Planning Your Japan Trip Without The Stress

Welcome to the show. Today we are talking about your next big trip to Japan. If you want to miss the crowds and actually see the temples without someone bumping into you, mark your calendar for late January or early February. The air is clear, you have a much better shot at seeing Mount Fuji, and hitting those hot spring baths when it is freezing outside is just about the best feeling there is. A trip like this usually runs you about sixty-eight hundred dollars. That is a big chunk of change, and we want to be smart about how we pay for it. We use the Citi Simplicity credit card to break that cost down into pieces that are easier to handle. The card offers zero percent interest for eighteen months from the date you open the account. That means you can spread out your payments over that time without adding extra interest charges on top. Just keep in mind that this eighteen-month window is a deadline, not free money. If you still have a balance left when that time is up, the bank starts charging you their standard interest rates on whatever is left over. It is a solid way to manage a big expense if you have a plan to pay it off, but don't treat it like a free ride. If you want to look over the details or see where we got these numbers, head over to voatlas.com for the written version with all the sources.