As I sit on my deck on the main tourist street leading up to the Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, I’m inspired to write a little love note to one of our favorite travel companies. I’ve talked a lot about miles and points on this blog, but I haven’t yet written a post […]
Our Poland and Prague Budget
Poland and Prague: another random grouping for expediency’s sake. Besides their first letters, these two don’t have much in common (especially since one is a country and one is city… but let’s not split hairs here :-), except they happened to fall next to each other in our itinerary… and be two places where we […]
Another Miles and Points Moment: British Airways Avios
Or, perhaps better titled, “Another Reason Why Chase Sapphire Points Are Awesome.” Back in my Miles and Points series, I mentioned how our favorite credit card is the Chase Sapphire Preferred card. I already talked in the 103 article about how this card gives you double points on dining and travel and its points are […]
Our Finland and Baltics Budget
As we begin our sprint through Europe, I’m going to start combining multiple countries together for our spending reporting. Hopefully the groupings will usually make sense, but no promises. Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are all on the euro, and with the exception of Finland, the cost of living in these places is also similar. We […]
A Miles and Points Moment
We’ve been so busy travelling and writing about all the amazing places we’ve seen that I haven’t talked about miles and points recently. But I wanted to write a quick note on the subject since our miles and points strategy has really been key to how we are able to finance a large part of our […]