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On my first day at the Help Refugees warehouse, I heard a great deal of chatter about Jungle Books. “Are you going to Jungle Books later?” practically every person I spoke to asked. Jungle Books served several noteworthy functions in the Calais…
Manufactured spending can be a lot of work. It certainly requires a great deal of organization and is not for everyone. I have a very simple spreadsheet for making sure I don’t lose any cards or forget to pay off…
Calais is a small town in Northern France that lies along the English Channel, an hour from London via Eurostar. The town houses the Calais Jungle refugee camp, home to over 9,000 refugees mostly from Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, and Eritrea. Only a handful…
The Chase Hyatt Visa has been around for a long time. Historically, the sign-up bonus has been two free nights after $2,000 spent in three months. They’ve periodically targeted people for sign-up bonuses in the form of points rather than free…
A few lucky folks have been targeted for a 100,000-point sign-up bonus from the IHG Rewards Club. The spending requirement is $1,000 higher than the normal 60,000-point offer and the two-free-night bonus, but that’s a drop in the bucket for…
No, I’m not referring to the bizarre incident where a customer tried to return this plastic corn after her grandson cooked it, thinking it was real. A few weeks ago I wrote about my run-in with the Asset Protection team at Walmart. One…
I don’t go shopping very often, but when I do, I try to shop online and utilize coupon codes to get the best deal possible. Credit card companies have been making it easy for me lately, by offering some really…
Back in July, I spent a week volunteering with UK-based organization Help Refugees in Calais, France. Help Refugees has a large warehouse in Calais, where they sort and distribute food, clothing, and shelter for 9,000+ refugees. The refugees use the Calais…
I just got back from Chicago, where I attended the annual Chicago Seminars. I only attended the event for a day, since I was in town with my sister and we ended up staying in the city most of the time.…
A few weeks ago I wrote about a billing issue I experienced at the and how Accor had failed to rectify the situation. They kept giving me reference numbers and saying somebody would follow up. Or they would forward my…
