Author: Kyle Burbank
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Hotels.com’s Rewards Visa is a Bit Confusing But Intriguing — Especially With the Current Enhanced Offer
A few months back, Hotel.com unveiled a new rewards card being issued by Wells Fargo named the Hotels.com Rewards Visa. Although I had never and still have never actually used the site, as a growing credit card enthusiast, I was interested in seeing what it had to offer. Yet, what I initially found as I…
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Travel Tuesday: Bellagio Amex Fine Hotel & Resorts Booking Review
Welcome back to yet another Travel Tuesday and the continuation of my Las Vegas Content Bonanza™. For this installment, I’ll be sharing my recent experience staying at one of the Strip’s crown jewels: the Bellagio. With the property recently updating some of its rooms, I figured I’d finally stop in to see what this famed…
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Custom Category Credit Cards Rewards May Be the Future — But There’s a Catch
As someone who’s taken a strong interest in the world of credit card rewards in recent years, it’s definitely been an exciting few months. Things started heating up last year when several travel-focused credit cards began upping their offers and introducing limited-time perks in order to keep customers rolling in amid the halt in travel.…
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Is it Worth Opening a Credit Card Just For the Bonus?
Over the past several years, my interest in credit card rewards has grown tremendously. As this has happened, I’ve also backtracked on a couple of positions I held earlier on. A key example of this evolution is how I went from thinking I’d never want a credit card that charged an annual fee to applying…
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Ally Has Announced the End of Overdraft Fees
If you ask anyone who’s had a negative experience with banks what in particular was so bad about them, I suspect that “overdraft fees” would be an overwhelmingly popular response. After all, the very idea of overdraft fees sounds like a stand-up comedy premise: “You don’t have any money so we’re going to take more…
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Travel Tuesday: Redeeming My First MyVegas Reward IRL
Welcome back to another Travel Tuesday as I continue my Las Vegas Content Bonanza™. As we were waiting for our post-vaccination trip to begin last month, you may recall that I wrote a post detailing how I was living vicariously through a set of apps called MyVegas. You can check out the details of said…
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Double Check Websites When Shopping Online: My Funny But Frightening Tale
I like to fashion myself a fairly savvy online consumer. Not only am I able to quickly discern poor phishing attempts but have even foiled a few of the more convincing variety. On top of that, I know a few different things to check when it comes to sniffing out a scam site. That’s why…
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A Crash Course in Starting and Growing Your Retirement Savings
Between the different accounts, contribution limits, taxes, and more, there’s a lot of confusion that surrounds retirement savings. However, when you break things down, it’s really not all that complicated. In fact, you can start saving for retirement with just a few dollars and grow it into something much more sustainable by the time you…
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Robinhood is Rolling Out IPO Access to Users
If you’ve ever happened to keep an eye on a company that was going public and then tried to buy shares for yourself once they did, you may have been in for a surprise. That’s because, while you may see reports about a company’s target price, that might not be the amount you actually pay…
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Travel Tuesday: Luxor Remodeled Pyramid Room (and Tower Room) Hotel Review
When my wife and I both reached fully vaccinated status, we knew exactly what we wanted to do next: head to Las Vegas. Sure enough, that’s what we did this past week (just ahead of everyone else doing the same thing, apparently), checking out several hotels in the process. Those reviews will be coming in…
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Two Big Ways in Which Investing and Gambling Overlap
This week calls for a bit of celebration. Seeing as my wife and I are now both fully vaccinated, we decided to travel to Las Vegas and meet up with a couple of friends. In addition to resort hopping and gathering material for future Travel Tuesday reviews, I’ve also taken to playing a bit as…
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You Can Now Link Your Uber Account to Postmates (For Better or Worse)
If there’s any industry that’s grown during the pandemic, it has to be delivery services. Anecdotally, last year marked the first time I began ordering delivery with any real frequency — especially relying on them in March and April when leaving the house felt like a major chore. Since then, I’ve moved mostly to the…
