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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1753" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/loans/the-trouble-with-travel-loans/" target="_blank">The Trouble With Travel Loans - Consumer Reports</a>Companies such as Affirm and Uplift are making it easier to finance your next dream vacation. But know what to watch for.The CEO of Uplift, a startup that offers short-term loans for vacations, spoke to the holiday and winter getaway dreams of many when he took the stage about a year ago at an annual travel industry conference. &quot;Uplift gives travelers thousands of dollars in a fraction of a second,” Brian Barth <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGsD4wnrCYc" target="_blank">said</a>.There’s no question that Uplift, a company that offers only travel loans, makes it easy and fast for consumers to tap a line of credit for taking a trip. It&#039;s integrated into the checkout process of several major airlines and online booking agencies including American, Spirit, Southwest, and Kayak. Earlier this month, Uplift <a href="https://www.uplift.com/article/travel-fintech-leader-uplift-raises-250-million-in" target="_blank">announced</a> it had raised $250 million of fresh capital and added United Airlines and Carnival Cruises to the brands offering the company’s loan product.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1753, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.consumerreports.org/loans/the-trouble-with-travel-loans/'][B]The Trouble With Travel Loans - Consumer Reports[/B][/URL] [B] Companies such as Affirm and Uplift are making it easier to finance your next dream vacation. But know what to watch for.[/B] The CEO of Uplift, a startup that offers short-term loans for vacations, spoke to the holiday and winter getaway dreams of many when he took the stage about a year ago at an annual travel industry conference. "Uplift gives travelers thousands of dollars in a fraction of a second,” Brian Barth [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGsD4wnrCYc']said[/URL]. There’s no question that Uplift, a company that offers only travel loans, makes it easy and fast for consumers to tap a line of credit for taking a trip. It's integrated into the checkout process of several major airlines and online booking agencies including American, Spirit, Southwest, and Kayak. Earlier this month, Uplift [URL='https://www.uplift.com/article/travel-fintech-leader-uplift-raises-250-million-in']announced[/URL] it had raised $250 million of fresh capital and added United Airlines and Carnival Cruises to the brands offering the company’s loan product. [/QUOTE]

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