Welcome to Travelling Lens Insider, where every weekend I send you a carefully curated letter of all things travel, photography and points optimisation.

Now, onto this week’s letter…

✈️ Travel, Points and Miles

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• 💳 The Chase Sapphire Preferred has a banging offer right now—100k in Ultimate reward points! I’ll be jumping on board soon myself. But if you’re not sure if this card is for you, listen on from minute 36 to learn how to earn points, save money and redeem your 100k points for great value.
• 📝 Do you keep a travel journal? If not, these are 3 big benefits of having one as you travel the world.
• ✈️ There are 2000+ airlines in the world 🤯 But these are the top 10 airlines serving the world’s best in flight food. And the winner who took the number one spot was unsurprising. Can you guess which airline it was?

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📷 Photography

• 📸 If you’re struggling to know what to photograph, these 11 minutes can help get you out of your photo rut.
• Ronald Smeets has kindly compiled a list of photographers on Substack. And there are a ton of talented photographers here on Substack. They’ve given me so much inspiration. If you’re a photographer, reach out to him and get your publication added to the list.
• 🏙️ Want to learn street and travel photography for free?This 90 minute video teaches you the fundamentals of taking photos while travelling and saying something with your photography.

ICYMI: Want to an easy way to plan your next trip? Get the free Travel Hub trip planning system in Notion.​

👀 Lately

Last weekend, we spent a day exploring Great Smoky Mountain National Park, the Tennessee side.

And this was my favourite shot!

Loved the layers and afternoon glow as the sun was setting over the mountains at Clingmans Dome.

🕵️ Recommendation Zone

🍽️ Eat and Drink

Nashville was a surprising hub of food, drinks and culture.

We popped by Joyland before heading to the airport to catch our flight back to Houston. This place came recommended from watching Somebody Feed Phil’s Netflix episode on Nashville.

And it didn’t disappoint.

The Crust Burger, Joystick (chicken on a stick) and waffle hasbrown were delicious.

📚 Read

I’ve been reading Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff the last few weeks.

A great little book about how to stop chasing linear goals and start pursuing your curiosities.

It’s kind of been the inspiration to keep going with this substack adventure, treating it as a tiny experiment. And I’m glad I did!

Do you have a book you would recommend?

💬 Final Words

That’s all for today! See you next week

Janice

(p.s. I’m always looking to improve. If you have feedback, I’d love to hear your thoughts on today’s newsletter. And if you enjoyed it, please let me know why!)