As a few of you know, we’re planning for a 9 day trip to Italy in June. I’ve spent a fair amount of time thinking about packing strategies and what bags to use. Early on I decided to bring some sort of daypack for my onboard stuff, and spent most of the time debating which [...]
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One of the nastiest surprises an international traveler can receive is something that happens up to weeks after he or she’s returned home. What is it? A credit card bill that’s been inflated by international transaction fees.
Nearly every credit card, every time you buy something internationally, tacks on a 1 to 3% “foreign transaction fee.” With Chase, Bank of America, and Citibank, it’s 3%; with American Express, 2.7%
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Can an overnight trip to St. Louis serve as a dry run for a 10 day trip to Italy?
Traveling for just one night with a Pacsafe daypack & the Red Oxx Safari Beanos PR4 (with admittedly little in it) is in a weird way a trial run for our trip to Italy. But all the [...]

