Make sure that you call your credit card and debit card companies before you travel

 

  • One of the most important things that you can do to avoid this situation is to call your credit and debit card company to make sure that they know that you’re going on a trip.
  • I have done so much traveling in the US, they don’t make me do that anymore but definitely, if you’re going to a foreign country, make sure that you call them. Just give them a heads up.
  • I have my favorite traveling credit card, which is my American Airlines Card. I can actually log in online and tell them I’m going to this country and they just accept it online. So it’s super simple to do. Make sure you’re doing that before you head out of the country.

Is Shauna, correspondent for Without Bags and today, I wanted to bring a story, if you guys have been following along with us, we’ve just come back from Washington D.C., our other business is a tax business, so we were fighting the good fight against the IRS. But as I was in D.C., you know, normally our headquarters are here in Arizona and as I was in D.C., one of the ladies at the conference said that her bank had actually turned off her credit card and she was stuck in D.C. with no way to access her money. Her debit card and her credit card had both been turned off.

So one of the most important things that you can do is call your credit card company, call your debit … you know, whoever’s got your debit card, your bank, make sure that they know that you’re going on a trip. Now, I have done so much traveling that in the US, they don’t make me do that anymore but definitely, definitely, if you’re going to a foreign country, make sure that you call them. Just give them a heads up. I have my favorite traveling credit card, which is my American Airlines Card. I can actually log in online and tell them I’m going to this country, that country, this country and they just accept it right online. So it’s super simple to do. Make sure you’re doing that before you head out of the country. The last thing you want to do is get overseas and have no access to your money.

So I hope you guys are having a great day and yeah, I guess we’ll talk to you later. Shauna with Without Bags. Make sure you’re traveling for fun. Bye.

What we love & what we hate about Washington DC

  • Today we will be talking about what we love and hate about D.C. So, first thing that I absolutely love about D.C is beautiful greenery, it’s absolutely lovely! Now, the downside to all the greenery is, we do have some rather interesting humidity. If you guys know Arizona at all, I think our humidity, even in the stormiest of weathers, is 22%. And I think it’s 90% right now.
  • A second thing that we love about D.C. is, the people here are actually really talkative. I have met all sorts of cool people, with Uber, on the plane, and all over the place where I visited.
  • Remember, traveling in Without Bags is so much better. Nothing to check, nothing to worry about, carry on is awesome. So, carry on, and travel soon.

Hello everyone; it’s Shauna from Without Bags. We are currently in Washington, D.C. We are super excited to be visiting family. We’ve got these adorable two little nephews. They are just so cute.

Today we will be talking about what we love and hate about D.C. So, first thing that I absolutely love about D.C is beautiful greenery, it’s absolutely lovely! Now, the downside to all the greenery is, we do have some rather interesting humidity. If you guys know Arizona at all, I think our humidity, even in the stormiest of weathers, is 22%. And I think it’s 90% right now. It’s like 80% or 90% humidity. The weather is crazy here as bad as Thailand.

A second thing that we love about D.C. is, the people here are actually really talkative. I have met all sorts of cool people, with Uber, on the plane, and all over the place where I visited.But, of course, there are some people that are not so nice. But I suppose those people are everywhere.

So, if you guys are headed out this direction, be careful while you’re driving. And otherwise, hope you guys are having some amazing travel adventures yourself, and we’ll talk to you later. Remember, traveling in Without Bags is so much better. Nothing to check, nothing to worry about, carry on is awesome. So, carry on, and travel soon. Bye!

Protecting your important documents

  • Things like your passport, travel itinerary, credit cards and a lot of documents that you take with you when you travel, if you lose them that could be a serious issue.
  • One of the things that I like to do is actually make a photocopy or take a picture of those documents with your cell phone, email them to yourself and upload them into a secure place like Dropbox or Google Drive, but definitely check on the compliance and security of your uploading location.
  • Upload them at a secure place because if they get lost or stolen while you’re overseas and you need access to those documents, you will always have a copy of them.

 

It’s Shauna, your correspondent for Without Bags. Today I wanted to talk about my favorite way to protect your important documents. So things like your passport, your travel itinerary, credit cards. There’s a lot of documents that you take with you when you travel and if you lose them that could be a serious issue. So one of the things that I like to do is actually make a photocopy or take a picture of those documents with my cell phone and email them to myself or upload them into a secure … you know probably HIPAA compliant storage like Dropbox or Google Drive, but definitely check on the compliance and security of your uploading location. But scan a copy, take a photocopy, take a picture of those items and email them to yourselves, or upload them, because if they get lost, if you lose your bags, if your purse gets stolen, if your backpack is stolen, whatever it is while you’re overseas and you need access to those documents, you will always have a copy of them … a very, very easy accessibility for yourself.

