Playing your cards right – tips for traveling with credit cards

Written by Gail Corwin


Using credit cards while traveling is a good idea for a number of reasons:

--You have a record of your expenditures for record-keeping and tax purposes (especially important if you travel for business) --You may get a better exchange rate when obtaining foreign currency when using your credit card. --Credit card companies can refund disputed charges and may offer extra guarantees, special deals or warranties. --Your liability inrepparttar case of a stolen credit card is limited to $50

But, traveling these days is often a juggling act of luggage, boarding passes, identification cards, passports and a gauntlet of security measures. These identification acrobatics can leave one slightly addled and perhaps more at risk of being targeted by an enterprising pickpocket or purse snatcher.

And, even though your liability is limited, costs can quickly add up if multiple cards are involved. Factor inrepparttar 134077 hassle and increased risk of identity theft, and it is apparent a few preemptive measures can save you from a boatload of heartache. Considerrepparttar 134078 following tips as guidelines to traveling safely and affordably with your credit cards….

Plan Ahead:

Anytime you travel you should make photo copies of all of your credit cards airline tickets and documents, both front and back. You should leave these photocopies with a friend or family member. Be aware that if you make copies of your cards and documents to take with you, you may be giving thieves another opportunity to rip off your personal information. Consider blacking out details such as expiration dates, verification codes and social security numbers.

If you decide not to carry photocopies of your credit cards, be sure to haverepparttar 134079 card cancellation numbers fromrepparttar 134080 backs ofrepparttar 134081 cards written down and stashed in your luggage.

Leave a Paper Trail:

Save receipts and keep track ofrepparttar 134082 places you used your card. Make sure receipts are stored in a safe place so they can be checked against your credit card statement to ensure unauthorized charges have not been made and/or gone unnoticed.

Poker rooms in Las Vegas

Written by Joan Ewart


Friday night poker will never berepparttar same once you get a taste of playing poker in Las Vegas. Being an avid poker player since childhood (yes we were taught to play cards as children in our family), we have risen to new heights with playing inrepparttar 134076 sumptuous poker rooms in Las Vegas. Poker has come torepparttar 134077 attention ofrepparttar 134078 younger set and is probably one ofrepparttar 134079 most favorite ways to gamble atrepparttar 134080 moment.

Poker tournaments abound in Vegas, and guaranteed you'll find a poker tournament going on every day at one or another of these casino hotels. The most popular Las Vegas poker games are Texas Hold 'em, Seven Card Stud poker and Omaha poker. Whether you play small stakes or high stakes poker games, there is a poker table for you.

The cost to buy in usually ranges from about $40 up to $2000. A few years back I was attending a meeting and one ofrepparttar 134081 theme nights was "Poker Night". A Las Vegas dealer filled us in on what and how to play "Texas Hold 'em" and life has never beenrepparttar 134082 same. I discoveredrepparttar 134083 game of my dreams, We'll try to explainrepparttar 134084 tips he gave us and give some ideas onrepparttar 134085 best places to play. Don't be mislead, however it can be deadly onrepparttar 134086 pocketbook, but bluffing and winning has never been more fun.

Some of our favorite places to play in Las Vegas are atrepparttar 134087 major casinos, one ofrepparttar 134088 most luxurious rooms of course, is in one ofrepparttar 134089 most luxurious hotels, The Bellagio by name. Texas Hold 'em is a very popular game here as well as 7 Card Stud. Wednesday and Fridays arerepparttar 134090 poker tournament days. There are at least 30 tables - so name your poison! Bellagio hostsrepparttar 134091 World Poker Tour championship in April, this is my dream to play forrepparttar 134092 $1,000,000 stakes in a World Championship.

Circus Circus is a good place for lower limit games and tournaments. It has been voted "Best Poker Room in Las Vegas". The Luxor offers daily Texas Hold 'em tournaments with low limit tables. If you look overrepparttar 134093 crowd you may see me amongrepparttar 134094 players at The Luxor duringrepparttar 134095 week.

For a large variety of limits as well as poker games, The Mirage isrepparttar 134096 place to go. You can play 7 Card Stud or Omaha 8 at your choice of 31 tables....and Texas Hold 'em can be played as well. Poker tournaments are held Sunday through Thursday, buy-ins on those nights range from $60 to $120. The Mirage hosts a Mirage Poker Showdown tournament in July. When you get tired of oglingrepparttar 134097 girls aroundrepparttar 134098 pool at The Palms, you might want to wander into their poker rooms. A low limit room deals Texas Hold 'em with spreads of $2 to $4 and $4 to $8. High stakes poker room offer No Limit Texas Hold 'em and progressive High Hand Jackpots. Find no limit poker tournaments every Monday, Wednesday and Sunday at The Sahara. $40 to buy-in.

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