlines, Hotels

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
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The 7 Things Our Travel Pros Insist On Packing

July 29, 2026

Learn which packing essentials two travel experts swear by, plus how to time your Labor Day trip for fewer crowds. Hosts Meghan Coyle and Sally French discuss the gear they just won’t travel without, to help you pack smarter on your next trip. But first, they break down the latest travel headlines, including the Seats.aero Chrome extension, an update to the Delta SkyMiles and Starbucks partnership starting August 5, Bilt's August Rent Day promotion offering an ALL Accor status match, how to ...

What to Ask Your Hotel Concierge: Free Upgrades, Insider Deals, and What Most Travelers Miss

July 22, 2026

Learn what hotel concierges can do for your next stay, from getting free upgrades to saving you money. Hosts Meghan Coyle and Sally French explore what hotel concierges could do for your next stay. But first, they break down the latest travel headlines, including the opening of the new Chase Sapphire Lounge at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, a new points-conversion and status-challenge partnership between World of Hyatt and Air Canada's Aeroplan program, and Marriott Bonvoy's expanded partnership...

Is an Alaska Cruise Actually Worth It? We Went to Find Out

July 15, 2026

*The show notes were created with the assistance of AI. It has been reviewed by our editorial team for accuracy and quality.  Is an Alaskan cruise really a trip for everyone — even people who swear they hate cruises? Hosts Sally French and Meghan Coyle, recording live in-studio from Scottsdale, Arizona, share dueling trip reports from their own separate Alaska cruises. They cover when to go, how to choose between the big flashy ships and the smaller expedition lines, which ports are wo...

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