green living, smart spending
Summer rarely ends at these top ten most beautiful beaches in Europe. Greece and Spain top the list with several entries each in this “top ten”, but there are other picturesque and memorable beaches in Croatia, France and England. All offer sand, sea and sun, and also budget prices, especially off-season. Some are quiet hideaways,
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Where to go next: Consider these national parks in Europe as a great escape, with open spaces for peaceful vistas or challenging hiking trails for exercise and adventure.
Get ready for record-breaking travel this Labor Day weekend and the days before and after. AAA predicts overall domestic travel is up 9% over last year, even breaking records for the Memorial Day weekend start of the 2024 peak summer travel season. That’s fueled by lower gas prices , which means more road trips and
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Cadillac describes the Opulent Velocity EV Concept as the “future of all-electric luxury performance”. I’m defining it as an absolutely gorgeous and powerful EV that hopefully will live up to GM’s hype. Concept cars are an important showcase for a car brand. Concepts tell us what engineers and designers are planning, and they make us
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Even if you don’t want one of the multi-resort season passes like Ikon, Epic or Mountain Collective, there are plenty of money-saving deals for individual resorts, even an entire state, for the 2024/25 snow season. This is what’s on sale now, through October, for you and the kids, at some of my favorite mountains and
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Celebrate the signing the Great American Outdoors Act with FREE admission to national parks and public lands on Sunday, August 4, 2024. It is one of six free admission days this year, to national parks across all 50 states, five territories and Washington, D.C., which all benefit from $6 Billion in maintenance and repair projects
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Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks spectacular, which returns to the Hudson River for the first time in a decade, including the best viewing spots. More than 60,000 shells and effects will be launched, from barges on the Hudson River, between 14th and 34th Streets Prime viewing
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The 2025 Nissan LEAF is the least expensive new EV on the market in North America, and one of the few new cars you can buy for under $30,000. The Nisssan LEAF was a game-changer when it launched in 2009. It quickly became the best-selling EV in the world and set off a race among
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April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, but you should be aware of the dangers of taking your eyes off the road every day of every month At the speed of 55 MPH, just five seconds of distracted driving is the same as driving the entire length of a football field with your eyes closed. That’s
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Toyota is going all-in on hybrids. Starting with the 2025 model, the Toyota Camry, the best-selling sedan for more than two decades, will be available as a hybrid only.The new model gets around 20 MPG better mileage and costs less money than the outgoing gas version, with more technology and better looks. What’s not to love.