Why a Parks Pass? If your family explores National Parks or Monuments more than once per year, the Annual America the Beautiful Pass just makes sense. We lived 15 minutes…
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Travel Planning: Family Trip to New Bern, North Carolina
Why New Bern?? We have family in New Bern, and our schedules rarely overlap in an easy way to make a trip happen. It just so happened that our Eclipse…
The BEST Family Souvenirs in National Parks
Saving the Money It’s no secret that many in the points and miles world are cheap, and we are no different. We do this to save money, and this money…
How do I Erase Travel Purchases with Capital One?
Which Cards can Erase? The Capital One Venture and Venture X cards have the benefit of offering travel purchase erasers. What is a purchase eraser? The Venture Purchase Eraser offers…
Bilt Rewards App and Credit Card – Not only for Renters
What is Bilt? Bilt is two parts of the same company. The first half is the Bilt app. This app is free for anyone to download and holds several bonus…
Guarding your Finances – Freezing your Credit Report for Fraud Prevention
The Backstory When I received the name Smith from my husband, my credit seems to have become more enticing to criminals than my previously complicated name. I have struggled with…
Capital One Lounge Delight – Elevate your Travel Experience with Style and Comfort
Location As of this writing, there are three Capital One Lounge locations. They are located in Dallas, Dulles (Washington D.C.), and Denver. Our local airport is Denver, so that lounge…
Earn more AMEX points- Introducing the Power of Rakuten
What is Rakuten? Rakuten is a cash-back shopping portal. It has an independent app as well as a Chrome browser extension. Rather than shopping through a store’s app, you would…
Booking a Hotel in the Bank Portal vs. Transferring Points
The Portal I had someone tell me their Chase points were worthless. And although it hurt my heart, I realized that they were trying to book in the bank portal…
Planning the Eclipse Trip – seven years of planning, one cloudy raincheck
The Dream My husband has been a man with a dream for seven years. Starting with the 2017 eclipse, he was determined to be in the path of totality for…
