Southwest Credit Cards now have Increased Bonuses – wow!

Update August, 2021 – sadly, the increased bonuses have ended – but read on; these are great cards! The offers for Chase Southwest credit cards are getting a major upgrade! Southwest Rapid Rewards is easily one of my favorite rewards programs for free travel. If you’re interested in signing up for a Southwest card, now …

Ultimate Guide to Credit Scores and Credit Cards

Fixes for No Credit & Poor Credit; Ideas for Excellent Credit -researched and written by Suzanne McConaghy If you want more flexibility and money in life, then you must pay attention to your credit scores and credit cards. Check out this ultimate guide for people with all credit scores – perfect, excellent, good, fair, poor, …

5 Easy Ways to Travel for Free!

Earn credit card points, airline miles, and hotel points with these 5 expert tips; save or go free on flights, hotels, & vacations for international or domestic travel. Here’s where I’ve traveled – over 19 countries in the last couple of years, mainly due to travel hacking. Use my tips for free or reduced costs …

Practical, Useful Gifts for Travelers They’ll Love

Gifts for Father’s Day, Birthdays, any day! 💖💘💝 -updated July, 2024 Giving practical, useful gifts is important – first off, I get so much joy when I can gift someone a great present – don’t you?! 🥰 And, as a person who ditched most of my material things in order to travel the world, I …

Where in the World can U.S. Citizens Travel Right Now?

Updated September, 2021 Covid travel restrictions for everyone, not just US citizens The map below updates continuously. I entered Germany a day before it opened to vaccinated US citizens, on June 19 (read that story) – now, most of the European countries are open, with more good news coming I hope…stay tuned! Are you a …

Personal Finance – Need Help? 10 New Ideas for You

Debt – Savings – Loans – Investments – Credit Scores – Credit Cards – Mortgages – Covid Relief – Education – Retirement Make a plan for getting your personal finances under control… Do you want to eliminate debt? Buy a house? Retire? Get a loan? Increase your credit score? Most of us have some personal …

Looking for a Easy Online Side Gig!?

-updated December 27, 2021 If you’ve been looking for a way to boost your income, take a look at my easy online side gig – it earns REAL MONEY!!! A great, easy online side gig that can pay as much as a part time job, with no selling, no prospecting, no cost, in just a …

Traveling? 8 Ideas on How to Stay Healthy on Public Transportation

I cringe every time I fly in a circulated-air, confined-space airplane or a well-used train. But…I’m not going to stop traveling, so I have to deal with it. I have never gotten sick, not even a cold, due to travel (and, I flew home from Europe on March 14, as the pandemic started…yikes!). Wondering where …

Avoid the Airport Lines – for free!

Global Entry, TSA Pre✓, Mobile Passport, CLEAR, and more for no-hassle travel updated April 2022 We all love to travel, but airport lines are ridiculous! The stress, the crowds, the lines…yet we do it, because we’ve gotta get out there and explore the world, right?! Here’s the best way to avoid airport lines – Let’s …

Freaking out about the stock market?

4/28/20: Investing in the stock market. 7/28/20: Introducing Schwab’s Stock Slices Investing in the stock market can be a little scary; it has recovered nicely lately but I still have some doubts short term. I am not overly concerned for the long term but I think that continued volatility is here to stay for the …

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