I finally had a reason to try the Bilt Travel portal. And honestly, I expected it to be worse. When Bilt first launched its revamped travel portal, I took a …
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The U.S. government spent the past year saying certain travelers posed a sufficient overstay risk that they needed to post bonds of up to $15,000 to enter the country. But …
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Normally, I wouldn’t go out of my way to write a review of an airport hotel where we spent less than nine hours. But sometimes a hotel deserves recognition not …
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JetBlue is one of the airlines we fly most often, largely because they have so many nonstop flights from our home airport in Orlando. Even as the airline industry keeps …
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Needless to say, Mozart sounds a little different when techno beats are shaking your seat. That’s how we ended up spending one of our nights in Vienna. What we thought …
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Rental Cars
Do You Really Need An International Driving Permit In Europe? My Real Experience
by joehegby joehegI’ll admit it: I obsess over travel planning. Not just the big stuff like flights and hotels. I mean the tiny details that probably won’t matter…until they suddenly do. That’s …
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I used to tell people that Chip + PIN cards weren’t nearly as important for international travel anymore. And for years, I honestly believed that was true. Most of the …
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Airlines
I Thought I Saved Our Germany Trip. Then Our United Flight Headed Back to Washington DC
by joehegby joehegAfter surviving a Lufthansa strike and scrambling to rebook our flights to Germany, I thought the hard part was over. It wasn’t. In Part 1 of this saga, I explained …
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If you have a business—even a side hustle—business credit cards can open up an entirely different world of points and miles opportunities. That said, I’m not going to tell you …
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One of the strange things that happens when you’ve been collecting points and miles long enough is that eventually, one of your favorite credit cards disappears. Not from your wallet. …