[PUP] Preparing to cast off, well kind of

[Ken Williams]

Scott (and everyone):

Because we are outside the US the vast majority of the time, I've had to
wrestle with the problems associated with paying bills without physically
being in the country.

I pay all of my bills with, and highly recommend: "Paytrust" -
http://www.paytrust.com 

They are owned by Intuit, the Quicken people, and have made my life easy.
All of my bills are on auto-pilot. When I first set up a vendor, Paytrust
automatically sends them a letter asking that future invoices go directly to
Paytrust. Whenever a bill arrives, Paytrust scans it and puts it on a
webpage for me. On a vendor by vendor basis, I can pre-program Paytrust as
to how bills should be handled. Most of my bills get paid automatically,
although I can tell Paytrust to notify me and give me a chance to decide
what to do. I haven't manually written a check in many years. Everything
flows through Paytrust.

I have no affiliation with them whatsoever, beyond being a very happy
customer.

As Scott said, although this topic may not seem to have anything to do with
boating, figuring out how to get bills paid while "homeless" is certainly a
"Passagemaking-relevant" topic.

-Ken Williams
Nordhavn68.com