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Credit cards de-demonised: Why you should use them
Credit cards. Those guys from the bank call all the time pestering you to take one. But you don’t trust them of course.
You wonder what charges they will add to it. And your parents have never used credit cards. Any kind of debts are bad… and the credit card is the worst of them! You’ve heard enough stories.
As someone who has used credit cards for years, I will in this post attempt to demystify and de-demonise credit cards for you. If you have never used a credit card, read on to understand how credit cards work and how you can use them to your advantage without the risk of losing a single rupee. Continue reading Credit cards de-demonised: Why you should use them
SpiceJet offers special discount on Mondays
July 24 (TravelAndy): Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet is offering up to Rs 1,000 off on flights and free priority checking on Mondays.
In a promotional email, the airline said the discount is valid on booking with HDFC bank credit cards.
The offer is only available on bookings made on spicejet.com. Continue reading SpiceJet offers special discount on Mondays
Ten ways to save money while travelling
We often plan trips on tight budgets but lose our money-saving ways when on the road.
Here are ten ways to save money while travelling.
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How to find cheap flights
Flying is costly and airfares usually form a major part of people’s travel budgets. However, if you are determined to travel more and travel cheap, there are ways in which you can spend less on flying. Here’s how to find cheap flights.
Be flexible with dates: This is the factor that usually makes the biggest difference.
I went to Canada in 2013 and had planned to arrive in Vancouver in July. But that was around the time the Calgary Stampede took place and airfares were ridiculously high. I checked June prices and they were nearly INR30,000 less. I bought the June tickets.
How to save money to travel
Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.
-Anonymous
A lot of people cannot imagine how I manage to afford all the travelling that I do.
Half of them think I earn pots of money and the other half, who have an idea of how much journalists (I am a journalist by profession) earn, cannot fathom how I manage to save all that money!