Today’s episode of The Foreigner’s Finances Podcast features frugal travel tips from globetrotter and web comic creator Erik Hajek of ClintPidgewood.com. Erik is a good friend of mine from college and has managed to travel to over 10 countries and 25 states on a tight budge all before he turned 23. In this episode Erik shares his [...]
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Catching Up on International Posts
You may have noticed some slight changes slowly making their way onto the FF homepage as of late. I’m trying to get the site to the next level as Year 2 approaches at the end of the summer. One request I’ve had is to make the site easier to navigate so that people who are [...]
FF TV Episode #3: Travel With a Water Bottle and Save Hundreds Every Year
J.D. over at Get Rich Slowly launched a video contest last month to go along with the release of his new book, Your Money: The Missing Manual. He had readers competing for a cash prize or copies of his new book by posting videos in one of two categories 1) sharing a personal finance story [...]
The Real Cost of Using a Credit Card Overseas
The following is a guest post from Fred who is a personal finance writer at Credit Card Finder, where he helps people compare credit cards and choose the best low interest credit cards. Travelling overseas is an exciting experience, and you want to make sure that the entire trip runs smoothly, with no nasty surprises [...]
A Guide to Traveling Internationally with Credit Cards
The following is a guest post by Kevin Fleming. Kevin runs CreditShout, a personal finance blog dedicated to educating people on how to manage their finances and reviewing the best credit cards. College students who travel abroad often bring credit cards along with them in order to easily facilitate their overseas transactions. If you fit [...]
Tips to Earn Extra Airline Miles
This is a guest post from Mr Credit Card of www.askmrcreditcard.com. Mr Credit Card used to work and live in Japan years ago and today, he is going to give us some tips on how to earn airline miles for a trip back to America. I worked and lived in Japan a few years ago [...]
The Hidden Costs of Travel
This post originally ran as a guest post at Green Panda Treehouse. Finding a cheap plane ticket for a vacation or trip abroad is always cause for celebration. However, excessive celebration can blind you from the fact that the plane ticket is just a sliver of the entire travel expense. The actual travel portion of [...]
How to Simplify Your Financial Life to Move Abroad
This is the second part of my two part mini-series on preparing your financial life to go abroad. On Wednesday, we looked at preparing for a vacation abroad. Today, we’ll take it a step further and discuss how to prepare your accounts for a permanent move abroad. I moved out of the country a little [...]
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