How to Avoid Pothole Damage to Your Car
It’s a spring thing. April showers bring May flowers. And potholes. Here’s how to avoid pothole damage to your vehicle, which can cost repair bills from an average $300 to more than $1,000.
Essential Spring Car Care Tips
The peak spring and summer getaway season is getting underway, so it’s important your vehicle is ready before you are on the road again. These common sense car care tips can help prevent costly breakdowns from dead batteries or flat tires, being locked out of your vehicle, or worse.
Travel Tips: Why You Need Travel Insurance
Travel insurance is as essential as auto insurance and homeowner’s insurance. Political unrest, severe weather and software glitches mean cancelled and delayed flights, missing a cruise or a wedding, not just your luggage. Simply, never leave home without it. The choice is what kind of coverage you want to buy, and whether it is a per-trip policy or annual coverage.
Travel Tips: Staying Safe From Ticks & Bites Including Lyme Disease
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about this summer, with delayed flights and cancelled flights and lost baggage plus long lines to get into national parks, if you are headed into a wooded area, or even across a grassy lawn, here’s how to stay safe from ticks and bites which can cause debilitating
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Tax Scams: How to Avoid Dangerous Financial Fraud
Scam Alert: Tax season means scammers are busy with robocalls, texts, and phishing emails to steal your money. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself from tax scams and other dangerous financial frauds, including identity theft. Top tip is that the IRS will not contact you directly by email, text or phone, only
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20+ Spring Cleaning Hacks
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-clutter your closets, dresser and desk drawers, countertops and bins. Followthis handy guide to what you can toss guilt-free, what has the potential for re-use, and what should be donated to
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5 Most Common Tax Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
April 15th will be here soon. The sooner you file, the sooner you can get a refund – except if you make mistakes on your return. Here are the five most common tax mistakes and how to avoid them. Use the correct tax form and filing status: Your filing status determines deductions, tax credits and
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TSA Bans Batteries & Chargers From Checked Luggage
The TSA no longer allows lithium batteries or power banks to be placed in checked baggage because of the danger they will ignite in-flight, even explode. But you can bring them in your carry-on. There are size limits and other rules, of course. Key Lithium Battery Rules: Carry-on Only: Spare batteries, portable chargers, and power
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How to Get FREE Tickets to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
CBS announced recently that the popular and multi-award-winning The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is being cancelled in May 2026. Here’s how to get tickets before the show goes off the air after a decade, on May 21, 2026. Tickets to shows taped in NYC are FREE. Anybody who wants to sell you tickets to
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How to Get FREE Tickets to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The best late night TV shows are taped in New York City, and tickets are FREE. Here’s how to get tickets to The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, including for standby tickets.