After a lengthy planning process and multiple revisions to our itinerary, we were finally ready to explore the beautiful island state of Hawaii. With our negative COVID test results uploaded to our State of Hawaii travel profiles and having expertly skirted the upcoming changes in testing procedures required upon arrival,…
After over 2 years of planning (I have emails from Mrs. FIby35 to prove it), we finally made the much-anticipated trek to Hawaii in May of this year. Our 15 day, 14 night tropical extravaganza spanned 7 flights, 6 hotels, and 2 islands, making this my most laborious Travel Hack…
Just like that, 2021 is half over! After May turned into a spending spree, I was definitely looking forward to a less eventful June and hoping to give The Spreadsheets some time to recover. How did we do? Check it out below in our June 2021 financial update! In our…
If you’ve been reading my monthly financial updates, you’ll know that we in the FIby35 household are big fans of saving money where we can so we can splurge in areas of our budget that matter more to us. You’ll also know that one of those areas we save big…
I’m starting to realize just how important travel is in our lives now that I’m documenting each trip we take. In this case, it was a solo trip for me to meet a buddy for a short weekend so we could use up some expiring points and hotel nights. What…