I travel quite a bit for work. Along the way I naturally accumulate a mixture of both personal and business expenses. Of course a lot of my travel is booked via the company and paid for using either a company credit card or via one of our suppliers who invoices us directly. So this kind of receipt from Aer Lingus makes my head hurt: You'd think that I'd just paid them … [Read more...] about Misleading Receipts Make Me Sad
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Working Around AIB’s Online Banking Limitations
AIB's online banking for personal users isn't terrible. It's mostly usable. However if you're trying to manage your personal finances using any of the popular desktop (or cloud) solutions on the market you can end up hitting a virtual brick wall. For some bizarre reason AIB doesn't offer any "sane" way of exporting transaction data. There's no way to export the data in … [Read more...] about Working Around AIB’s Online Banking Limitations
Setting Up A Personal Budget With YNAB
A few times over the last few years I've tried to setup and track my personal budget. I know I should do it, but it's one of those things I've always been really bad at doing. So a couple of days ago I decided to fix this situation once and for all. I'd already tried a few desktop applications for tracking expenses etc., but the problem with them all was that they weren't … [Read more...] about Setting Up A Personal Budget With YNAB
Silly User Interface Things
American Express offer an online service to their card holders that allows them to check their balance, charges and payments.The problem is that if you go to the American Express website to login you will end up getting a bit frustrated and confused.Why?Well it's really simple. While there is a nice little button on the main page inviting you to register for the service, there … [Read more...] about Silly User Interface Things
Trying To Avoid Chaos When Travelling
I've mentioned previously how "organised" I can be when travelling.With each trip I seem to improve some things to the detriment of others.This time round I have:booked the hotel (4 months in advance!!)booked flightsbooked hotel in Dublin for night beforeorganised loads of meetingsbrought business cards home (ie. so they are close to my suitcase and won't get forgotten)I … [Read more...] about Trying To Avoid Chaos When Travelling