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!
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 […]
“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 travel the country full-time in our Airstream RV and […]
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 […]
I love to travel. I will save money in other areas of my life so I can spend more on travel. And one of my favorite places is Walt Disney World because it lets me be a kid again. There really isn’t anywhere else in the world that can give you that. It comes at […]
For the last five years, since 2014, we’ve had Southwest’s Companion Pass. And I know I’ll have it until the end of next year, 2020, because we re-qualified this year. I’m not a “travel hacker” or some guru. I’m a regular person like you. I have little interest in getting a dozen credit cards, joining […]