How Have Point and Mile Values Changed Over the Pandemic?
Emerging from a global pandemic has been a weird mix of realizing that though not much has changed, a lot feels different. Perhaps nothing more so than travel. We can…
Meghan Coyle
Meghan is a web producer at NerdWallet. Her first published article was in The Washington Post at the age of 12. Other places her work has appeared include NPR, Southern California Public Radio and KCRW.
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Memorial Day Vacation Rentals Set Tone for Travel This Summer
This Memorial Day feels like a real milestone, and not just because it’s the unofficial start of summer. Coronavirus cases are dropping, more Americans are vaccinated and many people will…
How to Navigate the Airport
If you don’t fly often or you’re a first-time flyer, going to the airport can already feel like you’re entering a new universe of moving walkways, long hallways and gates…
5 Travel Tips From a Historic Female Globe-Trotter
If Nellie Bly were alive today, she would be an influencer. This 19th-century woman was a journalist famous for writing about her stunts — one of which was a record-breaking…
5 Winter Workcation Ideas
The increase of remote work over the past year has given rise to an overlooked type of trip: the workcation. You still clock in every day to work online, but…
Emotional Support Animals May No Longer Fly for Free
Peacocks, mini horses and pigs, oh my! Some pet owners have tried to pass dogs, cats and all sorts of other animals off as “emotional support animals” to skirt airline…
NerdWallet Travel Writers Offer Their 2021 Resolutions
When the pandemic started, our travel plans got bumped out by a few weeks. That seems so quaint and optimistic now. We didn’t understand, at the time, that the whole…
My 2021 Travel Resolutions: A Hopeful Pursuit of International Destinations
At this point, I can’t even imagine taking the trips I had planned for 2020: The quick weekend trip to Atlanta to see a Taylor Swift concert, the birthday week…
How to Make Use of the Points and Miles From a Deceased Family Member’s Account
When a family member dies, you’ve got a lot of assets to sort through — the house, the bank accounts, not to mention their personal belongings — and their miles…
Your End-of-Year Travel Rewards Checklist
The end of this bizarre year is approaching. Your 2020 credit card strategy may have fallen by the wayside after you did some wallet reassessment in April or May, when…
