EY just posted about taking a cruise via National Geographic, which I see is an excellent operator. Can we all share what other travel companies you like? I know the FIRE community loves to travel. Interested in short term (few wks) and longer term (few months). Thanks

UGH I need to get to NYC next year , just feeling stuck.

Do Starwood reservations eventually come over onto Marriott after you combine? Mine still haven’t...

Is there a thread of company discount codes? ISO Hilton code (do not judge me my BIL is getting married at a Hilton and his fiancé is going to go postal if we don’t reserve a room now)

Has anyone here traveled to India from US through Canada? Do you know how long does it take to obtain the transit visa?

So my home office is in city A and I got assigned to a job in city B. Would EY reimburse the flight if I’m flying from city C to city B?

Anyone have United GPUs to offload? Looking to purchase two.

Flew out the morning of a big client pitch instead of the night before. Massive storm delayed my flight and I missed the meeting. Lesson learned fam- always fly out the night before!

Guys please suggest any good hotel(no need hifi, just for night stay) to stay in kharadi, Pune or near by.
I have 2 days working office in a week. Need for 2-3 days only.
If you have any idea please suggest.

Is it as hard to take PTO as people say? I have a couple of long weekend trips planned (covid willing) in May and June, which is right after I start, but have heard that it’s normal to have to cancel plans due to last minute deals coming in. Any tips??

Where to stay in NYC for New Year’s Eve? Boroughs you’d recommend? Best restaurants/nightlife? From the PNW and planning a trip with my partner to ring in the new year!

Traveling to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Must sees and/or trails to do?

When the client has a travel ban but has no problem with us traveling to them. 🙄

Going to lose status at every airline and hotel after this April. #industrylife

Do you guys have any tips or when to purchase ticket to south east asia? All tickets I see is hovering around $2000 roundtrip.

Hello Everyone, i am working as a contractor with ZS and now i wanted to come to zs office. Will ZS reimburse all my expenses including travel and stay for a month.

Any one staying in kumar park infinia, Fursungi and working in Barclays Kharadi?
Need quick information on travelling !! Please help

Looking to buy 40,000 Marriott points. Happy to pay $200!. Let me know your offers!

so Qatar air biz > emirates biz
- Q suites (no masks)
- better amenities kit
- unlimited desi chai

Emirates:
- pick up / drop

Favorite national park to visit in July/August?

Booking a last mintue trip to India over Christmas New Years. Anyone have any tips on best places to book business class? From JFK.

What type of job duties does one do in healthcare administration? Interested in healthcare but getting tired of consulting.

Need a job in Kangra district Himachal Pradesh

When’s the best time to go client side? Wait till I get a promotion or try to switch sooner rather than later?

Anyone have a Tonal? Thoughts?

Anyone recently travelled to the US? Can anyone comment on if the hotel quarantine is actually enforced?

For people who post links to news first - how do you do it? I send stuff to people and they're like oh saw that, and it was two hours ago...

First year lit associate here. I had a tough time deciding between corporate and lit and chose lit because I wanted to litigate. Its only been a few months but I’m not enjoying the people or the work as it turns out (too many internal investigations and researching obscure issues, haven’t been on a single filed case yet). Anyone else in lit lateral early on in their careers?

Have you, or anyone you know, gotten covid twice within weeks or months? I’m being told that you can catch omicron 2 weeks after recovering…

Which is better Virtusa or LTI

I was told getting CFE could increase my earing potential by 17%, has this been anyone else's experience?

How long were you a senior in FDD before things started to click? Really enjoying everything so far but feel like I am behind my peers. Been about 7 months now.

Applied to Monitor Deloitte for SC in Corporate & Digital Strategy, currently in 'interview/assessment' stage, too late to grab a referral? Or can anyone help me out?

Looking for Web Application Pentesting opportunities. Any advice to which companies to target or best industry for this type of work ?

Wondering if there are marketing people who work with companies to earn a commission? Does this exist? Does anyone have any experience with this? What are your thoughts? Considering something like this for my fashion business.

I need help figuring out if I’m being underpaid. I’m working in real estate private equity and I focus on fund models and property valuations. I’m currently at base $80k and 20% bonus. On top of that I have 5 years experience and a masters in finance. I’m good at my job and receive positive reviews from everyone. I feel like I should be compensated better but the company says that’s what they think I’m worth. Any help or insights would be great!

what are the tax implications when you withdraw from your espp? what are the necessary steps you have to take so you don’t get overtaxed?

27 F. Work as 1st year associate in Big Law NYC. Base salary $215k, bonus is ~$10k (lowballing), student loans are $150k, total savings are about $100k. 0 family money and will likely be supporting parents long term. Any advice on how/when to start investing in real estate. Currently have all savings in market (with personal investing in index funds or 401K/RothIRA/mega back door).

What’s everyone using instead of Robinhood? I just learned of WeBull recently but am not sure it’s for me.

For any real estate investors

22 years old and currently focused on using my left over income to invest and pay off my debt. I am set to pay off my college loans by next year and, when I do, I want to look into investing into real estate. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get into/learn more about real estate investing? Or how I can have enough knowledge on the topic to be able to invest wisely when the time comes?

Any books? youtubers? etc. How did you all learn about it?

Have 50k in brokerage to put towards buying a place in Atlanta. Young 20 something who's lease is ending soon

Roth IRA and 401k are well funded but don't want to pull from there.

Should I buy and rent the extra bedrooms to friends, or stay renting and put savings in stock market?

Anybody using Marcus high yield savings? 1.9%APY seems like a no brainer, just want to be sure I’m not missing anything.

Any good ideas to keep your day job and start a business that allows for enough freedom to take taxable income from 350k to 0?

Anyone interested in having a meetup in NYC in April and exchange our FIRE experience?

Have 20k, what’s a good small business to start with this fund? Serious question here

Are y’all waiting to do a mega backdoor Roth to see what they do about build back better this year or just moving forward with it?

How do you invest and save for your children? I’m thinking about setting them up with custodial brokerage accounts but don’t want them to have a heyday at 18. Did you create irrevocable trusts or?? They are too young for earned income and I don’t own a business so no IRA investing opportunities here.

Listening to Rich Dad Poor Dad and I keep expecting every story to end “and then everyone clapped” 🙄

Should I lump sum $150k into the market or DCA? Just looking to grow the money, no other short term plans.

Is there a definitive guide to cost of living? The obvious cost of living centers (SF, NYC, LA etc.) get covered a lot, but I’m wondering where my city falls. It’s a modest Midwest city with ~100k residents but is a relatively touristy spot. It often feels like a MCOL area but I’m not sure how to adequately judge that, and it would be helpful to know when comparing salaries and the like.

Can someone help me with this? I had a low utilization since pandemic, I.e., ~sub 5%, but never missed any payments. Would credit score be impacted if only one line of credit with a low utilization?

Too few accounts currently paid as agreed
FICO®

Scores consider the number of accounts that are paid as agreed. Your score was impacted because the number of these accounts is too low, or because you've missed payments recently on some of your accounts.

Are we on recession? My portfolio is super down - low cost ETF investor here

I’ve been reading a lot of FIRE books lately and want somewhere to discuss. What are the biggest takeaways from your FIRE journey/ research?

Given crazy market returns recently, do you still expect the market to rise at 10% over the next 30 years?