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Do you remember that disagreement Jason and I were having about where to go on a trip during Christmas break this year? After much argument (yay holiday travel and trying to make everyone happy), too many ideas, and finally realizing we had one more week of university break to work with than we originally thought, …
This post contains credit card referral links.We may earn points or miles based on clicks and sign-ups.Thank you for helping us travel the world. In Part 1 of this post, we talked about one of the fee-based credit cards we carry: the United Club Mileage Plus Infinite card. In that post (for more details, see …
This post contains credit card referral links.We may earn points or miles based on clicks and sign-ups.Thank you for helping us travel the world. In other posts we’ve talked generally about the different kinds of fee-based credit cards we use that allow us to gather points and miles to travel the way we like. All …
Ever heard of airport lounges? Sure, us, too. Ever been to one? No? Same. Well, until recently. We’ve talked before about the different credit cards we routinely use and why. We’ve also talked about some of the benefits that come with those cards, particularly the Chase Sapphire Preferred and, even more, the Platinum Card from …
When we first started travelling our usual process was to search places like Kayak.com for flights and Hotels.com for our hotels. Seems logical enough: when trying to save a little cash we’d go to the places that made it easy for us to find lots of results at reasonable prices. Same? Okay, good. What we …
The first time we rented a car in Europe and had to fill up on petrol (not gas, use the local lingo!), we were surprised to see how inexpensive fuel was across the pond. Until, that is, we saw the total bill show up on our credit card. Yeesh! Here’s the thing: in Europe, they …
A lot of folks ask how we travel so much, particularly because it Costs. So. Much. That’s true, travelling is expensive, or at least it can be. That said, we’ve found a few tricks that make this easier, and we’re happy to share what we’ve learned with you. First, most of what we’ve learned has …
Okay, let’s talk about traveling, especially in the midst of a pandemic. First, let’s separate traveling (getting from Point A to Point B) from exploring (seeing all there is to see in Point B). We like to do both, but more the latter than the former. Travelling isn’t what it used to be, and for …
