{"id":16676,"date":"2023-06-01T08:41:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T12:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/news\/how-to-travel-for-free-and-get-your-friends-to-foot-the-bill-i-spent-500-hosting-my-friend-for-a-week-should-i-tell-her-she-used-me\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T08:41:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T12:41:45","slug":"how-to-travel-for-free-and-get-your-friends-to-foot-the-bill-i-spent-500-hosting-my-friend-for-a-week-should-i-tell-her-she-used-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=16676","title":{"rendered":"\u2018How to travel for free and get your friends to foot the bill\u2019: I spent $500 hosting my friend for a week. Should I tell her she used me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article__body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0002125065\">\n<div class=\"snippet__body\">\n<h2><strong>Dear Quentin,<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>My close friend of over 20 years recently lost a child under tragic circumstances, and in recent years has fallen on hard times. She announced she would be coming to visit, and since she hasn\u2019t visited in years I was excited. My friend is 20 years older than me. She stayed a week, and I paid for everything. I suppose it could be summed up as \u201chow to travel for free and get your friends to foot the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She&#8230;\n      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/how-to-travel-for-free-and-get-your-friends-to-foot-the-bill-i-spent-500-hosting-my-friend-for-a-week-should-i-tell-her-she-used-me-c02f4e06?mod=personal-finance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Quentin, My close friend of over 20 years recently lost a child under tragic circumstances, and in recent years has fallen on hard times. She announced she would be coming to visit, and since she hasn\u2019t visited in years I was excited. My friend is 20 years older than me. 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