More often than not, I travel alone. My wife and I have often traveled together over the years, but these days my trips usually involve an RPA meeting and she’s reluctant to entrust the care and feeding of her two horses to just anyone. Anyway, I do travel solo most of the time and,…
Is it possible for ordinary folks to ever come out ahead when choosing and using a credit card? Probably not, but when it comes to our credit cards, my wife and I are basically in it for the miles. If you live on an island 2500 miles from the U.S. mainland, airline miles are…
Over a period of probably 30 years, I made several trips to Europe, one trip to Russia, two to China, and I don’t know how many times I’ve flown from here to the U.S. mainland. In all that time, I never once thought seriously about buying travel insurance. But that changed once I turned 70,…
Avis in Hawaii was a client of my ad agency, so I have always stuck with that company when I have to rent a car. I’m also a member of Avis Preferred, their loyalty program. It doesn’t reward me with free cars or points or miles, but it does tell any Avis employee anywhere…