I travel for my life, not for my holidays. Most of the people who read this will understand that instinctively. When your work, family, or relationships move across borders, travel stops being an event and becomes part of the week. You learn to think differently about value, time, comfort, and the things that actually matter on the road.

This publication exists to make that way of thinking visible. Not the influencer version. Not the credit card sales pitch version. The lived version.

For years I worked in a global role, running international distribution for an important division of a major Wall Street firm. That life meant long flights, short stays, early meetings, and very little room to experience the cities I was racing through. I learned how to optimise travel, how to use loyalty programs intelligently, and how to avoid wasting money on things that did not improve the journey. I also learned that comfort can matter when it supports the purpose of a trip.

Today I travel for family, exploration, and the parts of the world I missed while working. That change has shaped how I think about hotels, flights, and points. I enjoy a great room when it suits the trip. I enjoy a simple, clean room when that frees up budget for something better. I value good food, good views, and good experiences more than fancy transport.

ExpatVista is a home for people who think this way. People who care about optimisation rather than performance. People who want to turn complex travel lives into simple, workable systems. People who understand that the world is not one program, one card, or one destination. It is a set of moving parts that can be aligned if you know how to look at them.

This is a publication about clarity. About showing what works, what does not, and what readers can use right away. The goal is not to impress anyone. The goal is to help people travel more intelligently, more affordably, and with more purpose.

Welcome to ExpatVista. Let us get to work.