Strategies & tactics to get ahead financially & in life
We love to travel and even after having kids, we make it a point to travel as often as our sanity allows. This part of the site details some of the tools we use, the strategies we employ, and other ways we try to make the most of our money when we travel.
As always, email me or tweet @wallethacks if you want to discuss anything!
No matter what you feel about breakfast, whether you love it or hate it, it’s hard to argue that breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day. It’s certainly in the top three. 🙂 So it stands to reason that if you’re going to stay at a hotel, it’d be nice to […]
I have a few close friends who do a lot of international travel for work and business. One of the perks is travel to far-flung corners of the globe and they do so in the comfort of business class. They have all kinds of crazy statuses. They’re Executive Club Gold on British Airways or Diamond […]
Chase has some fantastic credit cards. For a personal card, Chase Sapphire Preferred is strongest (or the Chase Sapphire Reserve if you want true luxury). You get 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. You also get 2X points on travel and dining, 1X on everything else, plus […]
What do you think about when you hear the term “digital nomad”? The term instantly conveys something super unique, doesn’t it? Traveling the world without a care in the world. Seeing new places every week and hopping on a plane, train, or automobile to the next exotic destination. My wife and I are digital nomads. […]
We’ve curated a list of the best welcome bonus rewards for credit cards. I remember a time when the best welcome bonuses were 50,000 points. Whether it was miles, points, or some other reward – fifty thousand was the gold standard. The regular cards offered like twenty or thirty, while the best ones offered fifty. […]
Travel hacking is cool. It can also be complicated… if you let it be. I was going to try to write a guide to travel hacking but I realized why do it myself when I can ask a pro? (especially since I’m not a pro!) The first person that came to mind was my friend […]
One day, wi-fi will be free, fast, and ubiquitous in the United States. Capitalism has brought us many great things but free wi-fi is not one of them. In fact, capitalism likely is contributing to us NOT getting free wi-fi. We just got back from a trip to England and there are loads of free […]
Last year, I tried Airbnb for the first time when traveling in order to save money on the costs of a hotel. I was staying in a pricey city and wanted to keep costs low for as many expenses as possible so I could spend more money on attractions. If you haven’t heard of Airbnb, […]
When I first started working, I was a little jealous of my management consultant friends who traveled all the time. They would fly out on a Monday, fly back on a Thursday, rack up all those airline miles and hotel points, and sleep in their own beds on the weekend. My friends weren’t Up in […]
Earlier this year, I discovered a special promotion in my account for an upgrade to A-List if I flew a certain amount of times within the next two months. As it happens, my flights were already booked and I actually discovered the promotion during the last few days it was active! I was a little […]