Steven Cruse

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Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
School
University of Mount Olive
Expertise
Digital nomadism, Adventure travel, Travel points and miles
  • Steven has spent the past seven years traveling the world full-time, living and writing in over 50 countries across six continents.
  • He's developed an expertise in the world of points and miles, saving up to $10,000 a year in flights and staying in world-class hotels for free by wrangling his credit cards.
  • As an avid adventurer, he has tackled the Kilimanjaro Summit, hiked 30 miles of the untouched section of the Great Wall of China, completed the Inca Trail, lived with nomads in Mongolia, and taken a two-week road trip around Namibia.

Experience

Steven dropped his desk job in 2018 to teach English online and travel the world, before pivoting back to his originally intended career path of writing. Since then, he's been the voice of Dollar Flight Club's numerous newsletters, where he helped garner a one million-strong subscriber list, wrote hundreds of travel guides and loyalty program pieces, and built a successful points-and-miles course. His work has also featured across multiple mediums, with print features in Wired for Adventure, online content for TripAdvisor's Wanderlab, and travel news for Travel Off Path and The Cancun Sun. He's currently in the early stages of writing Bradt's Guide to Peninsular Malaysia, his first book.

Education

Steven has a bachelor's degree in English communication from the University of Mount Olive in North Carolina.

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