Up to 120K Offer Ending, Why to Get Travel Insurance, 2025’s Top Posts, and More!

Are your days as screwed up as mine? On Thursday morning, my wife asked if friends were coming over NFL football the next day. Why? There was so much college football on in our house the previous two days, she thought that Friday was Sunday. When I was at the grocery store on Friday morning, I thought it was Wednesday.

I think things will get back to normal next week. But last week, here’s what we covered on the blog!

If you ever visit South Bend for a Notre Dame football game — or anything else — we know someplace you might not want to stay.

A bunch of statement credits expired on New Year’s Eve — but when the New Year hit, they reset on January 1! Here they are.

Depending on when you read this, there might still be time to cash in on a big Capital One offer.

René deLambert wrote a great piece about using travel insurance.

Finally, here are our most-viewed blog posts from 2025! To expand on René mentioned: some posts take us hours of research, prep, writing, and photo editing. (Trip reports are major loss leaders. Big time. But taking trips is so much fun!) Or we’ll brainstorm an idea, outline it, write the post, and publish it — thinking hundreds of thousands of people will find it interesting. It’s happened several times. But there are plenty of other instances when it falls completely flat.

And then there are posts like our #1 most-read. And #18. Darkly interesting things that don’t necessarily enhance anyone’s travels but people still want to read and watch.

But, hey! Here we are — and we thank you!

Happy New Year! Make it your best ever!