You’ve probably seen the ads around everywhere: RBC will give you $50 visa gift card for a face-to-face opportunity to prove their bank can offer better products and services. I, genuinely interested in their services and more so the gift card, booked an appointment…
We’re catching up on posting about life here on Urban Departures, so let me tell you about our impromptu-ish vacation in December. At the beginning of November, both Daniel and I had a week’s worth of time-in-lieu, paid-time-off from work accrued from overtime…
Okay, we’ve just tallied up our savings for 2014 to calculate our annual savings rate. We started the year with a goal to save 25% of our gross income, which would include our company contributions to our RRSPs, and maintain a monthly savings rate…
Why hello there. We’re 12 days into the new year. Happy 2015! We’ve been moving slowly for the last two weeks. I didn’t mean to take time off from the blog; I tried to write a few posts during the holidays, but we just…
We like to go places. We value the many benefits of travel but it does cost money. It is, however, a misconception that travel is too expensive. Traveling costs as much or as little as you so decide. A coworker recently took a two week long…