Tips & Advice from Personal Finance Expert, Vera Gibbons
Summer is finally here and millions of Americans are getting ready to embark on long awaited vacations. While plenty of time is spent planning trips, we can’t overlook the importance of making sure your finances are in order before enjoying time off. In fact, according to a recent Citi survey, nearly one in five Americans miss paying a bill on time as a result of being away on vacation.
Vera Gibbons, a personal finance expert and journalist, has several tried and true tips to help Americans manage their finances before they leave for vacation and while they are on the go this summer.
Vera will discuss:
· How to create a “financial checklist” before leaving on vacation, and why it’s important to your long-term financial health
· Tools to help you manage and pay your bills on the go, and on time
· Simple ways to save time and money to ensure an enjoyable summer, regardless of where you’re going
· New insights into the reasons why people pay bills late, and implications
About the talent:
Vera Gibbons is a personal finance expert and journalist based in New York City. Gibbons has written for Inc., SmartMoney, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, walletpop.com, cnbc.com, and the New York Times. Today, her writing appears in Real Simple magazine and Reuters personal finance blog, Prism Money. She has appeared on CBS The Early Show, CNBC’s High Net Worth, MSNBC, The Today Show, Nightly News and The Weather Channel’s Wake Up With Al.
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