How do you pay your bills on the road on extended trips?

[Ron3rd]

How do you pay your bills while on the road for an extended trip of a month or longer? We pay our bills online from home but are leery of say logging in at a Starbucks on the road to pay bills. What's a secure way to do it?

[Dtank]

Ron3rd wrote:
How do you pay your bills while on the road for an extended trip of a month or longer? We pay our bills online from home but are leery of say logging in at a Starbucks on the road to pay bills. What's a secure way to do it?

*ALL* my routine bills (inc'l charge card) are paid by auto deduct ("ACH") from my credit union acct. Ditto auto deposit/s. Easy to check and maintain balances etc., via toll free number.

Never found the need for online banking.

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[Edd505]

Ron3rd wrote:
How do you pay your bills while on the road for an extended trip of a month or longer? We pay our bills online from home but are leery of say logging in at a Starbucks on the road to pay bills. What's a secure way to do it?

Setup auto pay on all you can, everything I have to pay is setup that way as we are out about 3/4 time. I get emails, payment x will draft on what ever date so I'm aware of what goes out. I can log in to my banks at any time to check balance or up daily limits for a large purchase. Simple & works well for us.

You pay on line so hot spot your phone, it's about as secure as you going to get on the road.

[wilber1]

I use a VPN. The VPN app encrypts your information before it leaves your computer so it doesn't matter who's wifi you are using.

[bucky]

Auto pay and auto deposit. All credit cards send a text and/or email on every use including amount and where.
Accounting is on Quick Books as needed.

[ferndaleflyer]

Lots of people send cash. I have sold people stuff in Europe and they sent CASH. We have a underground economy in our country that is fueled by cash.

[2oldman]

ferndaleflyer wrote:
Renters, send checks and money orders or cash,.

Cash? Who sends cash?

[ktmrfs]

ferndaleflyer wrote:
I have the latest I phone and it has all the options to do this stuff. The problem is I need to teach myself how to use it. Renters, send checks and money orders or cash, oil & gas royalties come in checks, SS is direct deposit. Then as it stands now I have to have the bills (mail) in order to pay them. Somehow years ago I worked all over the world and got them paid. Now I am limiting my trips to 15 days or less just for this problem.

you should be able to have the oil/gas royalties direct deposit. That's what are done with ours.

[ferndaleflyer]

I have the latest I phone and it has all the options to do this stuff. The problem is I need to teach myself how to use it. Renters, send checks and money orders or cash, oil & gas royalties come in checks, SS is direct deposit. Then as it stands now I have to have the bills (mail) in order to pay them. Somehow years ago I worked all over the world and got them paid. Now I am limiting my trips to 15 days or less just for this problem.

[ktmrfs]

ferndaleflyer wrote:
I see everything covered here EXCEPT how the money got into your account to cover the payments----for those of us without unlimited money in the bank and no direct deposit.

SS and pension are direct deposits to our checking account. If I need to move money from my investment account I do that online using MY hotspot and MY computer with two factor authentication. Normally before we leave I make sure there will be enough in checking to cover all expense and online payments.

[Dutch_12078]

We have direct deposit for our SSI and some annuity payments, but we also receive several royalty and other annuity payments by check. Our credit union and our bank both have a photo deposit feature that lets us make deposits online anywhere we have Internet service.

[ferndaleflyer]

I see everything covered here EXCEPT how the money got into your account to cover the payments----for those of us without unlimited money in the bank and no direct deposit.

[down_home]

Everyone wants auto pay or draft. We don't do that. We pay online and schedule payments when to come out ahead of time, many times.
So far, we have been where we have wifi. Using the smart devices or phones anywhere you have a connection, connecting the lap top is better than trying to use that teeny pad.

[Veebyes]

Some are auto pay. A couple times a month we will use a library if something more secure cannot be found. Never use a fast food or similar place.

[Ron3rd]

Thanks for all the tips folks