First Class Recap: Maximize USD, Post-Vacation Blues, Ballin’ on a budget
Welcome to the First Class Recap. We’ve scoured some of the highlights from the travel world for you and compiled them here. These are some of the more interesting things going on in the world of travel, miles, points, luxury travel, and news! Here’s articles from Wednesday June 21st, that you might have missed, but are worth a read!
All I see are signs, dollar signs that is
If you’ve ever been to a hole in the wall taco joint or pho restaurant, you know how important having cash is. Or even if you’ve been to those random gift shops or liquor stores that have a “cash minimum†otherwise you get charged some nonsense fee. Now imagine you are overseas, think about how much more important it is to have cash on you. And not to mention – you want to avoid potential credit card fees for using your card outside of the US. Lucky for you, TravelWithGrant highlights the best ways to exchange US dollars for local currency.
Courtesy of Travel with Grant
A trip to Singapore gets me how many miles?!
We all know how trendy visiting Asia is over spring break and the summer. And you may or may not have jumped on the bandwagon, but with Mileslife officially launching in Singapore – you will want to get on this bandwagon. Read more about TheShutterWhale’s post on getting 4x more miles when you sign up now.
“I need a vacation after my vacationâ€
A common phrase used by pretty much every American after they just went on a so-called vacation. And why does this phrase ring true for so many of us? Is it because we want to make sure we visit every Instagram worthy spot and check out all those hyped up ice cream places and restaurants? Not too mention take yet another sunset or waterfall picture to post and show off to all of our followers. Well, this is definitely a 21st century problem. However, TravellingTheWorld may have a solution with the recent post on maximizing your time on a vacation within three days and without feeling burnt out at the end of your “vacation.â€
Toulouse France, courtesy of Huffington Post
Ballin’ on a Budget
Do you ever scroll through Instagram and wonder how your friends can go on yet another Europe trip this year while you sit at your desk wondering if you can maybe go on a two hour away get away? Well, I sure do. HuffingtonPost highlights fabulous overseas vacation spots that can definitely be affordable and now you too can make your friends wonder how you are taking yet another Europe vacation. Au revoir!
75% off this Airline
So I’m sure you’ve heard the horror stories. And if you’re wondering if Spirit Airlines could possibly get any cheaper – it can! At this rate, it just “may be†worth the potential chaos or really good flight through Spirit Airlines. Read more about this promotion on MilesToMemories
