Traveling can be expensive and stressful. Why not limit some of the stress and expense by choosing the right credit and debit cards for your journeys? Listen in as Fred and Jeremy discuss their travel debit and credit cards as well as the tips they use to save money on unnecessary international fees.
In This Episode
- 01:58 Fred talks Thailand
- 03:48 A racy review
- 07:48 Power Trip's point of view, publishing deadlines, and enemies
- 14:59 Avoiding international transaction fees
- 16:50 ATM fees - the double whammy!
- 18:28 Tell your bank you're traveling
- 19:29 Noteworthy US debit cards
- 23:45 Credit cards to travel with
- 25:50 EMV ("chip and pin") credit cards
- 29:25 Final tips
- 32:29 Word to the Wise
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Links from This Episode
Word to the Wise
- Jeremy: Austin Kleon - great writer and artist who promotes the idea of showing and sharing your work to get it noticed; check out his blog, Tumblr, and books
- Fred: P2K.co - A free app that sends items from your Pocket to your Kindle and compiles them for you
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