Tagged: credit-card-surcharges

What You Need to Know About Credit Cards and Rental Car Insurance (It's All Changing)

This photo lies. Nobody smiles when dealing with car rental insurance. Still, holders of the right credit cards in the past could escape having to buy insurance at the rental counter—a…

When an Overseas Merchant Offers to Convert Your Credit Card Bill Into U.S. Dollars, Say No

It's known as "Dynamic Currency Conversion", but it should be called "Dynamic Currency Cheating".  You encounter the shady offer in a Paris restaurant, a London hotel, a Tokyo…

How to Shoot Travel Video: 7 Easy Tips

Some moments on the road can't be captured with just a picture, as I discovered recently in Switzerland's Ticino canton when a herd of goats surrounded me with their cacophonous…