Comments on: Managing Your Money On The Move – Tips For Keeping Solvent While Traveling

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 11:37:11 +0000

In reply to Steve C.

Hi Steve, I’ve just written a post over on my Tech Guide For Travel blog which covers your question in more detail:

http://www.techguidefortravel.com/2014/01/30/can-bitcoin-useful-international-travelers/

I hope you find it useful and look forward to hearing your feedback.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 11:36:43 +0000

In reply to Kellie.

I’ll check it out, thanks for the recommendation. I too find the hardest money to track is cash after it’s out of the ATM, recording where it goes after there sometimes feels like:

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By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 11:32:24 +0000

In reply to Jaryd. Fortunately there are a number of good options, you can fairly easily avoid fees these days.

By: Jaryd

Jaryd — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:58:59 +0000

Great tips! However I find (usually) travel is my biggest expense whilst abroad. Also, If you want to save money on fees and ext, you should look into getting the best travel cards which will eliminate heft fees.

By: Kellie

Kellie — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:25:49 +0000

We are a family currently traveling RTW. When we are at home, we track our expenses with Quicken. The challenge with long term travel is tracking how we spend all the cash we withdraw from ATMs. My favorite tool is the Trail Wallet app. It was designed by long term travelers for travelers. We enter every single krona, dong, baht, etc in the Trail Wallet on my iPhone to manage where our money is going. I can’t imagine tracking our money without it.