You know what is expensive? Hurricanes. The treat of the just-barely-category-1-Barry to New Orleans sent me, my partner, our dog and cat evacuating out of the storm's path to Mobile, Alabama. I am grateful that all was fine in the city, and we actually had a nice time in Mobile (plus a good practice run should this happen again). It was however at least $300 for gas, a pet-friendly hotel, food, and sandbags that I wasn't planning on spending. I put it all these unexpected expenses on the 0% Capital One Venture card, but I need to not let that card get out of hand.
Barry isn't all to blame though for this $782 hike over last post. Most importantly - or least of my worries - was buying two tickets from NYC to Barcelona & back, as well as two tickets round trip to NYC, bookending the trip to Spain. (The Yoga trip I won - see last post) I got two roundtrip flights via Scott's Cheap Flights platform + Capital One Venture rewards for $810.79! That's MSY>LGD>YUL>BCN & MAD>BRU>JFK (one day in NYC) LGD>MSY. That's about what I paid to fly to Paris in 1999. I kinda feel like all the cheap flights are going to disappear - or get regulated, so we should take advantage of them now.
Now, to use the next five weeks of summer to start saving! I have a few dog-sits lined up and I should plan to Door Dash more, find the free things to do and brush up on mi español.
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