09-18-2019, 10:05 PM
(09-18-2019, 07:02 PM)fenders53 Wrote: Otter, You mentioned the travel hobby but I had no idea. 84 countries is quite the list. So where to next? Kerim. Your days of more relaxing will come if this DGI things works out.
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Have a long weekend in Nice, France in October, November trip to Colombia (Medellin and coffee country nearby), and a long trip in December to Ethiopia’s highlands (Simien Mountains National Park), and then to see mountain gorillas at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Rwanda will be country no. 85.
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom and similar shows planted the travel bug in me at a young age. Made it my mission to pursue that once I was old enough to be independent and doing my own thing. Married someone like-minded, and no kids, so we try to do something new with longer trips 2-3 times per year, and rotate old favorites for weekends and long weekends in times between.
Work the points earning credit cards and sign-up bonuses hard to make the travel easier. Can get a lot of value from Chase Ultimate Rewards, Citi Thank You, and Amex Membership Rewards transferred to the right airline program. The points/miles game is orders of magnitude worse than it was even five years ago due to constant devaluation and restrictions on credit card sign up bonuses, but there’s still value there that can exceed even the best cash-back cards if travel is a key goal. We put all of our spend on points-earning cards, and don’t carry balances.