green living, smart spending
Enter to win a trip to Paris in 2014. The sweepstakes is sponsored by Pottery Barn and Food & Wine magazine, so you know it is both legit and upscale. The grand prize includes round-trip airfare for two, four nights in a luxury hotel, and a $1,000 gift card to wine, dine & shop your
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Sometimes, you gotta go. But where? This week’s App of the Week is Flushd, which helps you find the cleanest and most convenient bathroom away from home. Looking for a bathroom with a changing table? Want to to avoid bathrooms with attendants? Have an emergency simply need the closest bathroom? Flushd shows you the way.
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Get more snow for less dough with these three ski and snowboard resort deals: Winter Park, Colorado – save 30% on lodging if you book by January 13, 2014 for stays through March 31. Rates for base area lodging start at $97. Winter Park is about one hour from Denver. It is three mountains, the
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Airfare deal: Fly to Europe and Scandinavia for as little as $699 round trip via this special airfare sale from Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). The airfare deal is for departures from February 4 through May 15, 2014, with the return trip to be completed by May 20th. Black-out dates are around Passover and Easter, from April
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If you want to or need to avoid gluten when you dine out, put these FREE smartphone apps on your menu: Dine Gluten Free – This FREE app is more than just a listing of restaurants and fast food joints. It also offers reviews by members of the gluten free community. The app is published
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Once again, entry to America’s 401 national parks will be FREE on specific days and weekends in 2014. So circle the calendar and plan your getaways for these dates: The 2014 entrance fee-free days are: Monday, January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Friday-Monday, February 15-17: Presidents Day weekend Saturday/Sunday, April 19-20: National Park Week’s
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Forget buying TVs or toys on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. The real deals are travel, with ski packages, hotel rooms as much as half off. Starwood Hotels & Resorts – The sale offers discounts of up to 20 to 40 percent off regular room rates at more than 500 Starwood hotels and resorts in
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Here are some year-end travel deals and discounts that will let you explore more for less money – Sonesta Hotels – Book by December 1st for 40% off our best rate when you book 21 days in advance and pay in full upfront. Reserve online at Sonesta.com, or simply enter our promo code, ADV40, for
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Win a trip to NYC to say good riddance to 2013 and ring in 2014. All you have to do to win is have the best reason why you would like to say good riddance to 2013, whether that’s because you lost your job or your identity was stolen by a scammer. The grand prize
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Take advantage of these late summer and early autumn travel deals to save money. $25 room nights: The five-star Phoenician resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with $25 room nights. Through September, stay one night and your second night is $25, and the deal repeats for each additional night you stay. So,
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