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What’s It Like to Travel on Amtrak (Review)
Train travel is not new to most parts of the world. In fact, it is a daily necessity for people who live in Europe, in India, China, and the Northeast Corridor of the United States. But for many people who live in America, train travel in the United States is mostly overlooked. In this article, we talk about my personal experience on what it’s like taking an Amtrak train: the pros, cons, and everything in between. What’s It Like to Travel on Amtrak For the purposes of this article, we will talk about the Silver Star line, which goes from Miami all the way up north to New York’s Penn…
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An Orlando New Years Weekend Getaway
As part of our motto here in A Journey We Love, we aim to travel more for well, less cost. We prioritize travel above most of our other expenses, and we also use creative ways to achieve that. Enter our travel hacking skills and our ability to find great deals! So, for this post, we are going to discuss and drill down the details of our… Orlando New Years Weekend Getaway The back story: I was looking at the calendar and panicked a bit when I (Ruby) realized January 1st is a Friday, so it’s a long weekend – and we didn’t get to make any plans! It was a…
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What to Do in Sarasota Florida
We discuss what to do and where to go in Sarasota in an effort to help our wedding guests & potential tourists to plan their travels within the area. Read on for more.
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Why Travel To Florida?
First up in our Why Travel To series: our state, Florida! The Why Travel To series aims to give you a glimpse of why you should want to go to a destination. I’ve been living in Florida for the past 18 years of my life, and Ruby has been living here for a little over two years. The below tips are collective experiences we’ve had while traveling along the Panhandle, the North, The South, and Central Florida. It is a lovely place to visit, with many things to do. We’re also going to feature some of the places we’ve been throughout Florida on our blog, so stay tuned! Fun Fact:…
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2017 Budget Year In Review
It’s that time of year again. No, I don’t mean Christmas. I mean dusting off the transaction history for this past year from Personal Capital (link) and sifting through…(checking total amount of transactions)…2,097 transactions! Boy, what fun it is to calculate net income…yeah. It has certainly been an interesting year. The first half of the year was largely focused on travel, and mid-way through the year, Peter changed jobs and work locations. Let’s take a look at the numbers and then we’ll provide a summary of the good, bad, and ugly. Please note that we will publish only the percentages of our expenses compared to our after-tax income (or disposable…
