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TheFork in Practice: How I Stack Restaurant Discounts in Europe

Oct 5, 2026

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4 min read

TheFork in Practice: How I Stack Restaurant Discounts in Europe

TheFork combines restaurant discounts with its own rewards currency. I tend to wait until several parts of the offer line up.

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Hotel Reviews

Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District: Great Location & Price, Not-Great Hotel

Oct 3, 2026

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4 min read

Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District: Great Location & Price, Not-Great Hotel

30,000 Wyndham points replaced a $378.72 cash rate in an excellent location. The hotel itself was disappointing.

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IHG

What IHG’s Card Changes Mean for Our Five-Card Portfolio

Oct 2, 2026

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6 min read

What IHG’s Card Changes Mean for Our Five-Card Portfolio

Five cards, higher fees, and what the new benefits add to our portfolio.

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Site Structure

Oct 1, 2026

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4 min read

Q3 Most Read on ExpatVista

What Q3 Readers Opened, What New Articles They Read Online, and What Google Found

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Baltimore

Oct 1, 2026

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4 min read

While We Were There: Baltimore After the Rugby

A rugby weekend that turned into a water taxi, Fort McHenry and Maryland crabs.

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Expat Logistics

Amex Business Gold's $240 Flex Business Credit From Abroad

Sep 30, 2026

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6 min read

Amex Business Gold's $240 Flex Business Credit From Abroad

How I turn a monthly U.S.-only credit into restaurant spending I’ll actually use, and why that still doesn’t necessarily make the card worth keeping.

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Hyatt

Sep 29, 2026

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1 min read

East, Central & West Berlin

AN EXPATVISTA COLLECTION

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Hotel Reviews

Sep 28, 2026

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4 min read

Moxy Washington, D.C. Downtown Review

A $165.92 room completed a $150 Amex Offer. What followed involved a few more moving parts.

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Amex Platinum

Can You Earn World of Hyatt Points on an Amex FHR Booking?

Sep 27, 2026

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3 min read

Can You Earn World of Hyatt Points on an Amex FHR Booking?

I booked Magma Resort Santorini through Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts. The stay still earned World of Hyatt points, qualifying spend and a qualifying night.

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Amex Platinum

Sep 27, 2026

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1 min read

A Miami Stopover

AN EXPATVISTA COLLECTION

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Baltimore

Sep 27, 2026

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5 min read

Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Review

A rejected Nightly Upgrade Award, a harbor-view room anyway, and an unexpected All Blacks connection.

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Miles & Points

MEL to LHR: $1488 in Business. How'd That Work Out?

Sep 26, 2026

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7 min read

MEL to LHR: $1488 in Business. How'd That Work Out?

The Air India itinerary fell apart. What Aeroplan did next revealed value I hadn’t included in the original calculation.

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TheFork in Practice: How I Stack Restaurant Discounts in Europe

Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District: Great Location & Price, Not-Great Hotel

What IHG’s Card Changes Mean for Our Five-Card Portfolio

Q3 Most Read on ExpatVista

While We Were There: Baltimore After the Rugby

Amex Business Gold's $240 Flex Business Credit From Abroad

East, Central & West Berlin

Moxy Washington, D.C. Downtown Review

Can You Earn World of Hyatt Points on an Amex FHR Booking?

A Miami Stopover

Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Review

MEL to LHR: $1488 in Business. How'd That Work Out?

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