Travel Budget, Money Matters, Financial Talk Mom, can I borrow ten grand?! Gimme yo mastercard! How the heck can I pay for my trip?! Ideas for making money. How much dough do I need?
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05-22-2008, 03:55 AM
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I use a credit card to book my dads flights, buy my groceries, and other things. With that I've made over $120 in rewards. Free money is nice during this time of need... Plus its interest free until October.
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July 23 - Sept 13: Back in Europe! Off to Brest, France for a French language course. Schedule is open before August 7 and after August 28, suggestions?
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05-22-2008, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by pinknic38
I can hit up my mom for like 100 or 200 bucks but that's about it.
I get paid at the end of May/beginning of June, then I get paid like 3 days into my trip then not again til like 3 days after I get back. Brutal.
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If you get paid 3 days into the trip...you should be okay right?
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Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth."
Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?"
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Trips (only counting recreational travel):
FIRST TRIP (2005): FIRST EUROTRIP EVER! UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland
SECOND TRIP (2007): First Solo Trip! Greece, Turkey, Syria, Spain
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2009: Japan & HK, Southern Spain
[size=1]2010: All over Lebanon, Ibiza (Spain), Oktoberfest (Germany), Thailand.
2011: India (Goa), Jordan, Jerusalem, San Sebastian (Spain), Amsterdam (again), London, Driving from Vancouver to L.A. (stopping in Portland, Seattle, San Fran and all the little stops), Montpellier (France), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland)
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05-22-2008, 11:11 AM
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Damn, first jerked around by the fuzz...now the military.
Sounds like some of my battles recently.
I just love how when the system screws up - they don't give a hot damn about leaving YOU holding the bag... 
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Originally Posted by epicballa
let me get this straight, they made a mistake and overpaid you, and then they just took it out of your bank account? that seems pretty f'd up.
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Hey, when they got the might, they could care less about your rights...
Which is the main problem with globally-centralized power in the upcoming NW0.
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05-22-2008, 02:17 PM
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Mastercard is accept everywhere in europe. My advice? Ebay everything you own...
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05-23-2008, 04:29 AM
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Originally Posted by voyd
Damn, first jerked around by the fuzz...now the military.
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YEAH I know!!!! wtf. Good call everyone on the no cash advances, just pay for shit with the card. I put my hostel deposits on my current bank card, I wonder if there is a way to pay the rest in full on my credit card when I am there?
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05-23-2008, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by pinknic38
I wonder if there is a way to pay the rest in full on my credit card when I am there?
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As long as its not a "cash only" place I don't think its a problem to pay with a different credit credit card. They never ask me for the same credit/bank card that I reserved with.
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05-24-2008, 03:31 PM
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well a small break in the money situation...
I stopped at a gas station ATM last night on my way out for my friend's birthday and swiped my card to see there was already money sitting there. I was having the devil on one side who said "take it! no one knows!" and the angel on the other side who said "turn it in!"
because I am a good person (lol) I turned it in and the people who worked at the gas station were like "the banks control the ATMs not as, so as far as we're concerned, you can keep it."
so I counted the money.... $200!!!!!!!
LOL wtf! found $200 in an ATM and get to keep it! hell yes!
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05-25-2008, 01:29 AM
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Major Score!
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05-25-2008, 03:22 AM
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oh man, I dream about things like that. well done. I have actually had good luck with finding cash in Europe, so maybe it could work for you! I don't know why, but you never see money lying on the ground in Australia (except for 5c coins) and several times in europe I would find 10 and 20euro notes. but $200! I'm jealous.
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