Nerdy Travel Tips, and Budgeting for a Non-Traditional Life
b'Avoid costly travel mistakes with expert tips from our Nerds. Then, learn how to budget for a non-traditional lifestyle.\\nYou can help us improve our show! Please take our listener survey at: https://nerdwallet.com/podsurvey\\xa0\\n01:00 This Week in Your Money: Summer travel costs are soaring this year \\u2014\\xa0but that doesn\\u2019t mean your expenses have to. Sean Pyles and Liz Weston offer tips for planning ahead to decrease your costs, from capitalizing on credit card rewards points to scheduling your trips when airfares aren\\u2019t so high.\\xa0\\n08:54 Today\\u2019s Money Question: Gabe S. Dunn, host of the podcast Bad With Money with Gabe Dunn, joins Sean and Liz to help answer a listener\\u2019s question about planning for retirement as a gay man who finds planning templates and other financial resources to be heteronormative and not necessarily helpful in his financial planning. They discuss the challenges of living a \\u201cnon-traditional\\u201d lifestyle \\u2014 and the fact that you don\\u2019t have to be queer to be non-traditional. They also share tips on overcoming the fear of seeking financial help and advice, and discuss the importance of finding the right financial advisor who can explain things in plain language.\\n33:00 Final Thoughts\\nIn their conversation, Sean and Liz discuss: vacation costs; credit card travel points; bonus rewards points from airlines and hotels; foreign transaction fees; buy now, pay later loans; gas prices; free night certificates; Google Flights; Hopper; hidden fees like resort fees; LGBTQ+ lifestyles; marginalized communities; Finance for the People by Paco de Leon; being afraid to ask questions; retirement planning; solo aging; and the unique freedom that living a non-traditional lifestyle can offer.\\nTo send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email podcast@nerdwallet.com.\\nLike what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend.'