Travel Tips
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Top 10 Benefits of Travel Credit Cards
Some of you may be saying to yourself: I only do minimal or no travel during the year. Therefore, I don’t need a travel credit card. Similarly, there is an annual fee and the credit card company should be paying me to use their cards and not vice versa. It’s totally understandable to have these thoughts but I say be open minded since there are so many advantages of having a credit card. Here are my Top 10 Benefits of Travel Credit Cards: First, conquer your fear of annual fees. Yes, there are annual fees on some credit cards. In fact, two of the best credit cards I have include…
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Top 10 Carry-on Items
Like some people, I tend to forget a few things when I travel. The list below are my Top 10 Carry-on Travel Essentials. This list is helpful especially if you tend to procrastinate OR to gift someone who is an avid explorer… (Click on the pictures below for product details) 1.Passport Holder—Bring a passport holder to keep yourself organized. I usually have so many things on my carry-on bag that my passport and boarding pass get mixed in and become harder to find. My suggestion is to have a passport holder for every travel (particularly international travel). For domestic, you can also use this for your lounge cards (priority pass,…
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How to use online shopping portals to earn additional points?
If you’re new to the points game, you probably think that the only way you can earn airline miles or hotel points for travel redemption is to pay for a ticket and fly or stay at a hotel. I’m here to tell you that is NOT the case. You can earn points or miles by using online shopping portals. Your points may be additional ultimate chase points which can be converted to hotel points or airline miles or any mileage program you chose. Here are examples of online shopping portals I use often: Chase Ultimate Rewards If you’ve read my post about the Best Travel Credit Cards for 2019 (click…
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Flight delays in Europe? You could be owed European flight delay compensation!
I like finding unexpected money and using it to save for future travels. In the fall of 2018, I discovered from reading a few articles online that my delayed flight within Europe in 2017 entitled me to the European flight delay compensation. Here’s how it works: A European law called EU Regulation 261/2004 allows you to claim compensation for flight delayed for more than 3 hours except for ordinary circumstances like bad weather and crew strikes, no notification within 14 days and it departed in Europe or the airline is European. Here are the compensation: 250 euros for flight delayed less than 1,500 kilometers (km) 400 euros for flight delayed…
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Best ways to fund your 2019 travels!
Happy New Year everyone! I like the new year because it feels like you can have a fresh start. For some of you who are wondering…I would love to travel this year but how can I afford it? I’m giving you my travel saving tips to help you get there! 1.STASH–I’ve read a lot of savings website last year because I just find it interesting what people do to save money. The idea I like most is to invest using Stash. Usually, you need thousands to even start investing. With Stash, you can invest as much as $5 to start with. Depending on your investment, you can buy a fraction…
