Travel in Luxury With a Day Pass to the Admiral’s Club
May 5th, 2012 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »It turns out that the swanky luxury of American Airlines Admiral’s Club doesn’t have to be a long-term relationship achieved by a huge outlay of cash or flying approximately three trillion miles a year. In fact, for a moderate rate ($50 per day as of this writing), you can make full use of the Club [...]
7 Things to Know When Expatriating to India
May 1st, 2012 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »In case you weren’t aware before moving, they do things a little differently in India. Here are a few critical areas expatriates should watch out for. Take the right taxi when you arrive. Look for the pre-paid taxi stand. Do not let anyone approach you and offer you a taxi. They are definitely overcharging by [...]
5 Sneaky Ways to Learn a New Language
April 9th, 2012 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »Perhaps the most difficult part of becoming an expatriate is learning to speak the language of your new country. The general rule of thumb is that the best time to learn a new language is early in life. Past the age of, say, six, it becomes exponentially harder to wrap our gray matter around non-native [...]
Does Expatriation Allow You to Escape 401k Taxes?
March 20th, 2012 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »In short, you cannot avoid paying 401k taxes by uprooting yourself at retirement and fleeing to a different country. While we like where your head is at in seeking to minimize what is already an excruciating tax burden, blatantly crossing Uncle Sam is not the way to go. There are many great reasons to consider [...]
Avoid International Cell Phone Roaming Surprises
February 29th, 2012 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »International travelers are sometimes afraid to fire up their cell phone when abroad, and for good reason. More than one unwary soul, ignorant of the exorbitant foreign rate of some calling plans, have returned home to a big fat bill of a few thousand dollars. The problem, of course, is roaming charges. You thought it [...]
3 Sort of Strange Places for a Hotel
January 6th, 2012 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »Sure, it’s easy to plop down your credit card at any of the kajillion of chain franchise hotels dotting this planet, but where’s your sense of adventure, man? Why not stay somewhere a little offbeat and out of the ordinary? Need some ideas? Here are three hotels we came across that we can’t stop thinking [...]
It’s Easy to Apply for Your First Passport
December 19th, 2011 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »We ran into an interesting statistic today – 30% of Americans have passports. That number seems about right. New Jersey leads all states with 68% of citizens holding official passports, while Mississippi trails all other states with just under 20%. So, what’s the big deal about passports and do you really need one? At the [...]
Pros and Cons of Moving to Dubai
December 2nd, 2011 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »Before deciding whether or not you should call the movers and prepare yourself to waltz off to Dubai, we need to understand what and where it is. The geographical location is on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, on the Arabian Peninsula. Though originally made popular from the oil industry, Dubai is now a [...]
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