Sep 23

Business trips

Today is the start of my first business trip. I’ll be gone the rest of the week, returning home on Saturday.
In training, we were told a few things about business trips:

Business travel should be cost neutral. All meals and reasonable expenses (i.e., taxis) will be reimbursed. I appreciate this because if it were on my [...]


Sep 5

Stories from abroad

After the reader question earlier in the week, I wanted to share a few stories from traveling abroad.
Credit vs. Debit
On a very crowded subway in Santiago, my wallet stolen. The wallet contained a small amount of cash, a credit card, and a debit card. It was trivial to cancel the credit card and all fraudulent [...]


Sep 2

Reader Question: Finances when studying abroad

A reader, Jenny, asked about managing finances when studying abroad in Spain for a semester. If you have a question, send me an email or use the comment form.
Bank accounts
This is my advice for a college student studying abroad who is not earning income (or is earning a minimal amount) and has saved enough [...]


Jul 27

Maximizing frequent flyer miles

One way to use airline reward miles is to get a round-trip ticket between two cities in the mainland US. An easy way to get more from your frequent flyer miles is to extend the trip to one more city. For no extra miles, another city can be added to the ticket as a [...]