About a year ago, I booked a two-week trip to Greece for a friend’s wedding. This trip was going to be a big one, with my wife, myself, and our future baby all headed overseas to celebrate with our friends (our son would be 5 months old by the time we started our trip – […]
Travel Hacking
How I Justify Paying Over $2,700 In Credit Card Annual Fees In 2020
Before I got into the world of credit cards and travel rewards, I only had one credit card – and importantly, it had no annual fee. Credit cards with annual fees didn’t make much sense to me. Why, after all, would I pay a bank in order to have the privilege of spending my own […]
A Look At The Credit Cards I’ve Opened Recently – Thoughts And Analysis
I haven’t talked about credit cards and travel hacking in a while, but I recently opened a bunch of new cards and thought that an update might be worthwhile. Given the current state of the world, it does seem a little silly to talk about this topic, especially since it’s looking more and more likely […]
A Thanksgiving Trip To Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa With Hyatt Points
One of the things that travel hacking has allowed me to do is to travel a lot more – and to do so in ways that I wasn’t able to do before. Back in December, I wrote about a spontaneous trip I took to Indianapolis to watch the Big Ten Championship and how I was […]
Side Hustling And Taxes – And Why I Don’t Worry About Taxes That Much
Whenever I bring up my various side hustles, I’ll sometimes get criticisms that these gigs aren’t worth doing since I have to pay taxes on that income. I was reminded of this in a recent guest post I wrote over on Money Wizard, where I talked about how I’ve made around $90,000 from side hustling […]