Is the Caledonian Sleeper train better than an aeroplane – RogVLOG19

Travelling from Scotland to London or vice versa?

How about an alternative to flying and staying in a hotel?

You could try the Caledonian Sleeper train.

I this episode of RogVLOG I hop on board the Caledonian Sleeper at Edinburgh Waverley and enjoy a comfortable journey south.

Let’s check out the first class sleeper berths (the only difference between first and standard is you don’t have to share a cabin). Have a nightcap glass of wine in the lounge car. Rifle through the amenity kit goody bag. And enjoy breakfast as we arrive into London Euston.

It can be hard to sleep as the train rattles over points and gets shunted through stations, but I think it’s a very comfortable alternative to flying.

No parking in a long stay car park and waiting for the bus. No queues for check-in or security. No endless route marches through the shops. No cramped airline seats. No circling around waiting to land.

You just turn up 10 minutes before the Caledonian Sleeper train leaves. Get you’re head down for 7 hours. And you’re in central London ready to do a good day’s work.

Now it’s your turn:

So what would you prefer?

Plane or Caledonian Sleeper train?

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Is the Caledonian Sleeper train better than an aeroplane - RogVLOG19

Kate Stalter on how cognitive biases affect investment decisions – MAF151

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This week I talk to Kate Stalter about cognitive biases and how they affect investment decisions.

She’s a journalist turned financial adviser so we also chat about how media coverage can influence people’s biases.

Welcome to episode 151 of the Marketing and Finance Podcast.

Kate Stalter on how cognitive biases affect investment decisions - MAF151

What you’ll hear about in this episode

  • Kate’s career from journalist to financial adviser, and more specifically financial educator
  • How news media across the globe affects investments decisions
  • The US perspective on active versus passive investments
  • Avoiding cognitive biases when making financial planning decisions
  • Home country bias and its effect on investment portfolios

Who is Kate Stalter?

Kate works for Better Money Decisions, a US financial adviser firm, and lives in Albuquerque.

She’s been a journalist writing in-depth market analysis for Investor’s Business Daily. She hosted the Daily Stock Analysis and Market Wrap videos on Investors.com and taught Investor’s Business Daily live seminars throughout the US.

She still contributes to Forbes, US News & World Report and TheStreet, but her main focus is helping clients around the US who face decisions about portfolio allocation, Social Security strategies, insurance needs, estate planning, college funding and all manner of financial questions.

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Edinburgh Scott Monument – Spires and Star Flyers – RogVLOG18

Winter Wonderland and the Christmas market opened recently in Edinburgh.

It’s a fun time of year with shops and restaurants, German beer huts, cheese and chocolate stalls, roundabouts and rollercoasters springing up in Princes Street Gardens and the surrounding streets.

This year they’ve built the terrifying Star Flyer ride next to the Scott Monument. A perfect combination of historic and modern.

In the latest episode of RogVLOG, I take a break from the day job and take you on a whistle-stop tour of the Edinburgh Christmas Market.

Let’s climb to the top of the Scott Monument and look down on the Star Flyer.

Which is the scarier attraction?

The historic building with its narrow spiral stone staircases, or the modern 200ft high roundabout?

I have to let you into a secret.

Even though it was a beautiful, but chilly day, when I filmed this VLOG, the climb up and down the Scott Monument was physically exhausting. Cold winds howled down its tight spiral staircases. At the top, it’s like climbing up through a drain pipe. Coming down is a test of balance and endurance.

My body trembled and I needed a big black coffee to recover from the ascent and descent. I think the Scott Monument might be the scarier attraction.

Now it’s your turn:

Which would you prefer? The historic stone monument or the white-knuckle sky ride?

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Scott Monument Spires and Star Flyers