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Get the Chase Sapphire Reserve® only if its credits match how you already spend. The $300 travel credit applies to almost any trip, but earning back the other $495 of the $795 fee means using merchant-specific credits, such as those for dining, event tickets, and prepaid hotel stays. If those don’t fit your plans, skip it.
Get the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card if you’ll book a $100-plus hotel stay through Chase Travel each year, since that stay’s credit, up to $100, covers the $95 fee with $5 to spare. The rest of the card, from 3x points on dining and gas to transfers to airline and hotel programs, then costs nothing extra.
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Buy Faye for a trip abroad if you want high medical limits and an app that flags delays and pays approved claims to your phone. Bought at least three days before you leave, its plan covers up to $250,000 in emergency medical costs and $500,000 for evacuation. Frequent travelers may save with an annual plan, which Faye doesn’t sell.
Posting vacation photos while you’re still away tells anyone watching that your home is empty right now. Hold the trip posts and check-ins until you’re back, and turn off the location data your camera saves with each photo. Your photos lose nothing by waiting a week.
According to the RV Industry Association, recreational vehicle vacations are cheaper than other types of vacation travel. Specifically, savings range from 21% to 64% for a four-person trip, whereas two-person trips can be 8% to 53% cheaper. But expenses can…
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