Greetings!

If you celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you had a joyful celebration!
My sister always hosts Thanksgiving at her house in Oklahoma City, and it's like a 3-day affair in our family, which probably sounds crazy to most - but we have a good time!
It's usually the holiday I miss the most when I'm traveling so I was happy to be home this home.

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Anyway, I've got a couple of things top of mind for you this week:
​🤳 A New Payment System for Nomads
💲 Travel Tuesday Deals

Jump Right In ↓

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🤳 BLAZE - A Nomad Payment System

I was recently connected with a company called Blaze that really piqued me excitement and optimism. If they can do what they are setting out to do, then it will remove all the headaches of transferring money and splitting bills in foreign countries.

If you've been around anyone outside the US, you'll know how annoyed they get if an American suggests using Venmo to transfer money! (and for good reason)

But imagine if Venmo was global and it could be that easy to make payments from person to person, no matter where they were from?

​That's Blaze​

Now, they are still in Beta (hence my cautious optimism) but will be launching in N. and S. America soon. Their waitlist is open and they are currently giving away up to $10k in prizes to the early joiners.

You can use my referral link to join the waitlist today​

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💲 TRAVEL TUESDAY is TODAY

From hotels, to flights, to cruises to all-inclusives - today is a great day to book your next trip! Here are just some of the best days going on today. If you've had your eye on something or awhile, go check the prices today, you're unlikely to be disappointed.

After all, this is the day I booked my flight from LAX to Auckland for $200 and it looks like I'm headed to Italy in March!

Hotels

• ​IHG Hotels & Resorts: you can take advantage of IHG’s maximum 40 percent discount for stays booked by November 28 until October 31, 2024, or December 20, 2024, depending on the exact location.
• ​Marriott Bonvoy: receive 20 percent off bookings made by November 28 for stays occurring November 26, 2023, through January 15, 2024.
• ​Hilton: The best Travel Tuesday deals are in Mexico (Hilton Cancun Mar Caribe All-Inclusive Resort), Florida (Hilton Orlando), Vegas (Virgin Hotels Las Vegas) and South America (Hilton Cartagena, Hilton Barra Rio de Janeiro, Hilton Bogota), so make sure to check the fine print.
• ​The Standard Hotels: have rooms across all hotel properties at 35 percent off the best available rate for stays between November 14 and August 31, 2024. That includes top international cities like Bangkok, Melbourne, and London.
• ​Citizen M: perfect hotel for working & traveling is offering up to 30% off plus a free Citizen M+ Trial

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Flights

• ​Southwest: 30% off base fares through Nov 30th
• ​Booking.com: save up to 30% or more
• ​PLAY: A major airfare deal to get you over to Europe? Yes, please. Low-cost Icelandic airline PLAY is offering 35 percent off flights to Iceland, Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt, London, Copenhagen, Dublin, and Amsterdam through Nov 28.
• ​Delta: SkyMiles members are eligible for up to $300 off flights - use code SMBF300
• ​Qatar Airways: save up to 15 percent on flights through the end of October 2024, booked on or before Travel Tuesday on November 28
• ​Singapore Airlines: reduced rates on several destinations, including the Maldives, Dubai, Ho Chi Minh, and Manila, among others.
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Other

• ​Jet Blue Vacations: Save up to $750 off flight + hotel and flight + cruise packages
• ​Hopper: download the app to get all the deals
• ​Calpak: up to 60% luggage & accessories
• ​GetYourGuide Excursions: up to 50% travel excursions
• ​FTLO Trips: $200 off all group trips for 2024
• ​Cadence Capsules: Leak Proof magnetic containers are 25% off (I got these for Christmas a couple of years ago and they're actually really great!)

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🧡 That's a Wrap

Now that I've included way more links than any expert would tell you to put in a newsletter, I'm signing off.

Happy (travel) Tuesday!

-Tayler