by The Frugal Tourist | Jan 25, 2021 | Financial Independence, Frugal TIps
Receiving bank bonuses is one of my favorite ways of earning passive income. In simple terms, you put your saved money to work by capitalizing on these bank promotions, so your cash multiplies without much effort. In this blog post, I will go over the steps on how you can potentially earn $600 with HSBC’s latest generous promotion. Expires January 31, 2021.
by The Frugal Tourist | Nov 21, 2020 | Credit Cards, POINTS ACCUMULATION
In this blog post, I will outline a strategy that can help you generate credit card points when paying for bills that ordinarily do not accept credit cards. This tactic is using PayPal Key when sending payments in Plastiq.com. With this strategy, it is now finally possible to earn miles and points when paying your rent, mortgage, tuition fees, student loans, etc.
by The Frugal Tourist | Sep 2, 2020 | Europe, Italy
Picking Rome’s ten best churches was quite a tall order. The city is dotted with extraordinary churches from all corners that narrowing this list down to TEN ended up being unexpectedly arduous. Equipped with no other metric except how persisting the impressions these churches had in me personally, this tally is purely subjective and solely based on my opinion. However, after a thorough evaluation of this list, I did notice that I had one bias. I realized that I primarily selected churches that mostly housed astonishing pieces of art as well as mosaics. In this blog post, I count down my personal TOP TEN list of the most iconic, must-visit churches in Rome.
by The Frugal Tourist | Aug 2, 2020 | Travel Tips
Anyone who is remotely interested in travel should be at least familiar with how travel miles and points works as it has the potential of saving anyone an enormous amount of money. If you are terrified of spending loads of cash, but also have a compulsive need to explore the world, then travel using miles and points is definitely for you. I see it as the juncture where frugality and travel intersect. Using travel miles and points is the marriage of the two. In this blog, I go over ten things you need to know before you embark on this journey.
by The Frugal Tourist | Aug 1, 2020 | North America, San Francisco
San Francisco, the spellbinding city by the bay, boasts an alluring topography composed of picturesque hills and sweeping seascapes. Sadly, this captivating city comes with an exorbitant price tag. Living here costs an arm and a leg (and some other body part) and visiting it as a tourist can be equally expensive. But, it does not have to be that way. This blog post will walk you through the various attractions in the city that require zero spending.