One of my favourite things about travelling is exchanging my Canadian dollars for the currency of whichever country I’ll be visiting. There’s something about getting different coloured bills which sometimes come in ludicrous denominations that gets me excited about travel. I’ve already covered the best ways to exchange your money, but some people wonder how [...]
Some of you know that I went to Portugal back in January. Although I’ve mentioned in passing how cheap it is to visit the country when I looked at all my receipts after my trip; I couldn’t believe how little I spent. My six-day trip to Portugal cost me less than $2,000. That’s less than [...]
Cheapflights.ca has just released their annual Compass Report where they took a look at where Canadians are travelling to and how much it costs to get there. The data was taken from searches done on their own site in the last year from six major markets: Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg. The report [...]
I didn’t always have a passion for travel. In fact, in high school, I was more interested in hanging out at the mall than visiting family in Europe (big mistake, I know). That being said, one of my earliest travel memories is when my parents took my brother and I to Orlando. It’s probably the [...]
Bookings to the Middle East from Canada are up 170% in 2017, this according to Adventure Travel Company, Intrepid Travel. This is incredible news as the region has seen a dramatic decrease in tourism since the Arab Spring started back in late 2010. Why am I so excited about the news? I visited the Middle [...]
Despite the fact that it’s been almost a decade since I travelled alone, I still have fond memories of that time. Admittedly, my solo travel days were limited since most of the time I ended up meeting people, but there’s something about solo travel that can energize the soul. To be honest, I never travelled [...]
I’ve seen an alarming trend over the last few years in the travel industry that has me worried. The customer service experience is just getting worse and worse. By now, I'm sure you've heard about the passenger incident on United and to a much lesser extent, there was the decision by Chase to stop accepting new [...]
Between my family, we’ve been making regular trips to Hong Kong over the last 15 years. What I’ve noticed during this time is that prices have slowly crept up. That being said, Hong Kong is still relatively inexpensive once you get over the cost of airfare. So how much does it cost to go to [...]
One of the most annoying things about credit cards is the fact that most of them charge an additional fee of 2.5% when we make a purchase in a foreign currency. You'd be forgiven if you didn't know about this since it's not widely advertised, but the fee is rolled right into the exchange making it [...]
If you’re looking to earn 25,000 Aeroplan Miles fast, then signing up for the American Express Gold Rewards card is a must. After spending $1,500 in the first three months of having the card, you’re instantly given 25,000 American Express Member Rewards (Although it can take up to 10 weeks for these points to post [...]
