smarter traveling, driving and spending
Whether you are interested in food, wine, history, music or vintage cars, there’s a festival somewhere in the world to enjoy. Travel smarter to these spring and summer festivals around the world: Wine — Most wine festivals are in the fall, around harvest time. New York State’s Finger Lakes is beating the crush (pun intended)
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Buyer’s remorse, or shopper’s guilt, is when you get the feeling you’ve paid to much for something. Get rid of those second-thoughts by using one of these free price comparison apps that will help you save time, money and stress. Price Check by Amazon – Scan a product’s bar code, snap a photo, or say
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Feeling welcome is an important part of any vacation or business trip. A new survey of 140 countries lists the world’s most friendly destinations, and the least friendly. According to the World Economic Forum, Iceland, New Zealand, Morocco are the world’s top three most friendly destinations for tourists. I have visited all three over the
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The Force has been with Volkswagen ever since it introduced the appealing 2011 TV commercial The Force. It’s just been voted one of the ten best auto commercials in the last 25 years. You know the commercial. It’s the one with the little boy dressed as Darth Vader, and when he points his hands at
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‘Tis the season for holiday travel. AAA predicts that this year could be the busiest in the last six, with 93.3 million Americans will hit the road. These five FREE smartphone apps can help you survive holiday travel madness by reducing stress and wasted time — WeatherBug — Winter traveling can be unpredictable across the
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Which sit-down restaurant chain has the best food? Worst service? Which one is the most kid-friendly? Here are the answers, based on more than 110,000 restaurant visits by readers of Consumer Reports, which most of us consider the absolute leader in non-partial reviews of products and services. Americans spend about $1.7 billion a day at
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On January 27, 1945, Allied troops liberated the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. The United Nations has named January 27th as the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, and all the other innocent victims of World War II. In addition to the deaths of more than six million
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Rudolf and the reindeer are on strike – they want more work than just one day a year. Santa needs wheels to deliver millions of toys, games and electronics to little little boys and girls, and to grown-up kids around the world. So what should Santa drive? Reliable is a necessity, because all those little
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Halloween has us all pre-occupied with scary ghosts, goblins, zombies, and other things that go bump in the night. Here are some historic USA hotels said to be haunted, but only with friendly ghosts, nobody scary or malevolent, like the ones in Hollywood movies like The Shining. Have you ever slept in a haunted hotel,
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Get ready to be dazzled by the annual autumn display from Mother Nature. Fall means grab your gear and your significant other and head out to a fall getaway. The tourists have gone home, hotels have reduced their peak summer rates, and the scenery sparkles in the crisp autumn air. Here are five favorite destinations
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