rewards travel Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/rewards-travel/ Funding the Adventurous Life Sun, 26 Jun 2022 16:22:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 rewards travel Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/rewards-travel/ 32 32 150809980 Your Questions Answered: Volume One https://clippingchains.com/2021/02/08/questions-vol1/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/02/08/questions-vol1/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6498 This week I decided to dig through my emails and finish answering some questions. In this post we take another look at investing now vs later, the dynamics of financial independence without retiring early, housing and home ownership, more on day trading and investing apps, what the hell I do with my time, and much …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/02/08/questions-vol1/feed/ 2 6498 Lauren Abernathy: Finding the Balance https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/04/lauren-abernathy-finding-the-balance/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/04/lauren-abernathy-finding-the-balance/#respond Mon, 04 May 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=4593 This week I am pleased to bring you an interview with the industrious and energetic Lauren Abernathy. Lauren is a 25-year old professional, fully-obsessed climber, writer, and lover of adventure. And she's a boss of her money.

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/04/lauren-abernathy-finding-the-balance/feed/ 0 4593 Sicily, Part 3: Two People, Two Weeks, $1300. https://clippingchains.com/2020/03/02/sicily-part-3-two-people-two-weeks-1300/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/03/02/sicily-part-3-two-people-two-weeks-1300/#respond Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=4056 Hey guys, we’re back stateside (coronavirus free?) and I’m here to provide the final installment on our trip to Sicily. We’ve discussed the climbing, the lifestyle, and the food, but perhaps there’s a feeling of dismissiveness because it all seems too outlandishly expensive to go galavanting around in Europe. But is it? We’re frugal, but …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/03/02/sicily-part-3-two-people-two-weeks-1300/feed/ 0 4056 A Winter in Sicily, Part 2: The Big City Life https://clippingchains.com/2020/02/24/a-winter-in-sicily-part-2-the-big-city-life/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/02/24/a-winter-in-sicily-part-2-the-big-city-life/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=4029 Alrighty then, welcome back to more spray-down about our trip in Sicily. If you missed last week, check out the little ditty on the beachside climbing mecca of San Vito Lo Capo. This post highlights the cities of Syracuse and Palermo, a stark contrast to the low-key coastal town we experienced in our first week. …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/02/24/a-winter-in-sicily-part-2-the-big-city-life/feed/ 0 4029 A Winter in Sicily, Part 1: San Vito Lo Capo https://clippingchains.com/2020/02/17/a-winter-in-sicily-part-1-san-vito-lo-capo/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/02/17/a-winter-in-sicily-part-1-san-vito-lo-capo/#respond Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=3939 So last week I quit my job. And now we’re in Sicily. Greetings from the sunny Mediterranean! And sunny it is, a wonderful departure from the snowy and dark northern latitudes where our journey began. We find ourselves this first week in the small town of San Vito Lo Capo, living that peninsula life in …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/02/17/a-winter-in-sicily-part-1-san-vito-lo-capo/feed/ 0 3939 The Astonishing Cost of Unused Vacation https://clippingchains.com/2020/01/13/the-astonishing-cost-of-unused-vacation/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/01/13/the-astonishing-cost-of-unused-vacation/#comments Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=3672 Hey you guys, it’s 2020, a new year! One of my favorite (past) pastimes is to begin each year with a plan for using all of my vacation. Studies, however, reveal that Americans are rarely capitalizing on the full gift of paid time to not work, and it’s costing us all big-time. The rippling effects …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/01/13/the-astonishing-cost-of-unused-vacation/feed/ 2 3672 Mallorca: January Adventures and the Cost to Do It https://clippingchains.com/2019/02/04/mallorca-january-cost/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/02/04/mallorca-january-cost/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:00:26 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=1302 We’ve just wrapped up a two-week stay in Europe, most of which was spent on Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain. As previously discussed, we jumped on what was essentially a free flight to Frankfurt, Germany, spending a night on either end of the trip there. We also leaned on our five key tips …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2019/02/04/mallorca-january-cost/feed/ 2 1302 How to Fly to Europe for Free https://clippingchains.com/2018/10/03/how-to-fly-to-europe-for-free/ https://clippingchains.com/2018/10/03/how-to-fly-to-europe-for-free/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:00:53 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=210 Well…almost free anyway. But more on that in a moment. Hot off the heels of our trip to Germany in June, I had no plans for any big international trips in 2019, in line with our general “Big Trip Every Other Year” family policy. All that changed over the course of the last few days, …

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