Is it safe to travel right now, and how to handle a collections to improve credit

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Air travel brings you in close contact with others, sometimes for hours. A road trip may be a better option. Also, handle old collection accounts with care. Paying an old debt typically doesn’t help your credit, and may lead to a lawsuit. As always, send us your money questions! Email [email protected] or call or text the NerdHotline at 901-730-6373. And visit www.nerdwallet.com/podcast for more info on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Ava from Vanta.
0:02.0	In today's digital world, compliance regulations are changing constantly,
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0:34.3	Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money podcast where we answer your personal finance questions
0:38.7	and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money. I'm Liz Weston. And I'm
0:43.4	Sean Piles. As always, be sure to send us your money questions, call or text us on the nerd hotline at
0:49.0	901-730-6373. That's 901-730 nerd or email us at podcast at nerdwollet.com. And while you're at it,
0:58.4	please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you're getting this podcast. In this episode, Liz and I tackle a
1:04.2	question about how to handle a debt that's in collections with the goal of improving credit. But first,
1:09.6	in our this week in Your Money segment,
1:11.8	Liz and I are talking with travel nerd Sam Chemis
1:14.3	about what it means to travel safely right now.
1:16.5	So let's get to it.
1:18.0	Hey, Sam.
1:18.6	Welcome to the show.
1:19.8	Hey, Liz and Sean.
1:21.2	Great to be here.
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