Why Now is Always the Best Time to Travel

Life can be stressful. Work, bills, relationships, the economy, love, family… the list goes on! There are lots of things we can do to do to relax, like changing our diet, exercising more often, sleeping more, and improving our work-life balance. But sometimes we need to do more than just make changes at home. Sometimes […]

You can now pre-select your meals on long-haul Delta Air Lines Comfort+ flights

May 01, 2025 • 2 min read You can now preselect your meals on long-haul Delta Air Lines Comfort+ flights The cards we feature here are from partners who compensate us when you are approved through our site, and this may impact how or where these products appear. We don’t cover all available credit cards, […]

How to Book a Cheap Hotel in 2025

As much as I love hostels, there is something nice about the luxuriousness of a hotel: the clean room, comfy bed, desk, iron, strong shower, and bottled soap for the taking (errr…I mean borrowing). They are a quiet, relaxing respite from the world. But luxury comes at a price. Hotels aren’t cheap and I hate […]

Can authorized users get their own Chase Sapphire Preferred?

In case you haven’t heard, one of TPG’s favorite rewards cards on the market is running one of the best deals we’ve ever seen. That’s right — the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card (see rates and fees) is offering new cardholders a staggering 100,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 on purchases in the first three months […]

17 Ways to Cut Your Expenses & Save Money for Travel in 2025

Get out a sheet of paper and write down all your set expenses: rent/mortgage, car payments, cable/streaming bill, cell phone, insurance, school payments, etc. Tally them up. Then write down all your discretionary spending. This is what you spend on food, movie nights, drinks, shopping, that daily coffee from Starbucks, your daily midday snack, and […]

Bilt Rent Day (May 1): Up to 100% Southwest Airlines transfer bonus and more

Bilt added the Southwest Rapid Rewards program as its 19th transfer partner, and it isn’t wasting any time in celebrating that addition with a Rent Day that offers up to a 100% transfer bonus from Bilt Rewards to the Southwest Rapid Rewards program. For one day (May 1), Bilt members can transfer points to Southwest […]

Where I Find the Best Travel Deals in 2025

Finding the best travel deals is a matter of timing. A lot of people think travel is just expensive, but in reality, there are incredible deals happening all the time. They often don’t last too long, and you have to act quickly. That can sometimes be a problem when a deal requires jumping on a […]

Amex Business Gold vs. Amex Business Platinum: Credit card showdown

In the American Express lineup of small-business cards, the American Express® Business Gold Card and The Business Platinum Card® from American Express are two popular offerings. But just like their consumer counterparts, these two cards are each geared toward cardholders with different goals and needs. Let’s review these cards to see how the refreshed Amex […]

Why You Have More Time to Travel Than You Think

Time. There just never seems to be enough of it. It always seems to move too fast (and, every year, it seems to just move faster). Time is something people always tell me they don’t have enough of and is one of the main reasons why they don’t travel as much as they would like. […]