We recently returned from our trip to Europe which included stops in Venice, Prague, and Croatia.  If you've ever travel with a family to Europe you probably know how difficult it is to find hotel rooms that will fit 3 let alone 4 people.  We ended up with two...

  The question I'm asked most from newbies who want to start earning miles and points for travel is: "Which card should I get first/next?" My answer is always a Chase card first. Why? In late 2015, Chase implemented what's known as the ‘5/24’ rule for their best...

Milo did it again! A week after tearing a hole in my wife's new top, Milo was so excited to see my daughter, he ran over and jumped on her knocking her brand new sunglasses on the driveway. Then stepped on them which put a large scratch in the middles of the lenses....

Milo got in trouble last week for tearing a hole in my wife's brand new top from Express. She hadn't even had a chance to wear it yet. But don't worry she can't stay mad at her 'baby' for very long. I'm not sure why but the old American Express commercial where a lady...

I have two different phone services - Cricket Wireless domestically and Google Fi for international travel. In this post I wrote how this combination not only saved me over $700/year but also gives me lightning fast international data speed over T-Mobile's slooooooow...

I had been paying my monthly Cricket Wireless phone bill with my Chase Ink Business Plus (no longer available) for years since I was earning 5X Chase Ultimate Rewards with each payment. But I switched my autopay from the 5X earning Ink Business Plus to my new 3X...

The newest credit card in our household is the American Express Hilton Honors Aspire card and I am very excited to have what a lot consider the best premium credit card out there because of the card's ongoing benefits.  For most of the benefits you simply have to just...

Never heard of 5/24?  Let me explain – in late 2015, Chase implemented what is known as the 5/24 rule.  For their best premium credit cards, Chase won’t approve you for the card no matter what your credit score is if you have opened 5 or more credit cards in the past...

If you haven't been to Disney World in while you might not know that you can (and should) make dining reservations 180 days in advance.  Yes you read that right - 6 months in advance! I don't know about you, but I'm not sure what I want to dinner tomorrow yet alone 6...

Even though I typically always use a credit card for purchases (for the miles & points of course) , I like to have some local currency in my pocket when traveling internationally for outdoor markets, taxis, tips, etc. There are a few ways to exchange your US...