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American Home Base

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Mail and fax forwarding service and phone message center. They also claim they can set up a tax-free residence for you in Florida. Clients include RV′ers, Armed Forces Personnel, Contract Workers, Sailors, Small Businesses and over-the-road Truckers.

[American Home Base, Inc., Pensacola, FL, USA]
- American Home Base mail forwarding

The Logistics of Money

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Getting access to cash while cruising can be difficult. A comparison of credit cards, debit cards, cash, traveler′s checks, personal checks, and bank-to-bank wire transfers as well as combo methods. 2 pages with sidebar on exchange rates.

[Sail Magazine, November 2000]
- Order the Sail Magazine back issue

Staying in Touch and Paying the Bills while Cruising

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By Steve Dashew Staying in Touch and Paying the Bills while Cruising

The Internet has changed things. Here′s how one cruising couple copes. Includes a discussion of on-line banking security.

[SetSail.com, Charlotte, NC, USA]
- Dashew's mail and banking methods

The Big Trip!!!

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By Don Boyd

Extensive collection of reports on a cruise from Albany, NY to a year and a half wandering the Caribbean. Includes preparations, details of gear and gear changes, evaluations of equipment after 600 days, and the logistics of it all.

[Destiny Calls, USA]
- Read about cruising logistics

Tips for Safe Banking Over the Internet

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Government organization Tips for Safe Banking Over the Internet

Suggestions for avoiding security risks when you make on line payments and deposits using an American bank.

[Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Washington, DC, USA]
- Electronic banking tips
- The Electronic Funds Transfer regulations

Offshore Banking and Asset Protection

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Publisher Offshore Banking and Asset Protection

This magazine and its related information services give expatriates advice on where and how to live abroad. Topics include geography, property, employment, healthcare, and banking and investment.

[International Living, Waterford, Ireland]
- Banking and finance away from home
- Discussion forums

Money

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Personal resource list By Bill Dietrich

Brief grab bag of tips and commentary on the merits of credit cards and ATM′s. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.

[Bill Dietrich, USA]
- Thoughts on money for cruisers

Communications And Mail

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Personal resource list By Bill Dietrich

Brief grab bag of tips and commentary on staying in touch with cell phones, land-line calls, mail-forwarding services, P. O. boxes and General Deliver. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.

[Bill Dietrich, USA]
- Thoughts on mail-forwarding and money

Paying Bills / Mail

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Personal resource list By Bill Dietrich

Brief grab bag of tips and commentary on the merits of automatic bill payment and mail forwarding services. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.

[Bill Dietrich, USA]
- Thoughts on bill paying

Tips and tricks to reduce mail forwarding costs

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Service provider Tips and tricks to reduce mail forwarding costs

Many cruisers are surprised at the cost of forwarding mail to them, even in nearby locations. Here are some methods and attitudes that can hold the costs down.

[Voyagers Mail Inc., Islamorada, FL, USA]
- Some mail forwarding tips and tricks

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