Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey, Quick Roundup and Thoughts

You’ve probably noticed by now that my posting rate has gone down rather significantly over the past few weeks. Its been a rather crazy few weeks for me, and unfortunately regular blog posts have been impacted. That said, there’s just so much happening that I had to at least attempt to get something out. So…

packing cubes

Review: Packing Cubes

 If you poll frequent travelers, I think you’ll get a mixed response on whether folks use or don’t use packing cubes. Until recently, I hadn’t even tried using a packing cube, but during the last Amazon Prime Day, there was a pretty decent deal, so I grabbed a 4-pack of two different sizes.Packing cubes come…

save a seat on southwest

Can you save a seat on Southwest?

This past weekend, my wife and I flew southwest down to Orlando for ResellingDO 5. On the flight home we saw a curious sight: bags were left on a couple of seats. It made me ask the question – can you save a seat on Southwest? Southwest’s policy Logically, I turned to Twitter to ask…

Ebates Member Appreciation Day

Ebates Member Appreciation Day -12% Cashback!

Ebates is doing a Member Appreciation Day offering 12% cashback on 300+ stores. Its not as good as the Ebates Birthday Week in May, but today’s Ebates Member Appreciation Day with 12% cashback is still nothing to shake a stick at! Ebates Member Appreciation DayThere are a good number of what I’ll call “meaningful” stores…