green cars, green travel and smart spending
A number of national restaurant chains and even home improvement businesses are offering discounts and freebies over the Memorial Day weekend. Some of the deals are only for military personnel or veterans, but most are available to anyone, and many of the deals are for the entire Memorial Day weekend, not just on Monday, May
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It’s possible to double the daily rate of your rental car with add-ons such as a second driver, navigation system, toll road pass, car seat, ski rack or bike rack. If you are renting a vehicle this spring and summer travel season, these smart spending tips will help save money, even legal grief. The largest optional
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Spring cleaning often means debating what to throw out and what to hang on to. Save time and money with these eco-friendly tips to de-cluttering your closets, dresser and desk drawers, countertops and bins, for what you can toss guilt-free, what has the potential for re-use, and what should be donated to charities. Spring Cleaning:
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Gift cards are at the top of many wish list this holiday season, because they are an efficient and convenient way to check off your holiday shopping list, and many offer a bonus offer ot two that extends their face value. Gift cards are offered by a variety of merchants, including restaurant chains, retailers, even
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Small enough to fit in your hand, but powerful enough to provide nearly 600 million rural villagers in Africa with light, and it costs just $5. This brilliant little gadget was designed and developed by solar company Yingli Europe and a UK industrial design agency for SolarAid, a charity which combats poverty and climate change
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It’s August, which means heat and humidity, and back-to-school shopping. This year, 16 states are participating in tax-free weekends, when there’s no sales tax on school supplies, which includes computers in some states. The tax free weekends begin one minute after midnight on Saturday, and end at midnight on Sunday. In addition to the 16
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Money matters. Nearly half of us give or get gift cards for the holidays, birthdays and other anniversaries. If you don’t like the store, restaurant or movie theater, you can sell that gift card for cash, and get anywhere from 65 to 95 cents on the dollar. Even losing up to 20 percent or more
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Some of the best holiday deals are gift cards. Many restaurants and retailers are offering discounts or bonuses for holiday gift card purchases. Here are around 50 popular national holiday gift card and bonus deals, alphabetically. Be sure to scroll down the list to see our tips on how to maximize your purchase. Many national
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Shop smarter and save money by knowing what’s on sale each month. Here’s the sale calendar for January: Computers, electronics and cameras: The world’s biggest electronics show, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, is always the first week of January. As soon as new models are introduced, the ones they are replacing go
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Are you frugal, or are you cheap? There’s a difference. Change one letter of the word ‘cheap’ and it becomes ‘cheat, but frugal doesn’t cheat anybody. Cheap is a negative and undignified way to save money, while frugal is fashionable, even necessary. Cheap doesn’t brag about it. Frugal does. Examples of frugal vs. cheap: Frugal
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