no mile left behind
Owning a car for young adults is expensive. Besides the cost of the car and maintenance, insurance companies charges ridiculous rates to get coverage. If you live in a city and only need a car a couple times a month, car rentals could be more cost effective than owning a car. Below is my analysis of Hertz and Zipcar, the 2 big names in the car rental industry:
Hertz
One of the biggest secrets is that Hertz allows anyone to rent car as long as you ...
Thanksgiving is the season of gratefulness or thankfulness and it reminds me how lucky I am. I am fortunate to have the opportunity to travel, to have an education and to have a place to live. I highly recommend everyone watch the PBS documentary aired yesterday about poverty in America through the eyes of children; it shows us another side of your society that we don't usually see:
Every time I prepare for a trip, I go through my checklist of what I need except for 2 things: water bottle and jacket. I lost count of how many water bottles that I lost and they all take a lot of space from my backpack. I'm also dread of bringing a jacket with me, they are usually heavy and way too big to fit in my backpack. So the result is I get dehydrated and I have to carry my jacket by hand every time.
Living in Seattle taught me two things:
1. You need a REI ...
Airlines usually price domestic first class similar to international business/first class, so they are very expensive and as a result few people buy them. However, recently I have noticed the decrease of discounted first class prices, and in some cases it makes more sense to buy them rather than economy tickets.
Take a look at an example below:
My client is an infrequent traveler, she has no status with Delta and she will check 2 bags. If she goes with an economy ...
What is the definition of a mileage run (MR)? Generally speaking, it is getting from point A to point B for the sole purpose of racking up miles and elite status for the least amount of cost. I enjoy taking MR since I like to fly and I can turn off my cellphone for a day to be disconnected from the world. However, there are only so many lounge visits and airplane meals that one can take before getting bored. I have been trying to figure out how to make it more fun, and I think I found it this ...
I hope everyone is safe and sound after the historic Hurricane Sandy. I was pretty lucky that Philadelphia got little damages and minimal disruption. Unfortunately, there are millions of people without power and/or heat and who even lost their houses and love ones. If you are making to donations to help out folks, it certainly won't hurt to earn some cash back and miles along the way. Discover card has 5% cash back up to $1,500 purchase limit for online ...
