Using a travel credit card to earn rewards for purchases you’d be making anyway is a great way to defray the cost of your next vacation, as long as you pay off your balance in full every month. It can even make sense to pay an extra fee (using services like Plastiq) to pay rent,…

Hotel elite status is a great way to make your travels more comfortable and rewarding. With benefits like early check-in, late checkout, free breakfast and room upgrades, it can make sense to concentrate your hotel spending on a particular program. Each major hotel chain offers perks to loyal members, but how much are the different…

Here at TPG, we love credit cards. We’ve experienced the power of redeeming credit card rewards, and we want to help everyone else have that great experience. But if you’re new to the world of credit cards, reading a credit card application (or even a review) can make you feel like you missed a course…

Porter Airlines is bringing its jets to the other side of the Hudson River. The Toronto-based airline announced on Monday that it would add service to New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) after years of exclusively serving nearby Newark as its sole New York City metro area operation. Porter’s LaGuardia flights will take off on May…

If you’re looking to plan a European vacation this summer, there are currently some great cash fares available with Norse Atlantic Airways from various U.S. airports. The best deals we found were all under $600 — we even found some flights departing from New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) for as low…

We love credit cards that come with an array of perks — especially when they can outweigh the card’s annual fee. Maximizing benefits on a credit card can mean the bank is essentially paying you to keep the card year after year. However, not using the perks means you’re potentially paying a fee for no…

When people tell me they hate Bangkok and don’t find a lot of things to do there, I totally understand. It’s a love/hate city that most people aren’t a fan of on arrival. In fact, when I first visited Bangkok in 2006, I despised the city and couldn’t wait to leave. It wasn’t until I…