While we were busy saving up money for our trip, we also needed to figure out how to set up our finances before we left and how to manage money once we were on the road. We researched the best credit card and debit card for travel, plus savings accounts and travel checking accounts. As a couple we decided it would be much easier to use one shared account for travel expenses (instead of Splitwise-ing everything), but we were not quite ready to combine all of our finances.
