*Update 5/24/2010* A reader recently e-mailed me and told me about her troubles opening up an account with Vanguard since she was a foreigner working in Singpaore. It appears it is incredibly difficult for Americans who live abroad to open taxable accounts with brokerages and banks. I’ll be updating this topic this week with new [...]
Tag Archives: Travel
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 [...]
The Downside of Excessive Savings for Japan
Japan is a closed culture. The people tend to stick to themselves and rarely speak out or do anything that would shed light on an individual. I once read a quote about the way Japanese people view the rights of an individual, “In America they say you have the right to free speech. In Japan, [...]
How I Saved $65 with a 5 Minute Phone Call
I wasn’t expecting to write a post about this topic tonight, but money stories tend to pop up out of nowhere. My girlfriend is arriving in Japan next Saturday. We’ve decided to make a long weekend out of her arrival in Tokyo since September 19-23 is a national holiday. We looked into different accommodations for [...]
Vacation Abroad? – Prepare Your Financial Accounts for Stress-Free Living
Planning to go abroad can be a stressful process. From insurance to Visas to money, there are a lot of areas to cover before departure. One of the most important areas to cover before leaving for a vacation or move abroad is your financial accounts – bank, credit cards, investing accounts. It’s vital to simplify [...]
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