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My husband and I have lived in Seattle for over a year, but still haven’t seen many of the popular tourist destinations, like the Space Needle, the EMP Museum and the Pacific Science Center. This weekend, we’re finally taking the time to take in five major venues, all while saving more than $60 per person on tickets. How are we doing it? CityPASS.
Major cities are popular vacation destinations with many families, since there is always so much to see and do – museums, zoos, aquariums, unique architecture, historical monuments, and, of course: nearby amusement parks. In the effort to take it all in, you’re likely to spend well over $100 just in tickets, maybe even per person. This is where CityPASS — a service that “packages” 5 to 6 of the most popular venues in 12 major cities – can save your family a ton of money on vacation. Here are the current destinations: [ continue reading… ]
Disney is known as “The Happiest Place on Earth”, but for some, it’s also known as the priciest place on the planet. And the prices seem to go up each year either. I wouldn’t be surprised to see $20 burgers one of these days.
There are obviously plenty of ways to lighten the load though. Families have enjoyed Mickey’s home for 60 years now, and many have developed ways to enjoy their time while holding on to their cash. Here’s a few ideas to consider when heading to Disneyland and California Adventure. (Here are a few more ideas for amusement parks in general.) [ continue reading… ]
Getting control of your budget can be a difficult task. When you review your budget, looking for ways to cut spending and improve your finances, one of the items that often gets overlooked is the fees you pay.
Some of the biggest culprits are bank fees and interest charges. Banks make billions of dollars every year on overdraft fees and other fees. When you overdraw your account, you might be charged anywhere between $25 and $45, depending on your bank’s policy. That starts to add up over time. Not only that but if you end up paying other bank fees, like maintenance fees for your account, the costs continue to rise. A $5 fee here and there doesn’t seem like much, whether you are paying a fee for your checking account maintenance, or whether you are getting money from the ATM, but everything adds up over time. [ continue reading… ]
We hear a lot about location independence today. We like the idea of being able to live where we want — or to be a digital nomad, going where the mood takes us.
But what does location independence really mean? And can you simply pack up and leave because you feel like it?
Location Independence
Much of the time, we think about location independence as being able to work from anywhere. You have a job that doesn’t require you to stay in one place. I have a location independent job by those standards. I’m a writer; I can live anywhere and still make a living. [ continue reading… ]
I worked as an analyst for a Fortune 500 company years ago. My job was basically to help banks become as profitable as possible. We used proprietary software (best of its kind, thank you) to maximize the profitability of each customer. Part of my job was to travel around the United States training bankers how to use the product.
Travel was part of the reason I took the job. Though, of course, the job comes first, but why can’t a person enjoy both work and travel? This post will tell you what I did to turn business trips into vacations. And I’m not writing this post merely for a catchy headline either, because the strategies are clever (if I may say so myself!).
Note: Business ALWAYS comes first, but traveling for work is largely about building relationships. And what better way to bond with clients than doing fun things with them? Let’s get started: [ continue reading… ]
Nearly all of us have some sort of budget. We budget for groceries, rent, car payments, fuel, even toiletries. We may think we’ve thought of every expense but have we really? Probably not.
What this post will do is uncover the one area of our budget we can easily overlook. And it is perhaps the biggest expense we have. It’s easy to miss the forest for the trees.
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