It’s a growing trend: stepping away from your career for a brief period of time. These “career breaks” are catching on because more people are designing their lives around their own goals and interests. Some people choose to take a career break to raise a family or care for ailing family members. Others are interested […]
I’ve always wanted to travel the world. Since 2011, I’ve been able to visit two foreign countries — but one of them was Canada, so does that even count? A few of the biggest challenges to my dreams of world travel are (1) the expense, and (2) the loss of income while traveling. Saving enough […]
Financially prepping for summer vacation includes budgeting for hotels, flights, gas, and activities. Of course, it also includes an allowance for fun spending on souvenirs and memorabilia. What you might be forgetting is a vital, undetermined expense of your vacation: food. Food expenses are one of the most over-looked and under-budgeted aspects of vacation planning. […]
The summer I was 20, I managed the temporary tattoo booth at a Six Flags theme park — which meant I spent three months giving temporary tattoos to kids and inebriated college students. Though it didn’t make me a millionaire, my experience did help me learn some excellent behind-the-scenes tricks for enjoying a theme park […]
I’m going on vacation next week. While we’re not planning to venture far from home (it’s more of a staycation), there are a few things I’d like to do. One of the activities revolves around some gift cards I received back in January. The gift cards are for a restaurant/winery located a few hours away from […]
Living in the great state of Minnesota, winters sometimes seem endless. Arctic blasts like we had recently — where the daytime high was -22°F — make it almost unbearable. For the past few years, our family’s taken a midwinter vacation to get a break from the winter blahs. There’s a tourist destination a few hours […]
