Hopefully this post showed you that booking these sorts of trips is not incredibly difficult to do. With a little time and the right advice, anyone can do it. You could even follow these methods step by step to book an identical getaway if you would like.

Now before you attempt to try this yourself, please note that there is a method to this madness. Choosing to not follow established travel hacking principles is risky and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

But luckily for you, I wrote a book about the subject that contains everything you need to know to start booking a few trips of your own.

It has over 100 pages of material and covers everything from the basics of frequent flyer miles to some of the more advanced tactics used by the pros.

And best of all, it is only $15.