April showers bring May flowers. And potholes. It's a spring thing, and damage to your vehicle from banging into a road crater can cost you repair bills from an average $300 to more than $1,000. These tips from Michelin will help you ride safe and save yourself from the frustration and cost of pothole repairs, or worse - an accident caused by a blowout from a pothole: Maintain Proper Tire … [Read more...]
Scam alert: restaurant upselling tactics
Scam alert: restaurant upselling. Ever wonder why your restaurant bill is so much more than you expected? It's probably because restaurant employees are trained to lure you to ordering more, and higher priced menu items, than you planned. What used to be called "bait-and-switch" is now called upselling, and restaurants are not alone in the practice. Everybody from real estate agents to … [Read more...]
Keeping your digital life safe on vacation
Everyday, it seems, we hear about hacking, identity theft or some other invasion of our digital privacy. Here's how to protect your online life from cyber criminals on the road, because vacations are not the time to relax your personal safety, which includes taking internet security precautions. Before You Go Patch Up. Check all your electronic devices for software updates. That means both … [Read more...]
Safety warning: road de-icers damage brakes
Safety warning: De-icing chemicals used to clear roads of winter snow and ice cost US drivers some $3 Billion a year in repairs to brakes and paint damaged by the corrosive road salt and liquid chemicals. That's an an average of $500 per vehicle, according to a new AAA survey. Rust corrosion to your brakes, fuel tanks and exhaust systems are especially susceptible, along with other vehicle … [Read more...]
Reasons to Renew Your US Passport Now
If your US Passport is expiring in 2017, renew it now to save time and money. Ditto if you are getting a new US Passport. The busy season for applications starts soon, and the longer you wait, the longer it will take to get your new travel document. That delay could prevent you from entering a country that requires a passport to be valid for six months after arrival, a visa, or both. Plan … [Read more...]
How to file your taxes for free
April 15th will be here before you know it. Here's how to file your 2016 taxes for FREE online, even get free help preparing the documents, and a couple of low-cost options if you don't qualify for the tax filing freebies. Note that some free services are not available to homeowners, taxpayers with itemized deductions, or those whose incomes or age are over a certain threshold level. Also, … [Read more...]
Scam alert: keep hackers out of your home
Now that your home is getting smarter, with internet-connected heating and cooling, webcams to check on the baby and babysitter, lock or unlock your door remotely, it's more important than ever to keep hackers out. These tips will help keep the digital version of breaking-and-entering from creating mayhem, even endangering the health and safety of you and your family. Or, you could be … [Read more...]
Fight sex trafficking with your camera
Travelers can fight sex trafficking during National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month (January) by taking a photo of your hotel or motel room and uploading it to a free anti-trafficking app. Photos uploaded with the TraffickCam app are added anonymously to a national database that's used by law enforcement and criminal investigators to locate victims and their pimps. The … [Read more...]
Where to sell unwanted gift cards
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 of the face value is better than leaving the gift card unused and forgotten in some "to do" pile and … [Read more...]
Scam alert: stop junk mail senders
Tired of junk mail stuffing up your mailbox? US households throw out around 40 pounds of junk mail a year. That’s millions of wasted trees, plus wasted energy to produce the paper, chemicals for the ink and U.S. Postal Service time and fuel costs to deliver junk mail, just so you can recycle it. Although federal laws require that ad mail addressed to you give you the option to opt out of … [Read more...]
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