It’s easy to collect travel points and miles, but if you don’t redeem them correctly, all that time, energy, and money is wasted. If you use a credit card for your everyday spend, you are likely to spend more than … Read More … Read More
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How to reduce money conflicts on vacation
Vacation can be stressful, especially when not everyone has the same impulses when it comes to spending. But you can reduce money conflicts. Traveling can be stressful in lots of ways. In normal times, there’s the stress of getting from … Read More … Read More

How to travel debt-free
Most people travel and then figure out how to pay for it, but with my plan, you figure it out in advance and come home debt-free. We’re at the point in the pandemic where the average person in the U.S. … Read More … Read More

Don’t let money be your excuse

You don’t need to wait until you’re old or rich to see the world

Does frequent travel conflict with financial well-being?
If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you’ve no doubt seen me periodically talk about my quest to see one new country a year. You might find this topic potentially a diversion, even perhaps antithetical, to much of … Read More … Read More

Calculate the opportunity cost

My ideas for my new country for the year
All this talk about me helping you decide where your next “new country” trip is going to be rather sidesteps the slightly uncomfortable fact that I myself don’t actually know where my own “new country” trip is going to … Read More … Read More

How to determine where to travel next
I have a travel goal. Every year, I travel to a new country. Seeing one new country in a year is possible without quitting your job or being independently wealthy. In fact, it’s a challenge that starts out rather … Read More … Read More

The best time to travel is coming up soon!
It’s getting to be my favorite time of the year in the US for flying! Planes will be empty, fares will be cheap, airports will be a breeze to get to and around in. I’ve already booked a flight, and … Read More … Read More