So that’s our little tip and trick for the day from Without Bags. I would love to hear if you guys have a great idea on how to protect your important documents while you’re overseas. Alright, thanks so much. And talk to you guys next week.

Rolling your clothes One of the biggest travel debates

  • KonMari Folding Method, Shove them in a duffel bag but what is the best way to get the most amount of clothes in a single bag?
  • My favorite is rolling the clothes. I absolutely love it. I have tried the KonMari Method and the duffel bag. I personally find that I get the most amount of clothing in the rolled fashion.
  • Silk packs down super tiny, and you can wash it really easily. It stays warm when you want to be warm, and it’s cool when you want to be cool, so I am a big fan of silk.

It’s Shauna, from WithoutBags, and today, I want to talk about one of the biggest debates in the travel industry, which is, should I roll my clothes? Should I use the KonMari Folding Method? Shove them in a duffel bag? What is the best way to get the most amount of clothes in a single bag? As you guys know, without bags, I travel with my one carry-on and that’s it, so personally, you really, really, really want to know? My favorite is rolling the clothes. I absolutely love it. Tried the KonMari Method. I have tried the duffel bag, like just shove in there kind of method. I personally find that I get the most amount of clothing in the rolled fashion.

Now, complete side tip, depending, of course, on where you’re traveling to, I also love silk. Silk packs down super, super tiny, and of course, you can wash it really, really easily. It stays warm when you want to be warm, and it’s cool when you want to be cool, so I am a big, big fan of silk. It packs super tiny, so super, super secret tip. Silk clothes are amazing. If you guys have any questions, I would love your opinion on the fold versus roll versus I’ve seen vacuum pack, shove it in a duffel bag. I would love to get your guys’ feedback and opinion on this, and let me know, so Shauna, correspondent for WithoutBags, and hope you guys are having an amazing day.

Can’t wait to take you guys on our upcoming journey. We’re going to Washington, D.C. I’m actually going to go visit some family, but definitely, there’s if you guys don’t know, our other channel, taxgoddess.com and Strategic Tax Coach. I am CPA. I know, I know, CPA with a personality, but love to travel, so I’m going out for an IRS conference, and so maybe we’ll shoot some video while we’re there for WithoutBags, show you guys some of D.C. Hope you guys are having a wonderful day, and we’ll talk to you soon. Check us out on WithoutBags.com, our blog, Facebook, Twitter. Reach out to us any way. Would love to get you guys’ feedback. Rolling, packing, shoving, vacuum sealing, how do you guys get the most in your bags? All right, I’ll talk to you later. Bye.

Marking your bags as fragile

  • I have learned over time that anything I put in the bottom of that plane can be destroyed, it can be lost, and it can absolutely be gone.
  • To be honest with you, every time I’ve spoken to people on this subject, I’m literally getting a 50/50 on whether or not it works.
  • One of the things I can tell you is that if you put the big fragile stickers on your bag then people really tend to be really careful about not shoving your bags or really doing some damage to your fragile items.

Hey everyone, it’s Shauna, correspondent from Without Bags. Today, we are here to talk about marking your bags as fragile. Does that work? Does it even apply? This is one of the reasons why we are Without Bags, because I have learned over time that anything I put in the bottom of that plane can be destroyed, it can be lost, it can absolutely be gone. The unfortunate bit is I would love to tell you that marking your bags with fragile does anything. Sometimes, it does. Sometimes, it doesn’t. To be honest with you, every time I’ve spoken to people on this subject, I’m literally getting a 50/50 on whether or not it works.

One of the things I can tell you is that if you carry on your bags and you put the big fragile stickers, that kind of thing, at least the other passengers tend to be really good about not shoving your bags on your bags or really doing some damage to your fragile items. Definitely, try it. It couldn’t do any harm. Mark your bags fragile. Would love to get your guys’ feedback. Have you guys had luck marking your bags fragile? Did it work? Did it not work? Love to get some feedback. Reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter, our blog, WithoutBags.com. Love to hear from you guys. Hope you guys are having a great day and hopefully many, many adventures in your soon future. All right. Thanks. Bye.