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My family is considering a couple potential international travel opportunities this year and it will be the first time the full family (2 parents + 2 kids) would be traveling. I am an airline mile feind and one early concern...
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While on my recent last minute business trip I did what I could to take advantage of hotel chain promotions to maximize rewards. Here are a couple summer promotions that caught my eye:Marriott Hotels, Earn 1 Free Night at any...
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I usually find it valuable after a big expense like our recent transatlantic cruise to reflect on the value of our expenses and if there are areas where we might be able to do slightly better the next time. A...
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Here is a summary breakdown of our total trip expenses from our transatlantic journey. Including travel days, we spent 21 days on our journey: Major Travel Components USD Expense Hotels $ 74.43 Cruise (including tips) $ 1,103.66 Flights $ 952.92...
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We should do this more often – life is too short to not get out and explore on a regular basis. I'm realizing I've been stuck in a comfort zone doing the same old thing for too long. Despite my...
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I started to gather all our reservations, tickets and itinerary for our upcoming transatlantic cruise. While I was gathering everything I discovered our flight from Madrid to Palma de Mallorca had a variant of my wife’s name on the ticket...
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Months ago I posted that we purchased transatlantic cruise tickets as an action towards our interest in doing some sort of international extended vacation. I haven’t posted much since, but there has been plenty of activity so I wanted to...
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As luck would have it my parents rented a beach house on the Outer Banks this past week for our entire family. It was our first whole family vacation in at least 10 years. It was good to have the...
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In the next step to planning our extended international trip - I signed my wife and I up for a British Airways Chase Visa Signature Card last week. Hattip to Jonathan @ MyMoneyBlog who alerted me to the deal. I...
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We've booked a 14 day transatlantic cruise from Spain to Panama. We stumbled across what we believe is a great deal ( This cruise will fit perfectly in our plans to do an extended international trip. Not exactly what I...
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Based on our trip on the Carnival Cruise ship Fantasy from Charleston to the Bahamas I have a couple recommendations to maximize fun while minimizing cruise expenses. Our Cruise Tips A big selling point to me for a cruise is...
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On our recent cruise to the Bahamas our second excursion was Freeport after we spent a day relaxing in Nassau. We opted to take a paid non-cruise affiliated snorkeling excursion while in Freeport. The port of Freeport is small and...
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During our recent cruise to the Bahamas we opted to skip all the paid excursions in Nassau and spent the day shopping in downtown Nassau, wandering around the Atlantis resort, and hung out on a fabulous public beach (Cabbage beach)...
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Never been on a cruise? I figured it might be useful for some to share the daily itinerary for our 5 day Carnival Fantasy Cruise from Charleston, SC to the Bahamas. This list of activities could give you a feel...
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My wife and I just got back from our 5 day Carnival cruise to the Bahamas last week. We bought the cruise back in May for $661 and we really enjoyed it. It was great for the two of us...
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